Do keto diets cause heart disease?

Will a keto diet help you lose weight only to kill you faster? This may be a common belief among clinicians, but it is false. In this video, we examine why this belief is wrong and present evidence directly to the contrary.
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[@ahmural]

54 years of age had heart attack and replaced 2 stents. Doctor said, sugar hba1c 14 and 459 dl. You are diabetic, that is why you had heart attack. After 10 months keto diet but not strictly, now hba1c 6.0 and 105 dl. Lost 55 lb. My heart pumping rate went up from %55 to %65. No carbs, no sugar, no fruits, no refined foods. Now i feel way better than my last 25 years.

[@Isaac5123]

Exactly. Cardiovascular problems are more associated with too much weight high carbs. 200 grams of carbs a day would bloat me and send me to diabetes in no te at all. Who is this guy?

[@mobiustrip1400]

Awesome dude! Fat makes you lean, it cleans your arteries! Weird but true!

[@shellyrae777]

🎉 congratulations that’s awesome. At 42 I’m reading this with a high blood sugar of 300 and a cholesterol of 280, I definitely need to do something. I’m so confused because I’ve been spoon fed that keto is a Fad diet and it’s bad for your heart. Im so confused. How did you start?

[@Isaac5123]

@@shellyrae777 it's not a fad it's not a diet. It a way of life. Keto or carnivore is the only way. Cut out fruit altogether apart from lemon. Not going to wish you luck as luck has nothing to do with it

[@shellyrae777]

@@Isaac5123 Thank you, I agree, I don’t believe in “luck”. Appreciate the advice.

[@MsSmellybob]

My doctor said I would die of a heart attack from low carb, I then ignored her instructions, refused to take prescribed statins, got on keto and lost 75 lbs in a year.

[@davidbarry9690]

Good I did same with my doctor, like I've said for year's you have to be your own doctor,.

[@dewman7477]

Is keto ok for skinny fat?

[@udarpavarota396]

🤦‍♂️

[@natashatomlinson4548]

Interesting . But when I told my cardiologist I was going to lose weight he told me “ I have plenty of skinny heart patients . You need to work on getting more fit .” For me that meant more exercise since I am vegan . I’m just saying that weight is not a standard of how healthy you are . Putting animal fat in your piehole consistently never will be healthy for a human being . Period.

[@3cardmonty602]

I went Keto at age 57. I lost 150lbs. I went from 321lbs to 170lbs and have maintained it for over 2 years. I got rid of my severe fatty liver. But, this past December my blood pressure went to 90/40. I was diagnosed with severe aortic insufficiency and needed my Aortic Valve replaced. When the surgeon replaced my aortic valve it had a 4-5mm hole in a leaflet (it was also bicuspid instead of tricuspid). I’ve been Keto all through recovery and have recovered fast. When they performed a heart catheterization on me my coronary arteries were clean. My lipids on Keto have improved immensely. They currently are: Total Cholesterol = 169 Triglycerides = 42 HDL = 64 VLDL = 9 LDL = 96 Keto had nothing to do with my bad valve. My valve was congenitally defective, plus had a hole in it due to endocarditis.

[@xanadu1jw]

I wonder what causes endocarditis?

[@3cardmonty602]

@@xanadu1jw Streptococcus or Staphylococcus

[@myplaylist7007]

What was your a1c ?

[@opedromagico]

Keto carnivore for 1 year, is lessened my depression, fatigue, fibomyalgia, MS and Alzheimer symptoms. Got off my medications, energy levels are steady and so much more. Once you go keto it’s hard to go back!!

[@kerryrus]

Strict carnivore for 8 months and I feel 10 years younger.

[@elleymiller2563]

I am recovering from a lot of those problems. After 4 years on keto I went carnivore and wow its so much better and so simple and easy when you get your head around it. Keto was always offering temptation and I stayed having carb cravings the whole time but there gone onw too. Good luck on your healthy journey. I hope you keep healing and getting better.

[@naturegarden471]

How much animal protein per meal do you eat? Do you eat vegetables too?

[@andreasvoss5765]

I am glad about your conclusion....I am 53 and was diagnosed with pre diabetes 6.5 a1c and 316 lbs. That was 10 months ago. After listening all clips on KZbin from Dr Ekberg and Dr Berry I did keto / carnivore / low carb diet. Now I am 94 lbs down and my a1c is down to 5.4. Cholesterol was cut in half and is just in high normal range now. Triglycerides cut in half and in normal range.......it's been one year now and reached 101 lbs weight loss.....30 more to go and I have my weight back when I was 28....

