It would be greatly appreciated if you could cite one study that shows that KETO is harmful if properly done, by people that are reasonably healthy to start with. I have truly been looking for such a study.
Just FYI I have gone KETO since Feb. 1. I have lost 11 pounds, I swim 6 miles a week, do 2 hours of aerobics a week and walk about 6 miles a week (and have been doing this for the last 5 years). I take my fasting blood sugar every other day (just for fun). Everything looks great, I feel great.
Kudos for asking, but there’s a reason I mentioned Boolean in another comment.
Enter the following in your browser (copy/paste it) and review the results:
keto diet +dangers +study
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322724.php
“”Although ketogenic diets are known to be healthy, our findings indicate that there may be an increased risk of insulin resistance with this type of diet that may lead to type 2 diabetes.”
That cited dichotomy is but one example of prodigious research casting doubt on the safety of what I phrase an ‘extreme’ restrictive diet. From my chair, keto is in the same category as bulimia. I know people who are normally-intelligent engaging this ridiculous regimen because they got sucked into its hyperbole, usually from friends or business associates fawning over the weight-loss benefits and ignoring all of the negative aspects.
I have one link to precede all the others; be sure to read ‘common symptoms’.
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/warning-signs-and-symptoms
Best of luck. I mean that. I cite the dangers in this post to help, not hurt. If others respond by viewing my comments as hostile, I redirect back to the URL above.
Insofar as other critique, I have better things to do than make citations of easily-accessible information by using the tool everyone has in front of them. But I appreciate that you bothered to ask for help. I really do. I just don’t see the sense in tossing studies to combat others’ cited studies which are reinforcing their confirmation bias. I tried that sort of outreach for several years as I sought to understand why people were seeking out desperate health solutions; that resulted in a total rewrite of my books and a fourth volume I’m reticent to write, let alone publish. It’s going to upend the medical and wellness fields and I’m going to be ostracized for destroying careers.
It is what it is. Until then, I enter the ring as I’ve done this weekend, tossing a live preserver to those who might listen.
You’ve crossed the Rubicon, my FRiend ;)
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a25657033/keto-diet-dangers/
https://lifespa.com/10-reasons-not-to-eat-a-ketogenic-diet-long-term/
https://news.usc.edu/154342/is-the-keto-diet-safe-usc-experts-have-some-serious-concerns/
It goes on...and on...and on...and on...
How anyone could engage keto after reading just those references for longer than a 3 month period and without a doctor’s supervision is unfathomable, but easily-explained (as I do in my 4th book).
Keto is a ‘regimen’, not a lifestyle. It should be entered into with caution and medical observation. Do not make any significant lifestyle changes without logging EVERYTHING in a journal, both for your reference and that of your doctor.
I cited ‘the hospital ‘diet’’ in another comment; if you can glean details as to why people lose weight in a hospital setting, you are on the fast track to enlightenment.