Bull.
Every OTHER study has shown that a keto diet reduces inflammation and electrical instability in the nervous system (which would be a cause of afib)
These people need more sex.
I’ve been on low carb since 1998 and I’m kicking ass
Just eat what feels right
I agree that the mere coincidence as reported (if it is valid) is not sufficient to tie a Keto type diet to A-fib.
I developed A-fib over the years and I would say if anything is related to developing a-fib it is living. I was a long distance runner when my heart murmur (the beginning of a-fib) was noticed by my doctor. But it became progressively worse as I aged.
After having fully developed chronic a-fib I started to use a low carb diet to control weight, The resuling weight loss led to a lowering of the diabetes marker A1C and a more defined heart rhythm. (Not out of a-fib, but more easily controlled with heart rate and blood pressure meds.)
I would say that reports like this should only result in closer cooperation between people with symptoms and their doctors.
As for a low carb diet, it seems to reduce the level of blood sugar. This is likely to have positive health effects.
You’re going to cite other ‘studies’ to reinforce your own bias? And without references, of course, right? Why are you ignoring the other studies which show that keto is demonstrably-harmful?
There is scientific merit in this study to be balanced with others which throw water on the so-called ‘keto fire’. Keto is Atkins redux, plain & simple. The long term effects thereof will, ultimately, destroy the myth forever, but not before millions are potentially irreparably-harmed.
Keto has been around for a century and staff doctors in a hospital setting had trouble keeping their epileptic child patients in ketosis; what makes you think you can do better? The psychological feedback of a scale swing, ignoring other factors? The fact is that most people who engage keto are incredibly-hypocritical, failing to address other causes of inflammation.
If a person engages keto for the purpose of weight loss, they lost the battle for health before they began. Period.
Fool’s errand, likely to express symptoms of impaired health and/or disease.
IMHO, after THOUSANDS of hours of writing & research, btw.
They don’t want people taking their health into their own hands like that.
People who do that don’t need to visit the doctor or take prescription meds as often.