The Truth About the Keto Diet: Does Science Support It?

[@Submanca]

My father put me on the Keto diet about a year after I was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 8. My seizures went down and I always had energy. I am now in late 57 and consider myself thin and healthy. I rarely get sick and the diet has been a lifestyle most of my life.

[@eddlake5694]

Just because it works for you doesn't mean it works of everyone else.Also you may be linking the diet to less seizures by collation of the two. For example as I get older the population of mexico increases, these doesn't mean that my age or the amount of people in mexico are related in anyway, they are coincidentally connected. You(or anyone else on a keto diet) may have improved due to medication, exercise , or any other factor. Not trying to attack you just pointing out you're improvement may not be due to you're diet change.

[@kristoffer3000]

That doesn't mean that the change in diet was the cause for your betterment, this sort of stuff needs years of study and thousands of people to be studied to reach any meaningful conclusion.

[@Submanca]

@@kristoffer3000 That is true but it seems to me that it worked for me. To me that's all that counts.

[@Submanca]

@@eddlake5694 This is true but it seems to me that it worked for me. To me that's all that counts. Besides I love being able to be on a mostly meat diet. If it is a coincidence it's a pretty convenient one.

[@solarmoth4628]

edd lake A ketogenic diet for epilepsy has been used in medical practice for many years and is utilized by many respected institutions like Johns Hopkins since the twenties. There have been studies supporting its efficacy(I haven’t personally read them). But the use of a Keto diet to treat epilepsy should always be done under the advisement of a doctor or nutritionist. All of this was mentioned in the video in detail if you watched it.

[@hchen-gb1tw]

As a veterinary student who recently was diagnosed with severe insulin resistance (although not yet progressing to Type II diabetes), thanks for this informative video! It’s really ridiculous how little science there is about our own nutritional needs, but alas, there are many barriers to ethical experimentation in this field. Six months after starting a ketogenic diet with the help of my endocrinologist and nutritionist, my insulin seems to finally be under control (and I lost 30 pounds). Here’s hoping that my body continues to respond well to this metabolic areangement, and for more long term studies going forward!

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[@jakerideout]

End of video: Not one diet is perfect All comments: Keto is the best diet

[@hermione3muller674]

yes. at leat for me, it is the only diet that does indeed bring down my weight very quickly and without rebound, and it also helps with my neurodegenerative disease, cures my gastritis my bloating and my stomachaches as well as bringing down the itching in my skin.

[@w4rsh1p]

End of video is just wrong.

[@FriedEgg101]

Mostly bros watching the video.

[@zakosist]

I think I agree more with "not one diet is for everyone". He did mention a concrete example, people who want the athletic performance where they use a lot of force/speed at a short time should not be on the diet as it reduces it. And there are probably some people who actually are better of (or equally good) healthwise on other types of diets, a lot of factors play in

[@ItsAsparageese]

Way to mischaracterize the criticisms. Nobody or at least no majority are arguing that keto is right for everyone, we're calling out the video for radically egregiously misrepresenting it. Nuance is hard, I know, but the truth resists simplicity

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

Meanwhile the Inuit today suffer alarming rates of obesity since being forced to settle in villages where they are dependent on imported packaged food.

[@dat9553]

Concrete proof about how carb destroy your body edit: by "carbs" i meant "digestable carbs" which is every kind of carbs that human can turn into glucose, cellulose which is indigestable, can be considered "harmless" since we can't digest them.

[@dat9553]

But most packaged food are high carb right? Colonialism causes obesity, that sounds confusing too.

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

@@dat9553 Just a case of the proximate cause vs. ultimate cause.

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

@@dat9553 Other things that can lead to obesity: stress, trauma, loss of mobility. All results of forcing communities to abandon their traditional way of life.

[@dat9553]

@Ren Huynh so fat and refined carbs from package food, compared to only fat and protein from animals and no glucose of any kind, the difference is still carbs

[@VSO_Gun_Channel]

I did Keto for a year and a half it was exceptionally effective. The thing I would say is in my case, while weight control is easy putting on muscle and strength is really challenging. I ultimately stopped when my bench press dropped below 5X315. I’ve gone to a low carb instead of a no carb. I’ve basically eliminated poors sources. It’s pretty effective, but for most people it’s too complicated you have to know the composition of your food.

[@neptronix]

Look up 'darth luiggi' and 'ketogains' on google for some clues. A keto bodybuilder can stay very low carb all the time, but a small amount of dextrose before lifting weights dramatically improves performance.

[@MrKimberr]

Love seeing a good gun channel watching other channels i like.

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

It’s very hard to go keto fully, it requires nutrient dense foods, which unfortunately…. Nearly nowhere to be found, and very expensive, like, 3 times or more as expensive, I’m saying like $5 per lb vs $20 per lb, or $1 vs $3. It’s just ridiculous how food industry leads us to this food desert.

[@ozzynomicon2817]

When you do 3 months of standard meats on keto. Switch to a low carb version. 50 carbs a day and 2 sugars. It becomes effective. Low carb version is much easier and if you work a 9-5 then you worknoff the extra carbs. Each sugar converts to 12.5 carbs and 12.5 carbs become 1 sugar. Roughly. Changes based on type of sugar/carb. That's what I've found. I go on harscore keto for 3 months during the winter when my hours slow and for 9 months I do the low carb very tiny amount of sugar. So its basically 75 carbs a day but I also have a very labor intensive career.

[@DannyOvox3]

Really? I want to do keto mainly to lose fat but I am worried that my muscle gains and strength will vanish. I was thinking of still eating carbs though, just probably 10% of my macros. I dont do much cardio, I mostly lift. Any tips?

[@AlexADumbDumb]

One main thing regarding weight loss on a keto diet is that, and this is supported by some studies, steeply hypocaloric diets tend to result in less muscle wasting when they are ketogenic. That is, a ketogenic diet mimics the muscle protection of a normal water fast, as opposed to the severe muscle wasting you'd get from eating a few hundred calories of bread per day (see: Minnesota Starvation Experiment).

[@timeout0000]

Something i wanted to add. It's almost impossible to do keto without cutting out ready meals and a lot of junk food. You are forced to read every label and it is shockingly difficult to avoid sugar.

[@MauroTamm]

Only snack you can eat is basically puffed pork rinds. No carbs, just protein and fat. Everything else is basically carb based (corn, wheat, potato, starchy vegetables)

[@TheRABIDdude]

Lol if cutting out junk food is a deal-breaker then it's hard to believe you take your nutritional health seriously. I do sympathise with your second sentence though as almost all foods contain a lot of sugar nowadays, even relatively healthy things like vegetables, fruits, dairy and most cereal.

[@davishall]

@@TheRABIDdude I don't think anyone is arguing it's a deal breaker, just that part of the benefit of keto may be simply cutting out those type of snacks and not something inherit about the diet

[@redbirdsrising]

@@MauroTamm Cashews, Macadamias, Peanuts in small amounts. Then there's low carb snack meats, such as Duke's Sausages and others.

[@TheRABIDdude]

David Treder I think the tone of OP's post implies she is discussing unforseen hurdles of the diet, considering her emphasis on having to read labels and finding it 'shockingly difficult' to find appropriate meals. But your comment does raise an interesting point there. I think there's a lot more to the ketogenic diet's success than just a reduction in junk food. Especially considering that a defining feature of many 'junk foods' is a high fat content, yet the keto diet advocates a high fat intake. But maybe you're right, maybe the way bacon fat is cooked and prepared (for a keto dieter) is less unhealthy than the cooked fats in chips and crisps.

[@Mortieus]

Keto is NOT an all meat diet. Most keto advocates, myself included, recommend 8 servings of vegetables per day as fiber is not typically counted in daily carb macros.

[@FaultAndDakranon]

Mortieus Thank you. Exactly. You don’t metabolise cellulose etc. so they don’t count as carbs. So many veggies are too low carb to kick you out of ketogenesis.

[@8123scooter]

Good keto is mostly veggies and fat and a little bit of meat

[@MauroTamm]

But that does not mean it can't be. MEat + vegetables for flavor/side.

