Oct 27
This experiment was conducted from August 30th to September 14th over three five day phases: a maintenance (weight stable calorie), hypocaloric (low calorie), and hypercaloric (high calorie). See OxLDL Replication Experiment Design post for further information on setup. Again, this experiment was executed with the intent replicate the prior OxLDL experiment in April of last …
Aug 31
Lately I’ve been experiencing an urge to fast for longer than the 36 hours per week I’ve been doing over the last month or so, thus I decided to fast for as long as I can (safely and comfortably). Of course, I couldn’t possibly do this without gathering at least a little data, so it …
Aug 29
Starting tomorrow, August 30th, I’ll be executing a replication of the OxLDL experiment I performed last year. Experiment Design As with the first, I’ll have three phases: Eat baseline diet for five days (maintenance calories) Eat 1/2 baseline diet for five days (hypocaloric) Eat high calorie keto for five days (hypercaloric) Additional Notes: In the …
Aug 16
Although involving a lot of unpleasantness, the last three days have been interesting, to say the least. To explain why, we should start from the beginning… Inspiration for the EVOOvsButter Experiment Before this experiment, there have been a number of others that used a ketogenic meal replacement mix with different sources of fat. These were …
Aug 12
[Update 2020-08-14: After some issues over the second day (see social media discussion), I’m changing the design and restarting the experiment with lower overall dosage of both the EVOO and butter arms. The schedule is likewise pushed back exactly one week. All changes reflected below…] The original version of this experiment was unfortunately paused due …
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