I cross-checked this against the Wikipedia vitamins and B-vitamins articles, with attention to things listed there that aren’t considered essential nutrients but which someone thought were important to mention anyways. Consider adding carnitine and choline.
The two multivitamin capsules should come from different manufacturers, to mitigate the risk that one of their ingredients is missing or degraded.
It is commonly said that a higher ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid is better, but this is in the context of a typical diet which is omega-6 weighted. I have no idea what happens if you go all the way to 4.5:1 omega-3:6 (what you’ll be getting from flax as your sole polyunsaturated fat source). Also, while I haven’t really researched this, I am suspicious of having a very high total polyunsaturated fat content, independent of the ratio of polyunsaturated subtypes, as you do, and would suggest weighting fat intake more towards palmitic acid (based on the heuristics “eat what you’re made of” and “get calories from things that have fewer chemical steps between them and ATP”).
Iron is tricky; the RDAs are different for men and women, both deficiency and excess matter, and you might accidentally get a form that isn’t bioavailable. Be careful about that!
If you are starting from a healthy weight, then you should see weight loss as a red flag, rather than a benefit. I’d err on the side of too many calories; part of the point of going ketogenic is that they won’t be stored. Extensive blood tests are a good idea, both as a safety precaution, and also for us curious people who might want to copy it.
Here are my predictions, by which my Bayesmerit shall eventually be judged:
The first batch will have something concretely wrong with it, but you’ll iterate. (p=.6)
Willpower will be required to stay on this diet only for a few days, after which it won’t be; unless someone identifies something wrong with the macronutrient portion of it, or you’re limited to a max quantity instead of ad libitum, in which case willpower will be required indefinitely. (p=.8)
Once you get a batch with nothing seriously wrong with it, you’ll get a very substantial improvement in subjective energy and productivity. (p=.9) The difference will be larger in Eliezer than Brienne. (p=.75) The difference will be dramatically larger than most people expect. (p=.8)
Eliezer loses weight on this diet (p=.6) and Brienne doesn’t. (p=.8)
It increases the ratio of the main inhibitory neurotransmitter (GABA) of the cortex to the main excitatory neurotransmitter (glutamate) relative to a brain that’s not keto-adapted. Vide for theories on why we observe this phenomenon. This makes strict ketogenic dieting a viable treatment for reducing seizures in epileptics. In non-epileptics, I’ve been told some claim a ‘zen’ feeling when in ketosis. Objectively, more inhibition means less firing of neurons, and less firing of neurons can either be a good or bad thing. With more inhibition comes more control, which could increase focus at the expense of creative insight. Relegating problems to the subconscious might become a less useful solution to overcoming mindblocks, while at the same time lightening unwanted cognitive load.
With more inhibition comes more control, which could increase focus at the expense of creative insight.
Speculative, or do you have any sources on that? It could be vice versa: consider e.g. the basal ganglia, with e.g. the striatum inhibiting the globus pallidus, which in turn inhibits e.g. the nucleus subthalamicus. The net effect of relatively more GABA in such a network (inhibiting the inhibition) is a priori unclear (it could go either way, depending on the relative weights of the two sequentially networked inhibitory structures).
While the overall effect is probably inhibitory (hence the usage for epilepsy), not all circuits are created equal in terms of facilitating creative insights, nor does increased overall activity necessarily translate to increased creativity. Note that stimulants such as methylphenidate can be used to treat ADHD, of all things.
Low carb diets are linked to better teeth and dental health. I’m on shitty internet right now, or I’d link sources.
For me, the best part about being in ketosis is that my mental state was no longer directly affected by food. I’d been very used to the “Eat Food → Feel Good! → Get Hungry → Feel Bad!” cycle that’s promoted by a higher carb diet. Skipping a meal would destroy productivity and make me grumpy. Ketosis made it easy for me to skip a meal (or two) without any hit to my productivity or mental state.
