OK … if “keto” is bad, what does your 5000-word paper say is good?
You’re a Berg follower, so I’m confused.
Either you’re convinced it’s good or you have doubts.
Eric Berg: “The truth is, you need to get healthy to lose weight.”
Bullshit. He’s preaching the same crap as everyone else, preying on people’s vanity and making money at the same time with no liability for their failure or complications.
Weight gain is a symptom. If caloric restriction alone was the cure for good health, everyone would be handed a nutrition chart by their doctor with strict calorie guidelines.
If carb restriction was the cure for good health, EVERYONE would be ditching carbs and keto would be Trump’s next big announcement for Federal Nutritional Guidelines.
It’s just a bit more complicated than that.
True story: When I was doing my own research & outreach, I tried to help a group who were suffering from variations of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s disease). One woman was an outlier, desperately seeking a solution to her symptoms which I just got done telling her I’d cured for myself over the course of 2 years (the key part of the process taking a year itself). Still, she interrupted as I was describing the complicated process (which must be customized for each person) and she began banging on the table yelling in my face, “WHAT DID YOU DO???!!!”
I’ll close with a bit of wisdom: Focusing on one or two symptoms is a fool’s errand and fails to resolve systemic health. The body knows what to do to heal itself. The problem is the tissue between the ears. I am a diagnostics expert who turned my skills to fix my health, learning that my body did all the work for me. All I had to do was get out of the way and, in my personal case, kick a parasitic infection as well. >60 symptoms - including those of the thyroid, nutrient deficiency and seasonal allergies - are all gone. But my revelations pertaining to the true cause of health matters is secret, as they pertain directly to treatment and prevention.
When I publish some here may make the connection to who I am; I may choose to remain as I am here. But the fact is that unless someone publishes before me, my revelations on the “Why?” will turn medicine, health/wellness and millions of snake-oil hawkers on their heads, including major corporations. In the process people will know why they’ve become dependent upon their doctor. Many here will be plenty pissed off, along with millions of others.
The reason for my secrecy is as much about protecting my intellectual property as keeping a target off my back. 250,000 words, thousands of hours of research and what at last count numbered over 1500 references unfortunately matter little to those who look for letters after a name and/or youtube videos (which I chose not to do for reasons already addressed).
The young will always be know-it-alls, but the rest of us don’t need to suffer needlessly as we age, let alone permit our children to needlessly become victims. 9 out of 10 people over 40 I know suffer from a condition which either causes pain, health complications, requires medication or are “diagnosed”. Over half of families I know have children who suffer from some malady. Why?
If I were still suffering from all of those 60+ symptoms, I’d sure like to see statistics for people getting healthy on a wholesale basis before I adopted keto, but that’s based upon my prior experience with the diets which preceded my recovery, Atkins included. Yet absolutely EVERYONE I know who have tried keto quietly abandoned it for a multitude of reasons. And, by the way, my wife (who won’t listen to anything I say or read anything I write) actually gained weight on keto.
I know why; does Mr. Berg? And my wife still won’t listen. -sigh-
Best of luck to everyone, but I long ago abandoned the idea that I can help change people individually. Everything of my core concepts are now to serve professionals - coaches, nutritionists, NDs, whatever - to help guide their changes.
There is very good reason for my choice as noted, evidenced in this thread.
I close with a final article which initially references the half-million/worldwide study cited prior, but within it gives a number of clues. Still, it also fails to outline nearly a half dozen other factors which a person must consider or all efforts are potentially in vain.
The explanation is complicated, the solution? Easy. The problem? Not the transition; the problem lies in the mirror...between the ears.
I know: I’ve been there and I’m just trying to help prevent others from making foolish, harmful decisions on the basis of marketing materials, biased research and confirmation bias.
ps...the direct answer to your question is on the cover of my first volume in Italian and spelled out in 3 words, translated in English into 2 words. Think hard about why I would not embrace a single ‘diet’ out there or brand my own following my own enlightenment and health recovery...