[@kirshens]

If I have to convince or train my doctor, I'd rather get a new doctor.

[@thomashandyside5084]

When I see Ken Berry or Sean Baker drop dead from cvd I might start to worry. Till then I will mostly ignore mainstream medicine diet recommendations.

[@rosemorris7912]

Or Sten Eckberg or Rob Cywes

[@DS-Turbo]

@@rosemorris7912 or Dr. Berg

[@dianechilds1857]

Keto fixed my heart and blood pressure problems that I had had since I was 25 years old!!

[@DudeWheresMyCardz]

How much red meat did you have??

[@jessicajohnson4087]

Since November 2020 I've lost 155lbs, on low carb high fat keto and intermittent fasting. I'm 59, off my blood pressure meds, my osteoarthritis pain is so much better I'm able to be very active again and my asthma is gone. I feel better now that when I was in my 40's. I'm so thankful! Thanks for all you do! 😊🙏

[@bobgorman3874]

All conventional cardiologists think I am killing myself w/ keto diet. Told by 1 that a patient that lowers cholesterol w/ statins is healthier than 1 doing it w/ diet alone. Told current 1 my LDL is high because of keto diet. He lost his mind. He is the foremost expert on lipidemiolist in state, & I am a moron that believes everything I read on the Internet. Wants me on statins. Told him no. All I need do is adjust keto diet. Told me I'm nuts. Can't do it. 3 mo. later, bloodwork showed I cut TG's in half & > HDL by 12 pts. Asked him if any other patient has ever done this? Of course, answer was no. Had to eat it & admit he was wrong. Only use him so insurance cover bloodwork I want done.

[@henrytang2203]

What was the look on his face when you checkmated him?

[@bobgorman3874]

@@henrytang2203 Stunned. Left me in a great mood for weeks.

[@perrydoerr8668]

I did the exact same thing. HDL increased 10pts TG dropped 83ps. etc etc. 👍He said I was 1% of his patients. Nobody wants to put in the work.

[@Nicole-xd1uj]

Many industries force their experts to re-certify or upgrade their skills on a regular basis and the fact that doctors don't know the effects of diet is evidence that this needs to happen in the medical fields as well. I got lucky, my cardiologist wanted to prescribe more meds but my endocrinologist agreed with my plan to go keto and actually encouraged IF. Two years later and I'm still down 75lbs, off all my meds and feeling great.

[@cassieoz1702]

Almost all countries requite quite extensive continuing education foe all medical practitioners. Unfortunately the professional Colleges and learned publications are still stuck in the old fat-is-bad paradigm so annual education just reinforces the status quo

[@Isaac5123]

Wonderful

[@Billy97ify]

The standard of care everywhere requires adherence to wrong practices.

[@rodericksibelius8472]

@@cassieoz1702 Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn = NO OIL, NO ANIMAL PROTEINS

[@cassieoz1702]

@@rodericksibelius8472 I have absolutely no idea who that is or the relevance to the discussion of the inertia in medical education

[@pramuanchutham7355]

Doctors are so stuck on taking saturated fats as the villain, although it has been proven that triglcerides from carbs are the actual culprit

[@JWB671]

Any excess fats or carbs (or even protein, but very rarely) that cause you to gain body fat are the villain.

[@highchi9856]

Can't agree more.

[@Ak-Kahf]

Its not"doctors are stuck" As a medical student my self its our material, our references, our research papers, and all the health organizations No doctor will leave all of this and what he learned in his life and start doing something there is no even real study about Besides if any patient get harmed because the doctor is treating him/her different than the guidelines then he/she will be judged If anyone want to prove keto is better then show your results to your Doctors this will help more

[@pramuanchutham7355]

@@Ak-Kahf isn't it surprising that many on keto diet claim weight-loss of 20-80 lbs within 6 months? Maybe saturated fats don't correlate with body-fat, while the reduced diet-component, carbs, do? Yes, you get tested on what you were taught, and even put down as 'guidelines' and 'Standard of Care', without questioning. Baby-aspirin is used for CVD and preventing toxemia in pregnancy, despite its acidic and corrosive nature that causes internal bleeding. How many have died from that in their sleep, i e. strokes? I know i lost two friends from that innocent-sounding 'baby-aspirin'. There are much better alternatives that are safer too, such as vitamin E-tocotrienols, krill oil, fish oil, Gingko Biloba, Pine-bark extracts. Fortunately my doctor -friends are willing to switch to these more expensive, and much safer/better, alternatives, while others still stick to these guidelines and Standard-of-care that give them some defense in a malpractice lawsuit.