I cross-checked this against the Wikipedia vitamins and B-vitamins articles, with attention to things listed there that aren’t considered essential nutrients but which someone thought were important to mention anyways. Consider adding carnitine and choline.
The two multivitamin capsules should come from different manufacturers, to mitigate the risk that one of their ingredients is missing or degraded.
It is commonly said that a higher ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid is better, but this is in the context of a typical diet which is omega-6 weighted. I have no idea what happens if you go all the way to 4.5:1 omega-3:6 (what you’ll be getting from flax as your sole polyunsaturated fat source). Also, while I haven’t really researched this, I am suspicious of having a very high total polyunsaturated fat content, independent of the ratio of polyunsaturated subtypes, as you do, and would suggest weighting fat intake more towards palmitic acid (based on the heuristics “eat what you’re made of” and “get calories from things that have fewer chemical steps between them and ATP”).
Iron is tricky; the RDAs are different for men and women, both deficiency and excess matter, and you might accidentally get a form that isn’t bioavailable. Be careful about that!
If you are starting from a healthy weight, then you should see weight loss as a red flag, rather than a benefit. I’d err on the side of too many calories; part of the point of going ketogenic is that they won’t be stored. Extensive blood tests are a good idea, both as a safety precaution, and also for us curious people who might want to copy it.
Here are my predictions, by which my Bayesmerit shall eventually be judged:
The first batch will have something concretely wrong with it, but you’ll iterate. (p=.6)
Willpower will be required to stay on this diet only for a few days, after which it won’t be; unless someone identifies something wrong with the macronutrient portion of it, or you’re limited to a max quantity instead of ad libitum, in which case willpower will be required indefinitely. (p=.8)
Once you get a batch with nothing seriously wrong with it, you’ll get a very substantial improvement in subjective energy and productivity. (p=.9) The difference will be larger in Eliezer than Brienne. (p=.75) The difference will be dramatically larger than most people expect. (p=.8)
Eliezer loses weight on this diet (p=.6) and Brienne doesn’t. (p=.8)
Do ketogenic diets have benefits even if you’re not trying to lose weight?
It increases the ratio of the main inhibitory neurotransmitter (GABA) of the cortex to the main excitatory neurotransmitter (glutamate) relative to a brain that’s not keto-adapted. Vide for theories on why we observe this phenomenon. This makes strict ketogenic dieting a viable treatment for reducing seizures in epileptics. In non-epileptics, I’ve been told some claim a ‘zen’ feeling when in ketosis. Objectively, more inhibition means less firing of neurons, and less firing of neurons can either be a good or bad thing. With more inhibition comes more control, which could increase focus at the expense of creative insight. Relegating problems to the subconscious might become a less useful solution to overcoming mindblocks, while at the same time lightening unwanted cognitive load.
Speculative, or do you have any sources on that? It could be vice versa: consider e.g. the basal ganglia, with e.g. the striatum inhibiting the globus pallidus, which in turn inhibits e.g. the nucleus subthalamicus. The net effect of relatively more GABA in such a network (inhibiting the inhibition) is a priori unclear (it could go either way, depending on the relative weights of the two sequentially networked inhibitory structures).
While the overall effect is probably inhibitory (hence the usage for epilepsy), not all circuits are created equal in terms of facilitating creative insights, nor does increased overall activity necessarily translate to increased creativity. Note that stimulants such as methylphenidate can be used to treat ADHD, of all things.
Low carb diets are linked to better teeth and dental health. I’m on shitty internet right now, or I’d link sources.
For me, the best part about being in ketosis is that my mental state was no longer directly affected by food. I’d been very used to the “Eat Food → Feel Good! → Get Hungry → Feel Bad!” cycle that’s promoted by a higher carb diet. Skipping a meal would destroy productivity and make me grumpy. Ketosis made it easy for me to skip a meal (or two) without any hit to my productivity or mental state.
Already have choline. That’s what the lecithin is for. Sorry I didn’t make that explicit.
Brienne has no intention of losing weight and will be making a non-ketogenic version of this in the future since I’m tired of cooking and eating.