No. Then you assume a healthy diet. No short term diet that works is going to hurt you over the long term.
It is only meant to use for about a year.
The reason that Keto works is because a ketogenic diet is a healthy diet. Your body runs properly on it, hence you become healthy and lose weight.
"It is only meant to use for about a year."
The alternative "healthy" diets are the problem.
Jonty, you are not well informed, and the author of the original article is also poorly informed.
Healthy fats do not cause health problems. Healthy fats are olive oil, coconut oil, beef tallow, grass fed butter, bacon fat, chicken fat, etc.
Seed and vegetable oils are highly inflammatory, and will harm your health over time. These are not part of a well-balanced keto diet.
Combining unhealthy manufactured oils with carbs can and do create disease. If one is unwilling to keep carbs low ALL THE TIME, they shouldn’t blame th keto diet for any consequent health issues.
Do more research before you opine on a subject you clearly do not understand. It is easily available for reputable universities, highly respected pphysicians, and ample actual clinical trials.
Dr. Eric Westman, Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Stephen Phinney, and many more. Goto you tube, and look these wonderful men up, also look up all the low carb conferences.
Then come back and apologize for speaking nonsense.