[@davidbarry9690]

@@highchi9856 don't no why,

[@hardtruth2039]

3 years on ketovore and 2 months on carnivore now. Fixed all of my diabetes, gout, and BP. A1c 5.6, avg BP 117/72, hdl 50, ldl 98 and trigs 53. Of course my cardiologist was pushing statins. I say was because I fired him.

[@zerocarbdoc]

Fantastic!!! Maybe you can tutor your ex-cardiologist on the benefits of keto and carnivore! 😬

[@matthewmahon8204]

I fired my pcp now what? She insulted me due to my refusal to take statins. I’m in Massachusetts and now doctor less.

[@goddesstc]

Good for you! Statins are dangerous and pushed by doctors way too much.

[@justdonis1891]

keto is unhealthy eat raw keto raw animal foods not from shop

[@ribeyemanster]

@@matthewmahon8204 same here. I want to get a tshirt made that says, "YOU are your primary health care provider!" Watcha think?

[@mobiustrip1400]

What everyone gets wrong when talking "high fat diet" is assuming you add tons of fat on top of the tons of processed carbs. So yeah, high fat, high carb is bad. But high fat LOW carb is good.

[@jmgacousticmusic]

Seems very much like the "butter on toast" dogma. Everyone demonised the butter, but seem to forget the toast was likely the culprit all along

[@Cindee-Schnitman]

My husband puts kerrygold butter, coconut oil, raw straight out of the jar into his black coffee and has lost almost 20 pounds without excessive exercise. Drastically cut down sugar as well. Keto has worked great for me too- I’ve lost about 18-20 pounds as well and I definitely feel better without bread, pasta all that high carb shit.

[@REDJR22]

It may make me a skinny corpse, after adding 15 years to my life!

[@JRMoritz]

Being on Keto diet reduced my high CAC score 125 point.

[@bavacmarakkara45]

My name is Bawa, 67 years old. 2 heart attacks and 3 stents Fatty liver. Sugar blood pressure, cholesterol were all there, vision decreased, kidney. Spoiled, had high sugar, cholesterol and pressure, all normal after 6 years of keto diet, Eng: Habeeb rahman sir introduced me to keto.

[@petrapiciacchia2456]

Actually I want to be a Skinny Corpse when I die rather than a Fat one. We’re all going to die and I want the rest of my life to be healthy and not bedridden at the end of it.

[@goddesstc]

Yes. I want to feel as good as possible for the rest of my days, however long that may be! I am not on Keto to get skinny, but to mostly heal myself of joint pain, which is 90% better already! If I lose weight and improve my BP, metabolic health, etc., then all the better.

[@petrapiciacchia2456]

@@goddesstc totally agree!!!

[@kerryrus]

A lot can be said about being healthy in the present. What about asking, "How do you feel?"

[@skinnydee1886]

@@kerryrus When someone is healthy they'd surely feel better!

[@eppyify]

Amen!

[@steph6197]

T2 and HTN reversed. That's all the proof I need to continue keto.

[@AzaleaBee]

"You'll end up a skinny corpse." I have been told that in regards to fasting. Educating myself and learning by experience helped me to better articulate the science which has put my loved ones at ease. Finally!

[@alyahamzah1952]

My endocrinologist advocates IF and keto.

[@magicf7076]

Mainstream doctors will never change on this subject, because if they promote a keto/carnivore diet, they will loose their license.

[@DoctorJanakaWannaku]

Great explanation

[@wednesdayschild3627]

All they do is focus on ldl. Hdl goes up, triglycerides go down, a1c goes down. I avoid refined grains and sugar. Ldl up goes up a little. I ate whole food..

[@toni4729]

I've been low carb now for over thirty years thank you. I'm now over seventy, happy and healthy, and fully expect to live at least another decade.

[@kinpatu]

Whole foods plant based diet blew my lipid panel into the stratosphere. Triglycerides to 500mg/dL. LDL-C to 140mg/dL. Trigs on keto dropped to 45mg/dL and LDL-C to ~100mg/dL. I'm not even a cholesterol / Apo(B) particle causality denier, but from my own experience, the standard of care dietary advice is total crap. The whole field is irredeemable and should be disbanded.

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Best comment. Ldl might go up a little on low carb, but hdl goes up too. All these whole grains and low fat dairy is sugar. My ldl went up. I just avoid refined carbs, sugar, and eat full fat everything. My hdl was 60. My a1c was 5.4. So it is either be prediabetic at a1c 5.7 or have high ldl.

[@Cindee-Schnitman]

Plant based is such a joke. I love vegetables but also love meat, chicken, butter, bacon etc… keto is amazing and intermittent fasting is also excellent for you too.

