[a_conservative]

I wonder if the difference in experience might be related to how close one is to diabetes. A lot of people are in various stages of pre-diabetes, I've had fasting blood sugar measurements around 110 mg/dl, which is considered pre-diabetic. I've done keto and a little bit of fasting and experienced the seemingly magical effects.

Another possibility is that other people are getting into ketosis and you aren't. For me, the "recipe" to get into ketosis can vary a lot based on how much I've been exercising and eating carbs before I attempt to limit carbs or fast.

[throw1234651234]

Purely anecdotal, but interesting coincidence - walked with friend yesterday, and he knows someone who lowered their blood sugar permanently by doing intermittent fasting. This makes sense, since fasting moderates insulin resistance. There is an ok book about it by a liver/kidney doctor. Can find if interested, don't remember name offhand. I found it to be good even though I am obviously not a fasting fanatic.