I think her controlling your diet will make her feel less anxious.
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Thursday, 13 February 2025
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 11 months ago
My aunt thinks that keto will help me feel less anxious. Hmmmm, where is the science behind that
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 11 months ago
StudChud@aussie.zone 11 months ago
[deleted]LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Thanks for the link on B6 :) Yeah such a restrictive diet would not work well for me
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 11 months ago
I’ve personally been on keto on multiple occasions and definitely noticed improved mental health, including reducing anxiety.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 11 months ago
The only physical effect I can think of that might be relevant is that sticking to such an extreme diet occupies all available brainspace, leaving no room for anxiety. But you’d pay a heavy price for not doing anything other than watch your diet and stress out over whether something was or was not keto. As with any extreme diet, you really have to make sure you’re getting all your dietary needs met, and extreme diets really really limit your options. And they all have a built-in guilt for failure stress included.
I have a feeling that taking this option really isn’t wise, but you do you. If you wanted to try it for a while to see if it helped, well why not. But I also wouldn’t beat myself up if it turned out not to be helpful.
And then you can say to aunt, well I tried it and it didn’t work for me. Which might shut her up.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Yeah I think in this case, the costs will outweigh the benefits.
It doesn’t really work for her either because she’s keto one month, and then the next, she isn’t.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Ringing endorsement that.