[@henrytang2203]

One thing keto does well is stable energy levels. No more energy crashes throughout the day. Never thought too much about the cardio aspect, but it's never too early to start.

[@littlevoice_11]

Diet Doctor writes great guides for patients on how to eat a healthy diet. Maybe Diet Doctor should now expand into writing guides on how to conduct meaningful quality research studies!? (With a target audience of researchers and academia as well as policy makers and food manufacturers who may use the findings to (hopefully) improve policy and products)

[@RobertaPeck]

My husband and I recently had Viome microbiome tests. Artificial Intelligence put grass fed beef, and egg yolks on my avoid list because my microbes process these and many animal foods through the TAMO pathway that leads to arterial scerosis!!!!!,while my husband has grass fed beef on his "enjoy list " and and egg yolks on his "super food list"!!!! Everyone's microbiome is unique; what I learned is there is no one ideal human diet.

[@MagpieMcGraw]

I looked at the nutrition label of the bread that I buy. The entire loaf is 170g of carbs. Add a pile of vegetables and that's 200g. I struggled to eat that much bread even when I was off my diet.

[@AlbertoMontesSoto]

2 years doing pretty much ketovore (or 0 carb keto) and the only pill I need is for my ASD (myoinositol + iodine)

[@AManOfMatter]

in Philippines, an archipelago nation, people eat everyday fish, rice, vegetables for humid atmosphere, fruits...and they most look like skinny but really they have more energy than any one on the gym, because purpose of going into gym is to pose on the outcome of your body. Fishing everyday means the sun shines your body and you also get to swim everyday, purpose is to live authentic to nature.

[@MrMarcol29]

Iv lost 55kgs doing keto, now carnivore and omad. Started 4 years ago. I’ll take my chances .

[@rajeshchatterjee8446]

Really a great information.

[@timothyduffy8818]

what is the formula that they are using to count in the Triglycerides.

[@EduardoHernandez-vv8ey]

Can you link the studies to this vid or comment?

[@reason3581]

Yes if you lose 17 kg you might lower your risk score regardless of diet. But what happens when you reach your goal weight but continue eating butter and bacon another 20 years?

[@StanDupp6371]

What you forgot to tell people is that In 1972 Dr. George Mann got the autopsy arteries of the Maasai and they had extensive atherosclerosis even though they spent a lifetime of being super fit with a BMI of 19-21 and no junk food. How do you explain this? The Maasai ate a whole food animal based diet.

[@eugeniebreida1583]

High milk ingestion. Inflammatory. My educated guess..

[@tanyasydney2235]

Nevertheless as the Maasai have grown in number, and can no longer produce enough food for their own consumption in their traditional ways, they have been forced to include more and more foods from other sources in their diet, such as corn and millet. This means the Maasai’s diet is now far richer in carbohydrates than before. The Maasai have sweetened milk tea with porridge in the morning, and for lunch they eat milk and "Ugali," a kind of polenta made from cornmeal and water. For dinner they eat something similar to lunch. As it can be seen, it is very clear that meat doesn't feature on the Maasai normal daily diet. Meat is usually consumed during special occasions. However, the vast majority of their diet consists of vegetarian food.

[@StanDupp6371]

@@tanyasydney2235 So the Maasai eat a different diet now and so have different type of health outcomes, but that still does not explain why they had extensive atherosclerosis being super slim and fit and eating only whole unprocessed animal foods. The trade off with this ancestral carnivore diet is you have good health but your life expectancy is low as you get heart disease. This is why no centenarians consume this keto or carnivore diet.

[@tanyasydney2235]

@@StanDupp6371 It could be the milk in their diet, though we can't know for sure. The Masai, contrary to popular belief, did not eat a lot of meat. They couldn't afford to slaughter their cattle. So they primarily consumed milk, some meat, blood, fat, honey and the bark of some trees. Blood is not only drunk fresh or coagulated, it is also boiled and used as an ingredient in soups and stews, where it is accompanied with ugali, a typical dish made from smashed white corn. Many centenarians consume at least some animal products. Very few are Vegan. Okinawans eat seafood, Sardinians lamb, Loma Linda eggs and dairy. And some centenarians are even known to enjoy some alcohol and tobacco. I think there are way too many variables to draw any black and white conclusions about anyone. That's why I try to listen to what my own body needs rather than follow someone else's often rigid dietary dogma.

[@StanDupp6371]

@@tanyasydney2235 You said there are very few centenarians that are vegan. I think there are zero, unless you can name just one person out of the over 500,000 of them alive right now in the world.

