by | Dec 12, 2023 | Nutrition
Ketogenic diets have been found to undermine exercise efforts and lead to muscle shrinkage and bone loss. An official International Society of Sports Nutrition position paper covering keto diets notes the “ergolytic effect” of keto diets on both high- and...
by | Dec 7, 2023 | Nutrition
What are the effects of ketogenic diets on nutrient sufficiency, gut flora, and heart disease risk? Given the decades of experience using ketogenic diets to treat certain cases of pediatric epilepsy, a body of safety data has accumulated. Nutrient deficiencies would...
by | Dec 5, 2023 | Nutrition
Might the appetite-suppressing effects of ketosis improve dietary compliance? The new data are said to debunk “some, if not all, of the popular claims made for extreme carbohydrate restriction,” but what about ketones suppressing hunger? In a tightly controlled...
by | Nov 30, 2023 | Nutrition
Let’s dive into ketogenic diets and their $33-billion gimmick. The carbohydrate–insulin model of obesity, the underlying theory that ketogenic diets have some sort of metabolic advantage, has been experimentally falsified. Keto diet proponents’ own studies showed the...
by | Nov 28, 2023 | Nutrition
Do low-carb and ketogenic diets have a metabolic advantage for weight loss? When you don’t eat enough carbohydrates, you force your body to burn more fat. “However, this rise in fat oxidation [burning] is often misconstrued as a greater rate of net FM [fat-mass]...
by | Nov 23, 2023 | Nutrition
What does the science say about the clinical use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy and cancer? Blood sugar, also known as blood glucose, is the universal go-to fuel for the cells throughout our bodies. Our brain burns through a quarter pound of sugar a day because...
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