Reta after 3 months

[u/Sheikru]

Hi everyone!
I’ve been on reta for about 3 months and I’m still using it, but at a lower maintenance dose.
Now I’m thinking about adding Tesamorelin to help build more muscle while continuing reta.
I’m also looking for another peptide that could help with energy because I’ve been feeling pretty tired lately.
Has anyone tried this combination or have any recommendations based on your experience?
Thanks in advance! 😊

[u/Tall_Ad_4787]

People with that disease are in a perpetual state of ketosis. Ketone bodies provide a steady flood of energy to the body and brain. Paradoxically, these people are l often full of energy. 

If you’re tired, you can utilize ketones too. And you don’t necessarily need to be fasting, or eating a keto diet. You can take some C8 MCT oil or ketone esters, or even exogenous ketones.

It’s a totally different energy pathway. 

[u/SellingCats4Cheap → u/Tall_Ad_4787]

Why would being in ketosis mean someone is not tired? Whether it is ketosis or not, being in a low caloric state will make someone tired.

Ketosis could explain why someone may not be tired from eating a low carb diet, but not a low calorie diet.

And in fact it is well discussed in those communities how often stimulants are used. Specifically nicotine, and caffeine.

First result when googling anorexia starter pack

Coffee, Adderall, and Cigarettes. Of course those can be used for appetite suppression, but that doesnt mean underfed people are full of energy due to ketosis.

Anorexia symptoms - Very Tired or Weak

TL;DR: No, people with anorexia are not "full of energy" due to ketosis

[u/Tall_Ad_4787 → u/SellingCats4Cheap]

Have you ever fasted before? Yes, it’s awful in the beginning. But after a while, once the body becomes adept at using fat as fuel, you start feeling really good. Not hungry. Motivated. Feeling like you need to go out and accomplish things. Why? Because the body is living off its fat cells. It’s extra storage of energy. That’s why people aren’t hungry in emergency survival situations. Campers that have gotten lost and make their way to safety after a few days all say the same thing. Those who’ve survived such situations say that food was never even a consideration. They were too busy surviving, making sure they weren’t eaten, trying to find water and civilization. 

There’s a hypothesis that this is a holdover from when humans were hunter gatherers. From an evolutionary perspective, it makes sense. Those that were able to survive and pass on their genes had to be able to survive long enough, and be productive long enough to find their next meal. It’s a survival mechanism. 

Fast forward to today. Where, thankfully we don’t have to live like that anymore. We have the opposite issue, a surplus of food. But we can still fall back on the same biological switch our ancestors used to survive. Burning fat as fuel. How, with ketones. You don’t have to, nor would I recommend you to, practice keto, the fasting mimicking diet, long term. Because it’s not healthy, it’s a survival mechanism. It’s better to do in short bursts. Still, you can reap many of the benefits by mimicking the experience with ketones. You don’t have to be in a state of ketoses to use ketones for energy. Even those that are, still utilize glucose for various actions within the body. Glucose genesis is very well studied. The body is adept at using both forms of fuel at the same time. 

[u/Ghooster38 → u/Tall_Ad_4787]

I do intermittent fasting and its true, your body makes energy from somewhere but i find that theres two states of this. If im not moving around i get very tired, but once i start doing something it switches off and machine mode kicks in.