[@Mortieus]

@@MauroTamm I'm not going to go deep into this on this platform, but, an all meat diet ends in a process known as gluconeogenisis. A good keto diet consists of only about a half a gram of protein per pound of body weight, which relatively speaking is a very small amount of meat, especially if you include the protein from nuts, eggs, cheese and so on.

[@blue_cameron]

Not just for fibre. Vegetables have many important compounds and nutrients

[@zach4216]

This is a generally good video, except for the fact that you made it sound like keto is an all meat diet. You will eat more vegetables (mostly fibrous ones that have low net carbs) than you have in your entire life on keto.

[@ArthurMcGDM]

Zach this is true

[@daijanestokazem]

He tolk more about carnivore diet, no keto

[@sillyfoxer9927]

Thats sooooo not true either, funny how you call out a fallacy with a fallacy. Im keto and i only eat a bit of fermented veggies sometimes.

[@zach4216]

@@sillyfoxer9927 You're doing keto wrong then. Google it. No veggies? Lol good luck not getting vitamin deficiencies. Literally watch any video from Thomas Delauer, Dr Berg or Logan Sneed. Healthy keto contains tons of low carb veggies.

[@TheCaptaineustass]

@@zach4216 did you watch the video? Two people went a year eating only meat and we're in good health at the end

[@ThisIsMeOnYoutube]

My wife and I have been on keto for 14 months. I have lost 190 pounds without exercise due to being disabled and I am no longer a diabetic (a1c went from 12.1 to 6.1). No more insulin, metformin, cholesterol meds, and blood pressure meds. My wife has lost 100 pounds and after 27 years is also no longer a diabetic and is off all or her meds. Our doctor didn't like the idea when we first told him. He is now on keto and recommends it to his patients. For those that say there is no long term research on the effects of keto I say we were literately dying and now we are healthy. So we know keto works.

[@Kroitk]

Can you please tell me what kind of foods you guys were eating in your version of the Keto diet? I have read so many "variations" and would just like a basic rundown of your day-to-day meals or general foods you consumer. That and what you cut out first, how were the first couple weeks like? Thanks in advance, I'm trying to get my father on this diet.

[@snooglemunch]

@@Kroitk Not Fred but here's my input. I try to stay below 30grams of (net) carbs a day. Which means you subract any fiber from the carb count. I don't really count my carbs, I just aim for as few as possible. My meals are usually Steak, bacon, and chicken cooked up in all matter of different ways. Coke Zero works shockingly well in this diet and it deals with my sugar cravings. One thing that this video did not touch on is Glycemic Index. Having low GI means that you don't feel hunger. It''s like when you don't feel hungry when you wake up, but all day! One of the reasons why Keto works so well is because you don't get that hungry sensation as often.

[@cristrivera]

Thanks for sharing your success story👍🏻

[@anon5119]

Tried keto to clean up my shitty diet, and it was very informative. I learned a lot about bad eating habits, brain fog and food coma. I absolutely recommend that everyone goes ketogenic at least once to find out what it feels like

[@karllaur3866]

I did it and felt less energy and more tired even after two weeks lol I also have no brain fog or lack of energy when I am eating carbs.

[@lwclark]

@@karllaur3866 Typical temporary "keto flu". You may not have been getting enough salt and other essential minerals. They get flushed out with the water that's bound to the glycogen you're burning off. Add sea salt or soak in epsom salts.

[@enchantmentoverride2521]

@@karllaur3866 yeah lol it just depends on people. It's not for everyone. But it is still important to keep your crabs not too high , as it might cause health problems the long run.

[@lachlantaylor1225]

HunterEffects i agree it’s totally not suitable for everyone, I did it and felt great, wasn’t too strict but tried to stay around 50g of carbs. Could just be a snacked less and ate less calories but I felt great for ages and now I’m back to eating carbs. No issues at all, but a friend of mine got really severe Keto flu symptoms and had to drop it

[@akasuzq1970]

@@karllaur3866 Lucky you; I was foggy in the morning, and had insomnia at night. Energy levels extremely low. For some people it takes longer than two weeks; especially if they are not monitoring their salt intake. My end goal was not ketosis, but to control my appetite by restricting carbs, and I only eliminated grains and starchy carbs, and then eventually I started passing over fruit. Imagine my surprise when I started getting ketones in my urine, and fruity breath - more than five months later. So newer information coming out from a couple of the conferences held over the last two-three months, is showing ketosis is NOT necessary unless you are diabetic, or are trying to fix a specific health problem. What most people can do to lose weight is just restrict carbs - you figure out which ones, and how many grams per day makes you feel best.

[@ArcaneEther]

I've been on Keto myself for the past two years. I was diagnosed with Menere's Disease, an inner ear disorder, that caused me to experience painful, frequent vertigo attacks. I was dizzy to the point of vomiting multiple times per day at random moments, it was misery. After being on Keto for three months, the attacks just stopped altogether. I didn't need to take medication to fight them anymore. I haven't had a vertigo attack since. Oh, and I also lost 60 lbs. after starting Keto. I know it's only anecdotal evidence, but it worked for me.

[@ItsAsparageese]

Keto dieting is also great for other neurologic issues, including sensory integration, chronic neuralgia, and cognitive diseases. It's incredible as a therapeutic diet. I think a lot of people who criticize strict keto dieting are failing to understand that any strict diet plan is about more than just feeling good, these protocols get implemented to treat specific problems. And they're very effective for it. Personally I stay at least slightly in ketosis because it's helpful for my sensory hyperacusis and cognitive issues, and when I discovered it in the first place it ended what had been years of neuralgia/myalgia. It's been proven for a long time that it's a neuroprotective metabolic state. But a lot of people want to feel special and important by being dismissive of it because they wrongly equate science with cynicism, so even though we're the ones backed by facts, somehow this subject is still considered contentious ...

[@justintremblay2318]

Scientist always its anecdotal evidence even if there is hundreds of thousand of people who get better on keto

[@trevor7234]

I’m type 1 diabetic, or glucose intolerant. Keto is AMAZING for us. Blood glucose control is easy on Keto.

[@mapleleaves2289]

same here I am type 1 , my current A1c is 4.9 on lowcarb

[@trevor7234]

omar maged what kinds of food do you eat specifically? I need some more options.

[@mapleleaves2289]

@@trevor7234 My grocery list, recipes I do from youtube and pinterest (Drinks) 143 Green tea uni 3x4 days x7le = 0* Herbal tea 25 teabags = 30 Sparkling X4 = 40 Coffee x 0.3 = 28 Cream x0.5 = 45 (DESERTS) 1682 BERRIES X2 packages = 50 W melon / Cantaloupe x2 pieces = 40 1 coconut = 42 Kiwi x4 = 20 Pumkin * Peaches * Lemons * 1 box blue berries = 150 Lindt 90 Dark Chocolate x3 = 340 Nuts 935 - wallnuts 1k = 450 - hazelnuts 0.25k= 75 - almonds 0.25k = 110 - macadamia 300g = 300 - cashew =0 Xylitol gum 3 packs = 90 Dates * Yogurt 4 small packs = 15 (salad) 490 Capsicum 4 pieces = 40 Lettuce 3 pieces = 63 Carrots 500g = 22 Green onion x2 = 15 Mafa tomatoes x3 = 45 MAFA cucumbers x 9 = 220 Sea salt x 0.35 = 28 Spinach Wadi Olive oil 500ml x0.5 = 57 (Soup) Brocoli soup Zucchini soup Chicken soup Cauliflower with blue cheese Sea food ( shell fish) Tomato soup (meat 160-250g aday ) 2,025* Meat 2.2k, x4 packages = 640 550g Ribeye = 410 550g sirloin x2 = 650 Eye of rump Minute steak Fillet Liver meat Eggs x50( baladi size) = 150 Tuna 0* Rio mare Salmon 0* Shell fish * Organ meat * Shrimps 400g = 175 Butter 0* (other fats) 310 Olives kalamata 1k x0.5 = 25 Coconut oil x1 = 220 In read coconut oil Avocado x5 = 75 Butter 0* Coconut shreds (cheese ) 625 French Emmental 300g = 150le Chedder 350g = 101 Blue cheese 200g+200g = 110 Haloom x2 boxes = 84 Gryuere / comte 300 = 180

[@emceeunderdogrising]

My A1c has been 5.6 for 10 years. I eat 300 carbs per day. CGM, pump, and sugar surfing. It's all about timing and proper dosage. Seems so unnecessary to follow the keto diet. I also question what the long term effects could be.