[@DavidAg02]

Any thoughts on risk of high Lp(a) in the context of a low-carb, low-PUFA diet? It's been shown to be an independent risk factor for CVD, but not in the context of any type of diet. I have high Lp(a),which my doctor insisted was genetic and could not be changed. After 6 months on a low-carb, low-PUFA diet, it dropped quite a bit... still high by medical standards, but it came down a lot. In the abcense of other risk factors of other CVD risk factors, how concerned should I be about my Lp(a) levels? Thanks Diet Doctor!

[@StanDupp6371]

Why are you concerned about Lp(a)? Did you know there are people over 100 years old that also have high levels of Lipoprotein(a) in their genetics?

[@valentinmullges4796]

The big problem is the definition of the keto diet how you said. There are different keto diets with different macronutrient values. And we always have to check how many saturated and unsaturated fats are actually consumed. But there is more we need to check. How is the stress level, how are the homocysteine values, oxidative stress, nutrient deficiency, to less fibres and how is it all connected to the hypothalamus and our brain and gut axis. There are many interesting studies about that and it always depends on the food intake (dairy products/fat or good fats) and the macro and micro nutrients. We need to eat much more unsaturated fats then saturated fats and we need to keep an eye on other micronutrients. But all in all it can help many people to be much more healthy and loose weight. The thing I realised is as long as you loose weight you will be much healthier then having obesity. So Just start somewhere haha Carbs are worse than people think. Fat doesn't make you fat!!!!

[@wendyhumphreystebbutt5782]

What does one do if one has been dagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia? Any thoughts on how i can tweak my keto diet to satisfy this highly recognized specialist in my country. I've been able to reduce my A1c to 6.4 and am looking to be below even pre-diabetic range by the end of December. I-ve said no to statins but said yes to Ezetimibe, based on one of your other videos. At the end of that video yousuggested people who were still having challenges with cholesterol levels add starches, beans, certain veggies. I'm super sensitive to carbs. If i add these things to my diet, I'm afraid I'd be raising my blood glucose levels. Any thoughts for thosewith FHC? Many thanks for your clear andinformative videos. Yours in Gratitude

[@ashdgee]

Add non starchy veggies (mainly cruciferous ones). Twitch your keto diet to have more monounsaturated fat and omega 3s while cutting your omega 6s. Do that and your LDL and tryglecerides will plummet

[@lanceevans1689]

I have done Macrobiotic lifestyle, and I have done Keto. I enjoyed and benefited from both. My two take-aways (for ME, everyone is different) are that either diet works. But one may work better than the other for various things, and on various people. For example, Keto was not helping my HBP, and might (just maybe) exacerbated it a small bit. Back to Macrobiotic and it seems to be better for some things, including the HBP. In either case, one needs to take care not to over do the whole grains on Macro, or over do the fats on Keto.

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

The only way any of that would make sense is if you were consuming large amounts of trans-fats from vegetable seed-oils instead of the proper saturated animal fats..

[@Hippy2021]

I can go low carbs but not high fat. I eat butter, full fat milk, cottage cheese, butter, yogurt, at full fat but in moderation and dosing, not Keto, not carnivore diets. I prefer varieties food in mediterranean diet with limit carbs. Again I eat good food in moderation and limit. Keto and carnivore are good for people with health issues, and can be temporary for treatments. If a person is healthy should eat varieties food and everything in moderation. Everyone is different and there's no diet fits all.

[@matthewrogowski8526]

Bad for my heart? Why is my LDL-C only 86 without any statin while eating 3 ribeyes and 12 oz ground beef per week? It was high before keto.

[@TC_Personal]

This doesn't address the absolute correlation and evidenced causal relationship between Animal fat consumption and arteriosclerosis. Would love to hear evidence to the contrary.

[@michaellevinkron2073]

Please provide your opinion on a study named "Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat “Keto-Like” Diet Associated With Increased Risk of CVD" published at ACC website on Mar 05, 2023ACC News Story, stating contradictory perception. Thanks!

[@dietdoctor]

Although the media reported this link between keto diets CVD risk, this is based on observational data that hasn’t yet been published in a scientific Journal. Observational data is considered very weak, especially when It is based on self-reported intake, as it was in this case. If people reported eating less than 25% of their total daily calories as carbs and more than 45% of their daily calories from fat, they were considered “LCHF.” But self-reported dietary intake is notoriously inaccurate. So the causal chain between keto/low-carb diets and increased CVD risk is extremely weak, as is the case with previous observational studies linking diet with disease risk.

