[FtrPilot]

The Keto diet, at 20 to 30 carbs per day, is designed to put your body into ketosis and keep it there. Ketosis puts additional strain on the kidneys as they try to filter excess keytones. Staying in ketosis over long periods of time will damage the kidneys.

Anyone on or considering the keto diet should research the long term effects.

[762X51]

Staying in ketosis over long periods of time will damage the kidneys.

You might want to do some more research.

[mlo]

"The Keto diet, at 20 to 30 carbs per day, is designed to put your body into ketosis and keep it there. Ketosis puts additional strain on the kidneys as they try to filter excess keytones. Staying in ketosis over long periods of time will damage the kidneys."

A lot of people make these kinds of claims but you'll usually find they don't have very good evidence for it. I'm not aware of any evidence that long term ketosis will damage the kidneys, and I'm aware of individuals who have been in ketosis for years with absolutely no damage.

What is the evidence for kidney damage?

[Teacher317]

The Keto diet, at 20 to 30 carbs per day, is designed to put your body into ketosis and keep it there. Ketosis puts additional strain on the kidneys as they try to filter excess keytones. Staying in ketosis over long periods of time will damage the kidneys. Anyone on or considering the keto diet should research the long term effects.

Atkins repeatedly asserts that the opening phase of the diet is NOT long term. I have no idea why people keep warning about it being bad in the long term, since the diet itself is designed to wean you back to a balanced diet, beginning in Week 3. The "Induction phase" only lasts for about 2 weeks, not 2 decades.