[@bartwilson2513]

Underdog Rising congratulations, but that is not my experience. It’s not “all about timing and dose” for me. While CGM has improved my health, It is unaffordable for most diabetics.

[@deoyx]

How the heck did a study of 7 people get cited as a credible source in this video? Thats... Not even remotely big enough to rule out other factors. How many of the sources were peer reviewed and reproduced?

[@mohammedammar8636]

This is the problem, many people from gym fanatics to diet 'experts' with no formal education in biology or scientific methods assume that as long as a study is published = its valid to use on arguments. Also, I think studying stuff like diet effects on people can be hard similar to sleep studies as its difficult to obtain participants and even harder to eliminate the effects of outside variables on your results.

[@jhubeJELLO]

well they did disclaim 'a very small' study

[@karigrandii]

There are no actual studies

[@juliahcornell]

Because he very specifically pointed out that it's a very small study in a field that hasn't had very much research put in and qualified everything exactly the way he should have. This isn't someone trying to obfuscate reality by citing studies with few patients and pretending that proves anything, it's suggesting that this phenomenon could be true and properly qualifying everything as "not figured out yet."

[@DomR1997]

@@juliahcornell I honestly wouldnt even mention it if that's all that's been done so far.

[@biggreenblob]

I have been following a keto diet for 6 months, and i am quite sure that during those months I have eaten more vegetables than in the previous 29 years of my life. I eat huge piles of (low carb) veggies 6 out of 7 days a week. Mostly leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables. Also zuchinni, green beans, asparagus, eggplant, among others - as long as i keep my net carbs below 20. Thats the only number I worry about. I dont count calories, or anything else for that matter. I just limit net carbohydrates. I have a "cheat" weekend once a month, where I eat pretty much whatever I want, mainly something I have been craving, but cant eat on keto. I have lost 85 pounds in these 6 months. I have not added any exercise to my lifestyle, but my job is quite physically demanding, and requires me to walk multiple miles and climb 20+ flights of stairs every day.

[@blahbleh5671]

good 4 you

[@mr.anderson9938]

biggreenblob I started Keto last year and did it for 7 months and lost almost 50 pounds , very easy diet for me. I have since went back to eating a normal diet but found I ate smaller portions and I’m not as hungry all the time like before. I think it’s a great short term diet to get to goal weight then chill.

[@MiuKujo]

Good for you! I started it just after Christmas last year when a buddy of mine sold it to me with, "You basically eat steak and sausage all the time. Most of your meals, or large portions them, are just going to be meat." I've lost 45 pounds since then, and I eat far better now than I ever have since after I moved out of my parents. Later this year I'm going to start adding some basic exercise routines to my daily cycle and just watch the pounds bleed off.

[@atranas6018]

Below 20 what? Kilograms?

[@chrispeacock1257]

Anas Takiyudi Grams. Below 50-60g of carbs is recommended to stay in ketosis. More than that and your body will still rely slightly on glucose rather than ketones.

[@davidwelge]

Any studies on the long term effects of a ketogenic diet?

[@Daekar3]

Yes, but not many. Until recently, an unbiased approach to low carb diets was like a career death sentence in the scientific community thanks more to dogma than anything like evidence.

[@BillDeWitt]

There's no long term scientific studies on any diet, except the Standard high carb diet of the last 80 years, which shows increases in obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and early death. The closest thing to a long term study of keto diets are the hundreds of generations of various tribes who thrived on it.

[@dinosaurusrex1482]

@@BillDeWitt we know it works in the Arctic then

[@MrJhwan]

scarboss 42 not really many, (although more have been coming in recent times) but it’s mostly because the creation of USDA dietary guidelines were so littered with lobbyists of the grain industry. Keto only recently came back into the limelight but really if you want a good example of long term high fat low carb diet, look at pretty much any indigenous diet. Whether be the us plains Indians or mongols, both subsisted on exclusive fatty meats and organ meats and were very physically impressive.

[@VT-mw2zb]

You can look at groups of people who for reasons like terrain, climate, and economics, have to eat such diet. Case in point, modern Mongolians. Guess what, they die a lot from heart disease and their life span isn't all that long (their life expectancy is shorter than freaking North Korea) How about places with quite long life span? Mediterranean diets with plenty of fish, cheese, vegetables, fruit, and wheat. Everything. Japanese diet: fermented soy, white rice, fish, vegetables, fruit, wheat. French people also live pretty long while drinking wine, eating cheese and baguette. The more you worry and try to min-max your diet, the less healthy you are, actually.

[@GoodIrishboy39]

Great Video! Could you do one about fasting and/or intermittent fasting?

[@hooverkinz]

Patrick O'Grady and the paleo diet?

[@Tomyb15]

@@hooverkinz that's already done.

[@DragoNate]

Yeah, that would be nice.

[@Katjjjes]

Science vs podcast has a great episode on intermittent fasting.

[@MrCallofkill]

Anything Islam does like fasting is automatically bad. They will find something bad about it.

[@thephoenician9597]

I've been on this diet for 4.5 months and honestly, it's the best one I could have picked, from 264.555lb/120kg down to 191.802lb/87kg

[@liroy2057]

did you exercise a lot during the 4.5 months?

[@hardrada5305]

Calorie deficit?

[@thephoenician9597]

@@liroy2057 Not even slightly mate xD

[@thephoenician9597]

@@hardrada5305 Nope

[@Revytwohands-io6du]

the biggest change i noticed was my joints didn't hurt as much hands wrists and knees i felt 10 years younger.

[@rad_lad_2715]

Keto isn't meat only. That's the carnivore diet, similar in that they are both low carb. Keto includes lots of leafy greens and certain nuts.

[@ParadoxalDream]

I wish more people would know that.

[@ems7623]

Ketogenesis is the real subject of this video. Not the specific prescriptions of other aspects of the diet. Besides, at this point there are many versions of the keto diet due to the nature of the Internet and countiess low-knowledge people who love to give dietary advice.

[@seitanbeatsyourmeat666]

😂

[@rebeccaorman1823]

Vegetables even leafy green ones have carbs. So do grains.

[@firstsecond9569]

Not just is it not only meat, its low to moderate amount of meat! Very disappointing how wrong they got this, did they do any research other than vegetarians misinformation about it? If someone isn't in ketogenesis, then they aren't following a keto diet, even of they think they are.

[@MrJhwan]

I personally started eating a carnivorous keto diet 5 months ago. Primarily it consists eggs, beef, beef liver, cheese and cream. I feel better on this diet than I ever have otherwise on my standard American diet. It’s helped me with my mood, energy, physique, mental clarity, everything. I can’t recommend it enough.

[@aaronphillips402]

I've been Keto for about 2 years now. Thank you for putting out this unbiased video. I did lose a lot of weight and I have been able to keep it off. The best part of this diet is the full feeling. On 1400 calories a day eating a lot of fat I am way fuller than I would be on 1400 calories a day with breads and fruit. It's because of this fact keto is easier to stick to for the long run.

[@tomwelch2347]

I hope the people commenting on "It's as simple as CICO!" see your comment. I'm don't want to argue about absorption rates of different foods and liver function minutia. But luckily we don't have to. High fat, low carb makes sub 1500 calories daily so easy. Before keto I'd easily have 700 calories for breakfast, be hungry by mid-morning, eat a 100 calorie snack, eat another 900 calories at lunch. Then be hungry by mid-afternoon. Have another 100-200 calorie snack. Then be hungry right when I got home for another 900 or so calorie dinner and most likely a snack before bed. Yes, there are lots of things wrong with that, and I could cut calories many different ways. But having 120 calories of MCT oil in coffee once in the morning and once at noon gets me to 7 or 8 pm on 240 or so calories. Then a reasonable, keto dinner with mostly vegetables (which this video got so wrong). Add a snack of nuts, low-sugar berries, dark chocolate, or similarly low carb anywhere in there and I finish the day under 1500 calories without thinking about it once. No pain, no suffering, no complaining.

