1 minute ago, BeastOfBodmin said:

There's a snake oil diet? 😜

I did the Keto diet once for a few months. It worked for me at first. Then I kind of fell off the wagon. Not sure why. Boredom & lack of willpower I suppose.

My point is it's not all snake oil. If you were as overweight as I was and had been for as long as I was, likely you'd got there by having an unbalanced diet for years (as had I). Keto made sense to me, was easy to prepare meals for and worked (for the first months). I'd argue that it's the failure to undo years of bad eating habits which is a large cause of failure of special diets.

If I hadn't drunk so much beer, followed by the pizza and Indian restaurant visits in my 20s I may have got away with eating a balanced diet. The "no special diet" you allude to.

Fasting works the best combined with seafood. Fast 20 hours then eat fish and berries.

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

Fasting works the best combined with seafood. Fast 20 hours then eat fish and berries.

See food and eat it ;-)