[@javierg602]

Great content 👌. Can you make a video on protein powder supplements 🙏 ?

[@ImranAli-io3hy]

Why in earth would anyone need protein supplements? My problem is the exact opposite: how to reduce protein and increase fat. The world is full of chicken, which is nothing but protein. Try some, if you must.

[@javierg602]

@@ImranAli-io3hy because it's easy to make, and maintain, and get vegetables in, and some fruit. Once you make a protein shake 💪.

[@AzaleaBee]

@@javierg602 It's easy to make?? You make your own protein powder???

[@javierg602]

@@AzaleaBee it's quick and easy to make a delicious shake, with some vegetables and fruits.

[@AzaleaBee]

@@javierg602 Ok.. so you mean with the powder.. not that you somehow make the powder. I do make whey.. by fermenting whole milk. More than LCHF and fasting, eating whole foods that I then prepare myself is most important to my plan. I highly recommend it.

[@leanit5756]

Doc, what about bone density? Does a long term keto diet increase risk of bone loss?

[@btudrus]

Quite the opposite! Three reasons: 1) sugar(fructose) and the resulting high insulin damages bone health 2) high quality protein (e.g. found in meat) is necessary to maintain a good bone health 3) vitamine D and vitamine K2 is made (by a series of reactions) from the cholesterol. The capacity of the body to produce cholesterol is quite limited so you need dietary cholesterol. Both vitamines (D and K2) are necessary for a good bone health. Dietary sugar (fructose/sucrose) depletes vitamine D in the circulation.

[@dawnelder9046]

Read The Calcium Paradox. Vitamin K2-4 is needed to direct calcium to bones and teeth and away from soft tissue like arteries. The best source is Gouda cheese. But other real cheese also contains it. Eggs, meat and butter are also sources. You also need Vitamin D for strong bones. And like all hormones, you need Cholesterol to make it. Same sources. Finally you need retinal A for strong bones. Only 20 percent of the population can convert enough beta carotene into retinal A. Twenty percent can not convert it at all. Everyone else lands somewhere in between. Again retinal A comes from animal sources. I had a bone density test two years before going low carb and 3 years after. My bone density increased slightly. Low carb 13 years now. The province I moved to does not Density tests until 65, and while I have reached that age, it will likely be a while before I get the next one. Now I have also been taking k2-7 for the last 5 years. The body does need to convert it into K2-4, but it lasts longer in the body. But I was walking down a ramp two years back, carrying some things. Stepped on black ice. Suddenly on the ground beside the ramp looking up at the sky. Nothing broken. Not even a bruise. So I am going to guess my bones are in good shape for my age.

[@dianechilds1857]

Not in my case. Recent DexaScan says I’m in 99.9 percentile for bone density. Bone is a mineralized protein scaffold.

[@dietdoctor]

We have an article on that! www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb-bone-health

[@puzzley6613]

When they say "high fat", they mean healthy fats i.e. avocado, coconut oil, olive oil

[@AzaleaBee]

Continue with fatty fish, marbled beef, pork belly, lamb, duck, lard, tallow, smaltz, ghee, homemade kefir sour cream, etc.

[@Double-H87]

I was on keto for 7 years and suffered heart failure because I never was able to control my blood pressure while on keto. I’m now on a DASH diet and all of my vitals are now normal. I had no blockages in my arteries thanks possibly to keto but BP was an average 230/120. I should have eaten healthy fats and no salt keto. I’m doing great on the DASH diet with a BP of 110/70 average. I don’t listen to this so-called studies anymore. I check my vitals everyday and they tell me if a diet is working. Plus keto is a boring way of eating.

[@rathernotdisclose8064]

thing is, the only way to effectively feed such a large population is with carbs. proteins and fats are simply more expensive and less abundant. So, they have to push that traditional food pyramid

[@rosepruitt8569]

There is alot of money, and funding for the Standard Amaetocsn diet. Most Doctors, as well meaning as they are, have been educated by the very companies which push that SAD. Is it no wonder they are addicted to their own propaganda. Pill pushing is what they get paid for. It is sad, as many of them truly want to help. My poor Dr. Just shakes he head, and shrugs her shoulds, at this point. Love her, but to many things I refuse to do. Lol

[@dwpardee]

Use the money saved on medical costs to pay for non-carb food.

[@sharronklein1360]

I'm 79, had cancer twice (breast & melanoma) this past year (no rad. or chemo needed for either👍) , found out I have a heart flutter, lost wt. (I'm 5'1" & 110#), and am concerned about my brain functioning. I would like to go on a keto diet, but everything I see about it says that I will lose weight. Could I safely do a keto diet by just eating more food or adding calories in some way to my diet? I am in very good physical condition- do aerobic exercise classes plus yoga.