[@Ash-fd8ww]

I grew up big, but eventually toned down to be thinner. All I can say is that, after 6 years the one major thing i notice is that the keto diet lead to me being less hungry overall. For that, I think it may have something to do with an effect in the ghrelin levels of some people.

[@brrrt7623]

I think an ideal diet consists of red and white meats with semi frequent leafy vegetable intake for vitamins and minerals and carbohydrates supplied from root vegetables for glucose and semi frequent fruits for fructose. Something like An apple and banana 3 times a week, radishes and or potatoes 3 times a week. Fish or poultry for 1 meal (periodically using small lean mammals as a substitute), beef, venison, bear, or pork for the other. I dont see any health benefit to only eating meat considering humans are omnivorous but only eating meats and vegetables/fruits is nothing but beneficial.

[@brrrt7623]

I also have noticed less fatigue and greater mental sharpness as well as stamina when comparing it to a standard diet. I think when people here the term "diet" they get the wrong idea and that's when it goes downhill.

[@themadichib0d]

That last part about being able to stick to a diet is key. And ironically is exactly why ive been enjoying the keto diet. Despite cutting out a whole food group its just been easy for me to maintain. When I get cravings its never for the unhealthy super sugary things I used to eat. Now I get olive and cheese cravings. The temptations to break diet are close to nonexistent for me.

[@jackflash6377]

Try eating a little salt when you get cravings.

[@themadichib0d]

@@jackflash6377 okay? Or I can eat perfectly healthy food when I get cravings? My point here was that the kind of cravings I get has changed, dramatically for the better.

[@ZoruaHunter]

I heard cheese was bad for keto thpugh

[@bigmike4133]

Keto has work for me and my wife. She lost 40 lb and I lost 80 in the first 6 months. We were strict with it for the first year and now we carb cycle. Best of Both Worlds. Plus we don't really crave sugar anymore. I think most people agree that that's a good thing.

[@janaebert3059]

Well if you eat a lot of meat I disagree.

[@Call-me-Al]

@@janaebert3059 not everyone does. There are even vegetarian and vegan keto dieters. I am not saying they have it easy, especially the vegans, but it is fully doable.

[@mikeshivak]

You can go on a no-water diet and lose even more weight, as well as not crave anything ever again... not sure that's a good thing

[@JohnSmith-lk9fv]

Jana Ebert keto is more about the fats than the protein

[@Call-me-Al]

@@mikeshivak you can't live without water, but you can easily live without carbs. However, carbs are extremely advantageous in some important situations, which is why humans developed such huge preference for it. Carbs are not evil or anything, but some people just don't deal as well with more carbs as with less carbs. Keep in mind that keto is also used for managing some medical conditions and not just as weightloss.

[@BaresarkSlayne]

In the word of Layne Norton: The diet that you can stick to is the diet that works.

[@Call-me-Al]

(and that doesn't harm nor prematurely kill you, for instance the starvation diets of anorexics is something they stick to for losing weight until death in cases without intervention, thanks to the mental illness part that makes it anorexia)

[@BaresarkSlayne]

@@Call-me-Al I think that goes without saying.

[@w4rsh1p]

and Layne likes donuts too much to do keto.

[@BaresarkSlayne]

@@w4rsh1p That's the truth.

[@josee7425]

Diet of HoHo's, fruit pies, and starbucks!

[@euro2019]

Did the Keto diet and going to get back on it again soon. I dropped 30 lbs in about a month and a half. It was tough to maintain though - not because I had a hard time staying on it (it’s my preferred method purely for fat loss, and find it easier because I don’t have to count calories, just avoid eating over 20-30g carbs a day) but because of how difficult it is to go out to dinners or eat at home with everyone else. I either had to order low carb veggies instead of potatoes, or eat at home and get a light meal. People got annoyed by my “healthy eating” telling me to “live a little” but the truth is you can’t overconsume carbs otherwise you’ll get knocked back out of ketosis (and feel like crap in the process - physically I mean). Pretty much just ate eggs, a lot of feta cheese, Costco roast chicken (because you know.. it’s damn cheap and so good), and frozen broccoli and cauliflour). Drank almond milk protein shakes (that were made with stevia, almond milk because regular milk actually has surprisingly high amounts of sugar - and also found... almond milk makes protein shakes way easier to drink imo), heavy cream and MCT oil (easy to break down into ketones). The thing is, it’s not a miracle. Combine the lack of carbs (which you only need about 20 of - for your average person - glucose is produced through other means as well, not just carbs) with high fat and moderate protein, you get full pretty quick. When I was counting my calories to see what I was taking in, It was between 1200-1400 calories a day - and I was not feeling hungry at all (since your insulin levels are stable - almost zero hunger pains, even when you are hungry, so it’s good to develop a routine. You could do this with any diet that balanced your macronutrients though. I just found this the easiest one to maintain. I didn’t really need to think about what I needed to eat. Did I rubber-band back? Very little, about 5-8 pounds (water weight usually due to depleted glycogen - carbs store about 4x their weight in water). Eating like this though taught me not to overeat, and even on carbs I’m okay with avoiding overindulgence... just like... keep me away from anything with the words hazelnut and chocolate in it.

[@chrisby6635]

Please people, eat as many greens as you want! That the best way to go when on KETO. Seems like most doctors forget that important note..

[@kruton93]

I think you should clarify that they literally have to be GREENS, and not just all things we consider to be vegetables. For instance, you can't eat a lot of Onions, as onions have a lot of carbs. You also have to factor out fruit and many delicious nuts (like cashews) because they have so many carbs packed in their tiny bodies. Bananas are especially high in carbs. I'm not saying you can't eat them at all, but to stay in Ketosis you have to eat them in extremely small portions, smaller than most other "healthy" diets.

[@chrisby6635]

@@kruton93 Well you said it my friend. Felt a bit lazy here haha!

[@roberthollandsworth1809]

Gela A a vegan plant based diet has been proven time and time again to be completely healthy for humans in all stages of life by the largest association of dietitians and doctors on earth. Processed meat is a class 1 carcinogen, meaning there is enough evidence to unequivocally prove that meat like hotdogs breaks down the DNA of the cell and leads to cancer. Obviously you need more than spinach to survive, but spinach is also an amazing source of vitamins and minerals like folate. There’s a reason 9 out of 10 doctors claim to have oatmeal for breakfast. Clean, rich phytonutrients fuel the body in ways meat can’t.

[@deniseglines1705]

Still love Michael's presentation; thanks to all at Sci Show who work behind the camera. :)

[@descai10]

The benefit of the keto diet compared to other diets for losing weight is that it's easier to stick to. Fats make you more satiated, and you don't get the same cravings you get when addicted to carbs. Your carb cravings will disappear once you adapt to ketosis.

[@lovecastle7154]

Also, low fat is bad because you're eliminating the source of fat soluble nutrients.... low fat is not exactly healthy

[@DogsBAwesome]

I am a great fan of being able to poop, I eat lots of fruits every day something that aids easy pooping, I would hate to have to force one out on a keto diet.

[@descai10]

@@DogsBAwesome Eat lots of low-carb veggies like leafy greens while on the keto diet. It'll help with things like constipation as well as prevent any kidney stones, gall stones, and gout. Keto diet isn't supposed to be just meat, you need your veggies to.

[@DeedlyDood]

@@DogsBAwesome Needing fiber to poop is a very long outdated myth. Most keto people do eat a sizeable amount of healthy veggies, but even carnivore diet people poop just fine.

