'low carb', high protein and high fat diets have proven their metabolic worth: scientists in the US have discovered a fat-burning role for a specific hormone stimulated by these eating regimes. The work has also raised the intriguing question of whether the Atkins diet could make you live longer.I feel smug, having finally bought Dr Atkins' book for a buck apiece (like new, three copies, two editions) at the library.
I feel skeptical. Even if such a hormone as is in mice is found in humans, that doesn’t mean it acts the same way.
Not to say their work is of no value. It sure gives another researcher something to look at.
Intriguing question is it.
Check out the effect of ketogenic diets on epilepsy.
Most folks know the simplest ketone, acetone, the main ingredient in nail polish remover.
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