how many carbs for you to get into ketosis?

I usually stick to 20g or less but that gets to be a drag.
I upped my carbs to 50g and was till able to go into ketosis after about
a day. I think I may go as high as a 100g and still get into ketosis. Or
can I? For those of you on ketogenic diets how many grams of carbs do
you usually eat?

In article <tkpHh.7437$zJ1.4160@newsfe24.lga>,
striped_shirt <striped_shirt@bigmailbox.net> wrote:

> I usually stick to 20g or less but that gets to be a drag.
> I upped my carbs to 50g and was till able to go into ketosis after about
> a day. I think I may go as high as a 100g and still get into ketosis. Or
> can I? For those of you on ketogenic diets how many grams of carbs do
> you usually eat?

From what I've read, it depends on the individual.

Most seem to recommend below 40 grams for sustained Ketosis.

Me? I have to stay below 20 grams. <sigh>
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Omelet wrote:
> In article <tkpHh.7437$zJ1.4160@newsfe24.lga>,
> striped_shirt <striped_shirt@bigmailbox.net> wrote:
>
>> I usually stick to 20g or less but that gets to be a drag.
>> I upped my carbs to 50g and was till able to go into ketosis after about
>> a day. I think I may go as high as a 100g and still get into ketosis. Or
>> can I? For those of you on ketogenic diets how many grams of carbs do
>> you usually eat?
>
> From what I've read, it depends on the individual.
>
> Most seem to recommend below 40 grams for sustained Ketosis.
>
> Me? I have to stay below 20 grams. <sigh>
I think it has a lot to do with your workout schedule.
I think that I can go higher if I am working out hard that day
but lower on recovery days. I think this ties into the logic behind
Lyle MacDonald's "Targeted Ketogenic Diet".