[@madhatter5047]

@@DogsBAwesome Also a little MCT oil in the morning tea or coffee will ensure easy pooping. Eat plenty of leafy greens and low-net-carb fruits like strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and blueberries.

[@klausolsen9101]

Been on Carnivore for 7 months. Fantastic. Major improvement in life. And correct a more endurance energy rather than sprint energy.

[@Gameplayery]

I just started Keto, i love it because it forces me to actually read nutritional value tables and ingredients, if anything...i'm learning 🤷‍♂️

[@carlcamper]

Doing keto and IF for 3 years, I don't really miss carbs, and have kept the weight off. Not everyone can do it though, so it's not for everyone. But lowering carbs is a good idea for most people.

[@davidbergmann8948]

It's only anecdotal but I'm on a fart diet. I can only eat things that make me fart. It's superior to keto AND paleo, you should try it, bro! 😎

[@bananalore8398]

Looking for that Muscle Hank comment

[@GSPV33]

Muscle Hank is definitely on keto.

[@FearlessP4P1]

Rip

[@jhubeJELLO]

where is my boy

[@mvmlego1212]

@@GSPV33 -- Specifically, 98% rhinoceros meat and 2% grizzly bear jerky.

[@zalibecquerel3463]

@@GSPV33 Don't think about it. DO IT.

[@lohphat]

Not mentioned is that getting off carbs stops food cravings which leads to naturally eating less; getting down to one meal a day is easy. Once you reach that point, multi-day fasts are then easy. Also not mentioned is that a Kcal isn't a Kcal. Our bodies are not calorimeters. We don't digest carbs, protein, and fats in the same ratios and chemical processes. Long story short, fat may be high in calories but we absorb a smaller percentage of the potential energy vs how carbs are quickly turned to glucose at a higher percentage of potential energy. Calories, like weight, are poor gauges for weight loss. I've been on the keto diet for almost two years following a pre-diabetes diagnosis. After 4 months on the diet, and 30lbs lost, my blood work is now normal. I eat one meal a day, do a 3 day fast once a month, and a 7 day fast once a year. Excess glucose and resulting insulin are the apparent cause of oxidizing LDL cholesterol leading to arterial plaques -- eliminate the excess glucose and resulting excess insulin and risk of heart disease plummets. Heart disease is a sugar problem, not a fat problem.

[@ASBlueful]

Sugar problem. So I can stick to legumes, right?

[@lohphat]

@@ASBlueful It depends on their starch content. e.g. peanuts aren't nuts, they're legumes, but have a higher starch content compared to almonds. There are keto food lists out there which rate foods by glycemic index which rates how much of an insulin response they'll cause.

[@ItsAsparageese]

SciShow is garbage at actually researching and fairly presenting anything nuanced. It's like they carefully aim for whatever position feels the least controversial and then they want to deliver it quickly so they give no context, and so they often fall into the "cynically dismissing things feels like being science minded" trap. The truth resists simplicity, as Hank Green put it ages ago, but the little IFLS-kiddie sophomores-in-life culture here doesn't like to bother keeping that in mind.

[@yachishairclips2250]

Can I ask a question??? How about prolonged keto diet?? It does not have any side effects... because keto diet causes your body to go on ketosis... but isn't it dangerous for prolonged keto because ketones might add up into your body and that might cause problem instead of helping you...

[@crusadeisnigh6260]

@@yachishairclips2250 you can live your whole life on keto, but some doctors have told me atleast have 4 cups of low carb veggies per day to prevent a fatty liver while in ketosis, besides that its something you can live on. ketones dont add up in your body, you pee them out, there is strips to test if your in ketosis by peeing on them.

[@FaultAndDakranon]

Why does everyone forget to mention salads in the keto diet. It’s just low in grains and other carbs. The salads are how you continue to poop. Fibre is important.

[@maxsilbert]

Because people want to inherently dismiss it as "bro science"

[@napakamu9670]

@Daddy Slimcock and they have done randomized controlled trials that show the exact same thing

[@stingrae789]

You don't need fibre. I poop just fine without, better in fact!

[@xinic5]

@@stingrae789 How long have you gone without fiber? I went a week on just meat and found that my digestion was better than any other time. But I haven't tried that diet again, because it's pretty lacking in important nutrients.

[@ScottMorgan88]

Actually, fibre has never been shown to be important. Here's a discussion of a paper that shows 0 fibre diets give the least digestive issues. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqK4gGeGbqZ3f5I

[@mountainman5173]

The "studies" directly contradict my experience with the keto diet. I broke my ankle 18 months ago. I weighed 415 lbs. During recovery and pt, my doctor put me on the keto diet. I've been on it ever since. Right now, weigh 295 pounds, and counting. I feel great, more energy and my mental focus is as good as it has ever been. Maybe I'm an exception, but that's been my experience.

[@neptronix]

You're not an exception at all.

[@callmeswivelhips]

I'll echo that that experience is not an exception at all. It's just the nutrition field of research just prefers to pretend that you, and the rather large segment of the population which has had this experience, don't exist. It's definitely a conspiracy.

[@SirCharles12357]

Wow, a doctor prescribed keto!!! There's hope in the world!

[@callmeswivelhips]

@@SirCharles12357 I went to the dentist recently, and all of them were like, "Oh thank goodness, PLEASE stay on the keto diet! It's saving your mouth too!"

[@nanochox]

I've lost 80lbs with keto. The best thing about it is that your cravings reduce to a minimum.

[@joerotter2873]

It makes you not fell youre starving cutting 500 calories day and waking up in the morning not sick until you eat

[@RitardxSJ]

I'm down 20lbs and wanting to lose 20lbs more, but am stuck. Any tips?

[@3dstaco]

@@RitardxSJ It's calories in calories out. The only reason you might be stuck is that your body lowers it's metabolism when it's been on a deficient for periods of time. Calculate your metabolism -500 cal and have a re-feed day where you go +100 cals over your metabolism. Still do keto to not feel starved and eat nutrient dense foods.

[@3dstaco]

Summary: Monday-Saturday -500 Sunday +100

[@bitwise4235]

@@RitardxSJ Had a similar problem. I eliminated snacks (nuts & fat bombs) and did intermittent fasting. You could also try fasting.

[@dragonboyjgh]

should be better for diabetics as well. No glucose spikes means no need for insulin.

[@eightplusone7512]

makes enough sense simply cut out the problem

[@hermione3muller674]

correct. diabetics on keto diet do not need any insulin at all as far as i know.

[@w4rsh1p]

@@hermione3muller674 Keto actually reverses diabetes. Check out virtahealth.com to see their latest study with 2 year data. 60% remission...with a diet and NO drugs. Shits wild.

[@Katie_O]

Diabetics on keto still need insulin. Protein digestion causes the liver to release glucagon, a natural hormone that results in a rise in blood sugar. Diabetics still need insulin to counteract that glucagon induced rise. Especially if you're a type 1 diabetic like me.

[@halasimov1362]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGq6e3ugqLecqq8

[@tevadevere895]

I'd really like a deeper dive into the studies that supposedly test the keto diet. Many of them call a 30/20% carb diet "low-carb", which, while compared to 70% carbs isn't close to the 5-10% carbs recommended.

[@shannonb1195]

Maybe you have what you need by now, but look up a KZbin video called Stop Feeding Your Pet Mouse Keto from Dr Berg. It would be hard for me to look up the studies I've looked at in the past against keto but they all followed the same sloppy premises as the one mentioned here. Keep in mind as he's gently calling them out that the GI of glucose is 100. I tried to include a good keto calculator link from Plan and Conquer, but apparently that's not allowed. So you can try to look it up if you haven't found a non confusing one already. Keep in mind net carbs are always 20 or below, so it shouldn't even be asking that but it's still the best calculator I've found for starters. In my experience protein and fat grams can be adjusted according to how you feel, if you feel you're eating to much after a while. Intermittent fasting and eating non processed foods with low GI levels are highly important in keto as well. Edit: Sorry it was dextrose they fed the mice, it's the same as glucose and has the same GI.

