I've been thinking about getting on a Ketogenic diet lately and getting my body into a state of Ketosis.  Have you ever tried it?
Is that similar to Atkins ? If so, yes i have 
It's another kind of diet that's different than Atkins.
Oh ok, well i am familiar with ketosis which forces the body to burn its own fat for fuel and i did get good results when i did that
Right, whereas the Atkins diet works in phases.  The Ketogenic diet is a high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb diet.
I am definitely interested. I have only ever thought of ketone diets as either Atkins or Southbeach etc, so i would like to learn some more. Sounds good to me
It's a great diet.  Basically it's well known for being a low carb diet where the body produces ketones in the liver to be used as energy.
i just hear so much bad things regarding low carb diets now a days about high fat etc that i would be concerned about high cholestoral. Is that common?
As long as you're getting your cholesterol from healthy sources such as eggs.
i am going to research more into it, i am obese and i very much want to begin a healthy diet
Along with your healthy diet, try getting some exercise each day.  Start with just a few minutes and work your way up to 30 minutes or an hour.  Even if it takes a long time.
Diabetic diet
A diabetic diet is a diet that is used by people with diabetes mellitus or high blood glucose to minimize symptoms (most notably high blood glucose) and dangerous consequences of the disease.
Recommendations of the fraction of total calories to be obtained from carbohydrate are generally in the range of 20% to 45%, but recommendations can vary as widely as from 16% to 75%.. 
For overweight and obese people with Type 2 diabetes, any weight-loss diet that the person will adhere to and
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