[@Dutch_Gonneke]

You may want to search online for Deborah Murtagh from The Ketogenic Switch. She developed a keto protocol especially for women with cancer.

[@Nicole-xd1uj]

As a person who used Keto to lose weight and then to maintain a health weight, I think it's very possible to eat keto without losing weight. For me, the trick is to add keto calories and not carb calories. A few extra nuts as a snack, an extra piece of bacon or another egg at breakfast, a bigger piece of meat with dinner, a smoothie with the whole avocado instead of half...that sort of thing. I hope you find a solution that works for you.

[@marynayna6327]

If you can eat dairy more cheese and cream will give you extra healthy calories

[@skinnydee1886]

@@Nicole-xd1uj NOT loose and loosing but, lose and losing!

[@sharronklein1360]

@@Dutch_Gonneke Thanks, I'll do that!

[@thesilverystars8888]

My son had operation on leaky appendix he is on keto diet doctor warned about infection and second operation but he recovered quickly with no infection at all ate in hospital only food suitable to keto.

[@cyberfunk3793]

None of these studies mean keto is not bad long term, obviously when a person loses weight their markers and health will improve. The question is what is the effect after the weight loss is done and the person is at their optimal weight, does it make sense to keep eating no carbs at that point. The LDL is likely going to be much higher than just +10% when you compare people at steady weight and that is the issue, high ApoB for long term on keto when weight isn't an issue anymore. If someone has good ApoB numbers on keto then they are likely to not have a big problem with the diet, but I suspect most people that are on keto will never be near any optimal LDL values after the initial phase when they are losing the weight.

[@saltrock9642]

Lunacy. I eat natural meats and veggies all low carb. How in the world is that unhealthy? Doesn’t make sense.

[@Benny_000]

Your diet is unhealthy for the profits of the medical industry.

[@lanceevans1689]

I've had the same talks with my docs about Macro (veggies/light meat-fish/only whole grain carbs). Then you ask what is it they think is unsafe? They can't tell you.

[@btudrus]

I would leave the veggies out. Too many phytotoxins, too many antinutrients, too many analogs which can replace actual substances needed by the body, too pro-inflammatory...

[@lanceevans1689]

@@btudrus It's fairly simple. If veggies make you feel ill, then what you say is correct. Though I would wager that not all veggies would have that effect, but some. For me, I'm the opposite. Going without veggies destroys me. And btw, plenty of veggies are considered anti-inflammatory.

[@btudrus]

@@lanceevans1689 "And btw, plenty of veggies are considered anti-inflammatory." Which is wrong. They are full of toxins.

[@vas4739]

Cognitive dissonance is common with those whose hubris doesn’t allow them to admit not keeping up with the studies and rather want to LOOK like they know everything and YOU don’t. Whatever happened to “do no harm” and I’m talking about my cardiologist!!!! I gave an honest effort to explain my keto & IF journey but I have moved on as he wasn’t hearing it from me. His loss… I’m a believer that if one CHOOSES to be ignorant it shows a blatant stupidity. If he could see the benefit perhaps HIS other patients could benefit.

[@ashdgee]

Low carb = low blood sugar = lower glycation resulting in low cardiovascular risk

[@jaywhoisit4863]

I get indigestion in the middle of the night from a low carb diet. My stomach is completely empty and shouldn’t be producing acid! Any ideas?

[@AzaleaBee]

Is your indigestion due to GERD? Reflux can happen because there is not enough acid in the stomach so the sphincter doesn't get signals to close all the way. ACV two to three times a day can help, especially several hours before bedtime.

[@ebigarella]

new to low carb? Bile related issues? lack of minerals (magnesium and/or potassium) on the transition phase?

[@MarkSmith-js2pu]

More time on the diet and AC Vinegar. If it doesn’t go away in 90 days, see a doc. It will probably go away. Good luck!

[@jaywhoisit4863]

Well that was quick! Thank you for the input. I’ll try the ACV trick tonight and see how it goes!

[@juanitahardy8583]

Indigestion comes from a too alkaline not too acidic body despite what the indigestion med folks try to tell you. Try apple cider vinegar tablets, one morning one night.

[@myplaylist7007]

I learn a lot from the comment section, now i am NOT WORRIED about my health as i age because i know keto works :D

[@reason3581]

“I just don’t see a reason to have an ApoB ever north of 60 milligrams per deciliter.” -Peter Attia

[@wanderlustendumado5396]

Dr Akins, had several heart attacks.