[@SarahNova]

I have been overweight all my life, and tried every diet I could find. When on a diet, I would only lose a little weight, then two weeks later I'd go right back to not caring about what I ate or how much. Then I started keto 3 months ago. So far, I have actually been able to stick with it, and have lost a significant amount of weight, more than I have ever lost in my whole life. And I haven't even exercised once. My mom has diabetes, and her blood sugar was typically in the 300's, for many years, but after just a few weeks on keto, they were down to a normal, non-diabetic range, and have stayed there ever since. Think about how humans ate before agriculture, what did they eat while the race was evolving? Mostly meat and whatever they could find growing naturally (hunter/gatherers) which is essentially what Keto is. For millions of years, humans ate meat and naturally growing vegitation, evolving to survive and thrive on that diet. Agriculture (grains; high carb diets) has only been around for about 12,000 years, not long enough for humans to evolve to survive on this diet change.

[@crusadeisnigh6260]

im personally convinced that insulin resistance causes one to get fat as a way to protect the body, store it so it cant do harm. keto lowers your insulin resistance and corrects your body. insulin is the store fat signal, and with no store fat signals , basically weight just falls off without much effort.

[@dou40006]

Your background on our ancestors diet is poorly informed st best and totally wrong at worse

[@jonathandelgado8253]

@@dou40006 douche40006 sounds like a real Anthropological Expert. Tell us more, douche.

[@jonathandelgado8253]

@@dou40006 Or just have a look at this presentation comparing our hunter/gatherer ancestors to our agricultural ancestors. kzbin.info/www/bejne/parJdaasZdlpj7s

[@gtothereal]

dou40006 she’s not far off. We domesticated fruits and vegetables to increase their yields. High carb foods used to be quite rare.

[@realplastbox]

Saying keto has no advantage because there is little difference between test groups eating high carb and high fat while glossing over the the fact that most studies control total calorie intake is at best disingenuous. People in ketosis spontaneously reduce their calorie intake because hunger is stemmed by stored energy being available for use. They don't magically lose more weight than someone restricting calories, but they do it without hunger.

[@Synky]

Well said, and very good point. It's highly glossed over how much keto does to reduce the hunger spikes people fall victim to.

[@ZachComa]

6 months on keto, so far: down 45 lbs, 4.5 BMI drop, 90% of my psoriasis gone, 5 pant size drop, no muscle loss, and it's still going. I'm hungry much less frequently and on average I eat within a 4 hr window. The key is to keep a reasonable caloric intake still as to not lower your basal metabolic rate too much, i.e. use a generic calories in/out diet calculator to lose a set amount per week, and keep your calories around that number otherwise your body will slow down your metabolism to compensate.

[@cowboyflipflopped]

I was on a strict ketogenic diet from May 2017 until February 2018, during which time I lost 100lbs, from 235 to 135lbs. I'm currently maintaining at 140lbs. My cholesterol is much better, as is my blood pressure. Best of all, I used to be insulin-dependent type 2 diabetic, and have been stable without treatment with an A1c of 5.5 since a few months after I started the diet. It works -- IF -- you never, ever cheat.

[@LafemmebearMusic]

Calling it cheating is a great way to fail. No one needs to never eat anything that isn’t perfect and healthy.

[@cowboyflipflopped]

@@LafemmebearMusic Combining a high-fat diet with carbs is deadly dangerous. You have to keep it under 20g of carbs (after subtracting fiber) per day, or you risk doing possibly permanent damage to your cardiovascular system.

[@GS42SCHOPAWE]

What happened to Justin Y. ? Haven’t seen him much at all

[@alamrasyidi4097]

Yeah, me too

[@Nivexity]

Just remember, this doesn't mean you can survive on rabbits, all meats are different.

[@brewtalityk]

Those good ol survival shows like to mention that rabbits are too lean to sustain you for long

[@robertfletcher11]

There is a thing called Rabbit starvation (or Protein poisoning) caused by lack of fat in the diet. Some early European Australian explorers suffered from this as they lived off the land and ate mostly meat, especially Rabbits, which had been introduced early in European settlement (Invasion) of Australia, and bread like crazy. The European explorers mostly ate the red meat as they were used to. The locals also lived on a lot of meat but mostly ate the fatty organs and were fine.

[@appa609]

Yeah the key is really high fat. Not high protein.

[@user-je7pp2wg3m]

@@robertfletcher11 High protein diets can cause kidney problems

[@anthonyvalencia6889]

Mm Mm Mm Rabbit tacos sound great right now. My family has been raising rabbits for meat for as long as I can remember. You guys made me hungry

[@kahleeb624]

Ah I love when he does the videos.... the best voice ever. His voice makes me want to just relax and sleep and is very soothing...

[@ebg3624]

Idc what anyone says, I was strict keto for 8 weeks and then low carb (under 100g a day) for the following 6 months and I have lost 60 pounds. I’m down to 130 and under 20% body fat! Life changer

[@tomduke1297]

i can not confirm that high carb/low calorie diet is as effective at weightloss as lowcarb/keto diet. i tried for over a year to loose weight while eating highcarb, in the end i gained 3kg while starveing for a year. i realy honestly and totaly urge you to not even try it, it was horrible. after getting into ketosis i lost 50kg in a year without any hunger or exercise or any effort whatsoever. that was 2 years ago and im still in ketosis or at least very low carb, holding my ideal weight. im not sticking with verylowcarb because i have to to loose weight, im sticking with it, because it feels just so much better. i can finaly read 8 digits and remember 7 of them correctly while writing them down. with high carb i struggled after 3. my mind is clear, my body has full power all day long, you couldnt pay me to go back.

[@asaguda]

Similar story here. Everyone is different and aren't likely to respond to the same diets in the same ways. On a high carb diet I always feel hungry, like I could use a snack. Obviously only did bad things to my weight. On a low carb diet, I don't really get that hungry, and I intermittently fast. I never go hungry, and it's really hard to overeat because I feel so full after each meal. I think it comes down to that low carb/high fat as a diet allows me to keep a calorie deficiency, *without* going hungry. It was and still is game changing for my weight loss.

[@suicune2001]

Why did you starve yourself on the high carb diet? I'm doing highcarb/low fat and lost 10 pounds so far in my first month and never starved myself. But I also love potatoes, pasta, rice, and oatmeal. I don't worry about calories and I eat when I feel hungry. I've tried a high fat/low carb diet and felt absolutely horrible after a week. The first time I tried it, I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. My time on the treadmill declined drastically. The second time I tried it almost a year later, I started vomiting after a week. I also have pre-existing heart and kidney issues so I think keto just isn't for me. Always listen to your body.

[@tomduke1297]

@@suicune2001 simple, when i eat carbs, my blood sugar rises. when it eventually falls back down, my body screams hunger. at that point i have to either eat or endure. if i dont allways endure, i gain weight because high carb food simply has a lot more calories then what i burn in a day of sitting infront of a monitor. this is why highcarb diets never stick, while "on diet" people go to the gym and burn the calories the food inherently comes with. the second they stop, they gain back all the weight and then some.

[@suicune2001]

@@tomduke1297 The hunger thing I can understand. I eat a giant bowl of oatmeal with berries in the morning. That will last me a good 5-6 hours but once that's gone, I'll suddenly feel like I'm starving. Then I'll eat lunch and then I'll be good until I get home. At that point I'll have to decide if I want to eat dinner or not since I go to bed really early. I sit at a desk all day as well so I'll see how this goes. It would probably be going better if my co-workers didn't constantly shove crap food in my face. lol

[@tomduke1297]

@@suicune2001 that was the biggest difference for me, on a lowcarb diet your bloodsugar stays low all day, so there is practicly no hunger at all. that made it easy to stay on schedule. (and i needed a schedule, because without it i seriously underate and lost weight way to fast without one)

[@abbieq11]

Well I have control over my seizures. I can do it any time

[@abbieq11]

The MITOCHONDRIA is the power house of the cell.

