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Ok, I had a FULL blood workup a couple of months ago and everything was optimal, including liver, kidneys, thyroid, blood etc. but I do have some inflammation issues, (if inflammation IS the cause), of a painful thumb joint, finger stiffness and sore knees. 
I’m more or less where I want to be regarding weight loss and health. However, looking at my 19 year old son, who has the physique of a Greek god, I still have some fine tuning to do. 
Of course, at my age, 71, I am under no illusion as to aesthetics, however there is no reason why I can’t look the best 71 year old self I can be. 
 So anyway, I’ve decided to try something fairly radical and stop messing about, and to that end I am going hard core ketogenic for a week, combined with fasting, and see where it takes me. 
Initially I shall be having a cup of coffee with cream in the morning, then nothing except water until the evening when I’ll eat a tin of kippers and a little butter. 
That’s it - and I’ll repeat for 7 days and post an update daily.


Current weight 

164.7lb. Will update that in a week.

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Subtle_badger

Carnivore! Or pescevore? Or maybe a fish fast? 🤔

I will watch this with interest.

Any reason it's kippers every day? I would mix it up. Do check the ingredients as to what dye they use (unless you are lucky enough to source natural ones)

Good luck

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MikePollard in reply toSubtle_badger

High fat omega 3 fish is about the best it gets for an anti-inflammatory food. Not concerned with the dye and it's only for a week anyway.

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Subtle_badger in reply toMikePollard

🤔

My understanding is that fish oil is so good for us because of the omega 6:omega 3 ratio. The healthy range is below 4:1 and it's optimal at 1:1,but typically because of all the seed oils it's more like 15:1. But your diet is 1:5. I have no idea if that is healthy or not.

It's only a week, so I am not suggesting you worry about it, it's just interesting to me.

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Professor-Yaffle in reply toSubtle_badger

Depends on what the fish have been canned with - I'm guessing spring water because I think MikePollard mentioned elsewhere he eats John West tinned kippers (which are also a favourite of mine) and they are usually in spring water - or at least they are at my supermarket.

Obviously if they are canned in sunflower or even olive oil the omega three profile is severely adversely affected, or quite adversely affected respectively.

I love tinned kippers! Although this is another thing there seems to be a shortage of in my area. I haven't been able to get any online or in person for a few weeks now. Perhaps I live near MikePollard and he has bought them all up..... 😂

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MikePollard in reply toProfessor-Yaffle

The do come in sunflower oil as well as water. I drain the water for a long time then put them in the fridge. Kind of dries them out and gives a nicer mouth feel.

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Professor-Yaffle in reply toMikePollard

That sounds a novel approach - or novel to me anyway. I will try when they come back in stock where I live.

Subtle_badger profile image
Subtle_badger in reply toProfessor-Yaffle

Fascinating. I hadn't really considered this. It's the ratio of the too oils that is important, and while the herrings have 2.4g of Ω-3, the sunflower oil would have 30g of Ω-6, and even the olive oil would have half that.

So all the benefit of the fish oil disappears when they can it in vegetable oil

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MikePollard in reply toSubtle_badger

It's canned in water, so no omega 6.

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Subtle_badger in reply toMikePollard

Yeah, and that would be a problem if you stuck to this diet long term. Linoleic acid is an essential fat, and you are getting practically none.

happytulip profile image
happytulip

What about fluid intake? Sorry I am new to all this.

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Subtle_badger in reply tohappytulip

"nothing except water"

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