This has been a very interesting and informative and lively exchange. I believe discussions like this are what a forum like this is designed to host.

I really appreciate everyone's input, even those who have a strongly different opinion.

Will I remain on this program long term? I don't know. Since I am not a diabetic, I don't have to. But since I had high blood pressure ( just barely) and since my dr want's me on a statin, this offered a chance to perhaps get off these meds. If that proves to be the case, I will remain on this as long as I can. If it fails to get me off of meds, esp statins, then I won't bother.

The biggest problem with "getting out of ketosis" is hunger. Ketosis limits insulin production which triggers hunger, and fat is very satisfying, so you never get "really hungry" though the course of a day. And sugar and sweets don't beckon. Don't know if that's mental or a change in taste. But it is freeing, and makes it easier to stick to it.

But my wife and I have both decided that no matter what we will continue to limit our sugar/starch/carb intake.