[@mastershooter64]

Uumm... no mitochondra is the mitochondria of the cell

[@Seakipz]

"are", mitochondria is plural

[@HerbalistGuybrush]

@spim randsley then you hella stupid, son

[@nathanlevesque7812]

@@Seakipz Or they could change it to mitochondrion which sounds cool.

[@Seakipz]

@@nathanlevesque7812 exactly

[@glitchyme3707]

The one thing I wish you guys had mentioned is another issue with more modern keto diets is that the Inuits eat organs of animals they ate. These organs are high in vitamins and minerals that someone would normally get from vegtables/fruits. They also ate seals/fish that are high in fatty tissue very different from the cows here in the western world. Some meat they ate raw. So the modern Keto Diet varies greatly from the Inuit's original diet.

[@farrelljohnson1849]

fasting + keto . very happy . lost 20 kg and kept most of it for 2 years now . relatively easy too

[@jotaeme83]

IDK, but it seems misleading, starting with the video thumbnail and the historic examples, that you are showing keto as a meat- & fat-only diet. In reality it should be high in non-starchy, high-fiber vegetables; high in fat (which do not come just from eating animals) and MODERATE in proteins. This is not Atkins...

[@SamuelMM_Mitosis]

He mentioned that keto is low carb, not no carb.

@@SamuelMM_Mitosis, the problem is the protein. Any diet high in protein isn't ketogenic.

[@ItsAsparageese]

Calling it "bro science" in the title instead of "nutrition science" was a clear sign that we shouldn't expect an academically rigorous treatment of the topic, IMO. That and the fact that SciShow at this point has a history of totally failing at rigor.

[@SamuelMM_Mitosis]

@@ItsAsparageese how was this not a scientific approach to the keto diet. He mentioned the benefits of the keto diet, the only thing he said, it isn't for everyone. The title was pretty accurate, it's becoming a bro science in the fact that many people aren't implementing the diet in a very scientific way. I'm personally into powerlifting myself so carbs are definitely a benefit for my workout routine, yet I have keto friends who keep trying to shove it down my throat as if I need to be on Keto. I'm in excellent shape, and I'm reaching all my strength goals faster than my friends, so why do they think they have the authority to push their diet on me.

[@cassieoz1702]

@ ketogenic isnt generally a high protein diet and you need to work out your personal protein threshold

[@ComputerGarageLLC]

I think a research study for diabetic on keto would be interesting

[@neptronix]

There's tons of them out there. It tends to work as a complete cure for type 2 - as long as the patient remains on the diet anyway. For type 1, it improves blood sugar regulation massively and reduces insulin requirements up to 75%.

[@MattY3432]

big fan of keto myself, indeed one calorie is one calorie and keto does not make much of difference if total calories is same, but keto is really good at keep you feeling full thus a lot easier to stay on lower caloric intake, 1500cal with a normal diet might be miserable but 1500cal with a keto diet feels pretty pleasant

[@hermione3muller674]

yes, especially i do not feel hunger or craving at all. i had my bloodsugar measured continuously over a trial period. with carbs it had sparks and downs. without carbs on full keto it was stable throughout the day and the night, no spikes, neither up nor down. that correlates with my total lack of feeling hungry or feeling completely drained when bloodsugar plummets too low on a carb diet at certain times during the day.

[@hanshintermann1551]

That's one of the reasons I can't do keto, actually: I tend not to get enough calories. The other reasons are mostly financial and moral.

[@nioxic77]

Well actually protein isn't used as energy in the body, if the body can avoid it. It's used for rebuilding cells, muscle and so on. Energy for moving around and such, comes from fats or carbs.

[@МаратБитоков-э4ф]

Other 1000 calories or so comes from your body fat storage. And if you lean - from dietary fat.

[@danparish1344]

Keto works for a lot of people - I lost 30 pounds in a very short time without feeling like I was starving myself. I don’t do keto as a long term plan, but it’s a great feeling knowing I can always lose weight if it gets out of hand in the future.

[@anthonylipke7754]

I've been low carb dieting not cutting down enough to maintain ketosis. I eat more protein than is recommended and eat high fiber vegetables. Calorie control has been easier for me than on other previous diets and I believe it has helped control my blood sugar which was diabetic.

[@serencervi4414]

Keto definitely helped me with binge eating, I love it but I know it's not for everyone and it takes a bit more effort and organisation. But for me it's worth the cons because I got my life back from addiction and depression 😁

[@LuisAldamiz]

If it's "not for you", you can always try some home-made variant of keto and paleo of your own. As long as it sticks to the low carbs high fat principle it should give you benefits.

[@sammyruncorn4165]

​@@LuisAldamiz I did it 10 years ago. It worked like crazy with weight loss. But I got underweight and my endurance sports went bad. After that I tried to put on some weight, but I couldn't for a while (half a year). Got into binge eating because of that and into a kind of teenage depression. End of story I doubled the amount of pounds I lost (~20 lost, 40 gained). Not gonna do diets again or get crazy about weight. Isn't healthy either (to lose some weight fast and then jojoing). Just try to be healthy overall and enjoy life.

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@sammyruncorn4165 I don't think keto/paleo as a "diet" (although it can be when going hardcore, because you do lose weight and gain energy) but as healthy eating. Diets are IMO calory restriction and there's absolutely no calory restriction in keto/paleo. You were probably eating less than you needed, especially not enough (quality) fat. Why are olympic athletes like Dr. Ekberg promoting keto if it would not work for themselves? You will keep gaining weight not for "binge eating" but for eating too many carbs. It will also destroy your metabolism, causing metabolic syndrome, which often leads to diabetes later in life, among other problems. I can see how one can not be strict for this or that other reason (I'm not strict at all these days but I was originally strict and worked very well in terms of weight loss, improved health and greater energy, the first thing I noticed).

[@sammyruncorn4165]

@@LuisAldamiz If you don't want to label it as a diet that's fine. I just wanted to bring another perspective to it, since I read so many people's comments about it always being like "it changed my life" (for the better), but almost never the opposite though I know a few people (me included) for whom it just didn't work or went way overboard. I guess that's just people being more inclined to share something that worked/ success than failure. You get to see all the novelists and celebrities, that made it, but rarely the many, who had to give up/ perished along the way. Studies (not anecdotal evidences) also support it not faring better than any other diet/ cutting-some-macrogroup-out-eating-practice. You rarely hear about the failures or possible complications (loss of menstruation for women for example, though that might just be a general problem related to restricted eating/ huge weight loss). If you think I will get worse health-wise by not (massively) cutting out carbs immerse yourself in that scenario if you want and it makes you happy. Since the years I did it, my weight has gotten back to normal (back to square one, lost the extra 20 pounds again), but I'm much more happy now with my body. I try to eat less processed stuff (sweets, cakes...) in general, but I'm not beating myself up about it any more (or any macronutrients that is), enjoying potatoes, rice and pasta on a regular basis again. And I personally think that is the only good part about that eating-practice and any other, it might make you more concious about what you are fueling your body with in general.

[@jamesalewis]

I've been on keto for about 15 months now (fairly faithful, cheating on holidays and occasional weekend). I stick to it for my mental clarity. It's like being on my ADD meds from childhood.

[@florenejennings7845]

Yes, it works, I lost 63lbs in 5 months. Just don't give up when you hit a wall, re-evaluate what you're eating and add some exercise, i.e. walking to your diet program.

[@christine1902]

Good for you. But did you watch the video?

[@Luannnelson547]

I went on a sort-of keto diet when my husband was on chemotherapy because had had read studies that indicated it could minimized nausea. He had no nausea and I lost 30 pounds in the past 18 months. I’m not strict about it these days; I will eat a little dark chocolate but no pasta and bread. I do eat lots of avocados and lots of dark green veggies but generally avoid the carb-heavy ones, such as tomatoes and carrots. I’m not religious about it, though. In general I would say I feel better and I most definitely enjoy wearing clothes that are two sizes smaller. Also: No soft drinks, no sweet tea, no artificial sweeteners. I don’t like beer but occasionally drink a glass of red wine.