[@CarolynnMc01]

My doctor thinks she knows it all, so she'd never watch this video.

[@eppyify]

Unfortunately most are arrogant like that, for otherwise very intelligent people they also go about their trade with blinders and usually are many years behind current findings.

[@angeln2550]

They say the same thing about the carnivore diet

[@xulerpi]

The only sure way to tell if you are on a working keto diet for the percentage of carbs in your diet is to test -- anyone can easily test their urine with a keto stick. If it does not show ketones, then you are not on a keto diet. Just assuming some percentage of carbs means 'keto diet' is nonsense. People differ a lot in their carb tolerance. 17% works for me. I doubt 40% carbs works for many people, if anyone.

[@EZCarnivore]

If I ate traditional keto with lots of dairy, I would have worse cardiovascular disease again, because dairy was the cause of it for me in the first place. Had triple bypass open heart surgery at 23 because of dairy triggering my autoimmune CVD, skinny as a stick and normal lipids. It's so inflammatory to me when I eat any dairy, I can't eat any at all for any reason. Still, eating high dairy keto definitely helped me lose 25 lbs of prednisone weight effortlessly when I first tried low carb eating, so I'd definitely recommend it for weight loss!

[@HAL-1984]

Watch Dave Feldman latest video

[@zerogravity6201]

how can we measure human biological dynamics in absolute percentage points? May be with machines, like cars etc, it can work, but it is absolute misleading bs when they say reduced so and so many percent this risk or that risk, really, it is total bs. Perhaps it would make a little bit sense, if they did a trial on a set of humans with absolutely identical everything: body, size, weight, mind, thinking, lifestyle, the food they have been eating since they were born, and were born in the exact same way, were conceived in the exact same way, perhaps, but then, where the hell would you find a set of humans identical like that?

[@anfran7262]

Sorry, you're wrong

[@rensei5170]

didn't even care about the health benefit tbh as long as i can eat veggies, wagyu, salmon, and chicken skin everyday is enough reason to go keto

[@catherinehand7681]

How about reversing heart disease? Plant based reverses it but keto doesn't

[@dietdoctor]

Keto improves cardiovascular markers. www.dietdoctor.com/new-study-keto-improves-cardiovascular-health-markers

[@catherinehand7681]

@@dietdoctor It is easy to improve health markers (I ate massive amounts of butter and fish fats to lift up my total cholesterol to 200, which brought my HDL cholesterol to 70). The problem is that these markers so not stop me getting atherosclerosis. Dr Dean Ornish mentioned it was more important to focus on getting the total cholesterol down to reverse heart disease. Ornish mentioned they had seen patients which tried going keto and it DID NOT reverse heart disease or work anywhere as well as going plant based. Real evidence = calcium plaque scores or scanning the arteries. Have you got any other evidence that a keto diet REVERSED heart disease?

[@StanDupp6371]

@@catherinehand7681 The evidence is there are zero centenarians that have ever consumed any type of keto or carnivore diet or anything remotely close to it. But the same can be said about a vegan diet.

[@StanDupp6371]

Plant based does not reverse heart disease. Getting rid of all food that was invented in the last 100 years made in factories will help the most. But you can't sell a book with that one sentence.

[@history_of_philosophy]

My friend, processed carbs are bad, That's the truth. The bad ass is processing all kind of foods.

[@MichaelHplus]

I was on low carb for years and it gave me neurological issues. Now I eat more healthfully and am so much better. It took me years to heal.

[@voteforhamsandwich1112]

Perhaps maybe consider doing more carnivore content? You are, after all, the Diet Doctor, not the Keto Doctor

[@skinnydee1886]

Perhaps maybe?

[@Acejustforalaugh]

So does obesity !

[@pepper419]

Don't be silly, of course it'll turn me into a skinny corpse when I reach about ninety or so.

[@MichaelHplus]

This is not at all persuasive. This is a doctor who is dug in on a perspective and is doing what he can to justify it. This guy would bet eviscerated by a true expert on the topic.

[@swimfit57]

I’ve been low carb for 8 years maybe I shouldn’t be alive 🤷‍♂️🤔!

[@Anthony-hq8zg]

My cardiologist told me to get on keto because I have a lot of ectopic beat ever since I got over 212lbs

[@dicknastee1652]

Ketosis Leads to Increased Methylglyoxal Production causing tissue and vascular damage. Has this showed up on you blood work? Please clarify.

[@zendog48]

A high carb low fat diet is the best. Whole foods plant based is the healthiest for people, the critters and the planet in general. No more worries or arguments about cholesterol and heart disease.