[@methanial73]

My main reason for the Keto diet is controlling Diabetes. I was diagnosed with it in January of 2018 and fully reversed it by August 2018. My doctor wanted to put me on Metformin and I instead suggested a diet change first. Her and her fellow Dr's almost didn't believe it. Don't follow the advice of eating Carbs when you're Diabetic, eliminate them! The exception is vegetables, you can and should include them as I have.

[@hannessteffenhagen61]

I lost like 50 pounds in 6 months just by not eating sugary snacks and drinking sugary drinks all the time, and otherwise eating whatever the hell I wanted. I call it the Eat Like An Adult diet.

[@aCourtJester]

I eat lots of vegies on my keto diet. Its my staple. So even if I 'cheat' on a night out, I'm back into weight loss the next day. It works for me.

[@angeliparraguirre7329]

Veggies are good for you

[@halasimov1362]

Starvation mode may have long term health effects. Fruits and Veggies have so many proven benefits to compare them to a fad diet like Keto with hardly any data is silly.

[@mushimone]

what about fasting or intermittent fasting?

[@Matt-pi9jo]

PyroMonkey generally speaking, there is no magic to eating nothing.

[@GookManGM4L]

PyroMonkey I combined the Keto Diet and Intermittent fasting (One Meal a Day) No Lie I started three months ago. I was 181lbs. Now I'm 154lbs! So many people have said I looked Soo diff and I can finally got small and mediums

[@lzl4226]

In terms of fat loss, the idea is you get low insulin and thus you use up more fat. However, you don't need 12 hours for insulin to go down, in between meals works fine too. You might get more efficiency but how much is debatable. However I do think people on a fasting scheme tend to eat less overall. Because.....1) it's easier to not snack if you take away the choice.....2) It's harder to shove tons of food down your face in a shorter period of time. So yeah in short.... it works. If you go back to normal eating though your weight will slowly return to your "baseline". Your body actually regulates this very well (unless if you have an issue like diabetes in which case it is totally broken).

[@BeanDar]

When I was doing an office job the keto diet worked really good for me cuz I would do endurance workouts. But once I switched to becoming a firefighter EMT, where I needed short bursts of intense energy to put out fires and such, there was no way I could stay on the keto diet. So I learned to eat healthy carbs and lots of fruit and veggies of course.

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[@cmoon3121]

Thanks for a really good video about the ketogenic diet! I was linked here by a friend (he is not keto, he is against it lol while I've been keto for 2 years). I must say this was a really well done and informative video. Yes keto is not superior to any other just because you lose weight quickly. However it can be argued that the power of keto shows itself in other ways. As we say in the keto community: "I came for the weightloss, stayed for the benefits" ~ and that's very true for most. The ketogenic diet is *not* a weightloss diet, never has been but is now treated as such. It's not only ancestral but also has roots in the medical community (for treating epilepsy as you said). It can treat other things as well, or at least put it in remission. Type 2 diabetes, depression, anxiety, other mental issues. I do not say healing because once you go off keto those issues tends to come right back (at least for me and a lot of others), therefore keto is not a cure, but a way to manage. It's something I'll want to (and probably have to) do for the rest of my life, and I'm very thankful I found the ketogenic diet. Once again thanks for a great video :)

[@lukehero]

6:12 you skipped over your conclusion about sharpening of the mind after this part. This is the best thing about Keto in my opinion, after being on it for several months.

[@Lancor84]

Or maybe it's just because you cut all the junk food out of your diet?

[@hata6290]

@@Lancor84 ? what does that have anything to do with it?

[@aleksandarcvetanovski3440]

I felt sharpening after 3 weeks. Had to quit it though and it felt horrible after.

[@lukehero]

I'm still on it!

[@ArtfullyGifted]

Eating a healthy keto has changed my life. I keep my carbs and fat low so my body burns the fat that's on my body. I've lost over 25 pounds and regained my health. I eat way more veggies on keto. I no longer eat sugar or most processed foods. Keto is life!

[@Szanth]

You don't think you could've replicated those results by just eating more veggies and cutting out sugar and processed foods?

[@ArtfullyGifted]

@@Szanth Before I started keto last year I was eating whole grains, fruits and veggies plus meat. The high carbs kept me from losing any weight for years despite the fact I was watching my calories and exercising. I used to have horrible inflammation in my joints as well. Now I don't even get colds anymore. I haven't felt this good since my twenties. Keto works.

[@jackflash6377]

@@Szanth What do you think the keto diet is? Basically what you listed. Stop eating sugars and processed foods. Eat fat and protein and veggies along with a few carbs.

[@Szanth]

@@jackflash6377 Keto only specifies minimal carbs with a replacement in fat and protein. He said it weird, so it seemed like he was saying "I do keto! I know it works because I lost weight! Also, as an afterthought, I also, y'know, cut out sugar and processed foods. But that's unrelated to the success I attribute to my keto diet." So I was like "You could've just cut out the sugar and processed foods without the carb restriction and probably gotten similar results."

[@akasuzq1970]

@@Szanth Probably. But you have to cut all grains and starchy vegetables, and most fruit. And some specific health results do require you pay attention to the ratio fat: protein:carbs.

[@dannywarnock8822]

"A body without carbs has a backup plan.." What if the opposite is true? That we thrive most on fatty meat, but as omnivores can eat carbs as seasonally available or as a starvation food. I think it may well be the case that humans evolved as mainly Carnivores. My personal experience eating only animal based foods has been incredibly positive. Stronger, energetic, clear mind, amazing digestion. I truly believe most people will feel amazing eating only meat.

[@Zpicismrad]

I've been eating one meal a day for several years now. In January, I decided to try keto. I didn't eat for 48 hours and then I ate a meat+green salad meals, approx. 1000 calories, all in one meal in the evening. I lost 14kg (some 30 pounds) in two weeks. I always started feeling hungry only in the evening. I haven't been on keto since maybe February and I haven't gained a single pound back. I need to get back on that and lose at least another 14kg

[@Ph4tie]

Love that you guys put your sources in the description! One more reason you guys make some of the best Ed content on KZbin!

[@MarijnvdSterre]

Bu but but, what about the vitamins? You brought it up, but never answered it...

[@anon5119]

Meat is extremely high in nutrients. The main thing missing is vitamin C, but you can still eat low carb vegetables such as broccoli, kale and avocado, which are very high in vitamin C. There's some bro science about not needing vitamin C on a low carb diet, but I don't really know about that

[@Daekar3]

I get more vitamins in my keto diet than in my regular diet. If you're following the advice of folks like Dr. Jason Fung, you will be eating green leafy vegetables and other low - carb plant foods in addition to healthy saturated fats. That's not to say that carnivore diets can't be done, but they require that people eat more like natural predators (that is, include the organ meats we tend to avoid in modern society for reasons I don't really get), and in my opinion it would be a shame to skip out on variety when you can get it.

[@jackflash6377]

On a true Keto diet you should eat at least 5 cups of vegetables per day. That brings in all the vitamins that meat and fat don't give you.

[@Andytlp]

@@anon5119 U can get vitamin c from dairy. Raw milk ect. Stay away from store bought dairy products. Buy local fresh from a farmer.

[@Call-me-Al]

@@anon5119 as far as I heard, it isn't that you don't need it, as much as you don't need as high levels of it because you absorb it better or something. That said, there's usually no good reasons to intentionally lower your c vitamin intake because there are so many vegetables and more you can consume on keto that will give you way more of the vitamin c you need, even if you had been on a normal diet.

[@Bolastristes68]

Keto diet is not the same as Atkins diet. I expect from this channel to be more accurate in the research. Low carb studies let about 130 grams of carbs per day. In another hand keto diet requires less than 50 (in order to produce ketones bodies). Most of the research documents, that can be found online regarding weight reduction, are about low carbs diets and not keto diet. In this video you talk about the influence of ketones body on the brain. You also talk about adherence to diet in order to succeed in weight lost. In my experience keto diet is much easier to maintain that other diets including Atkins. This it may or may not be related, I was hoping this video answer that. I watched this video hoping SciShow will not make the same mistake as almost every other video online btw, I lost 30 kg doing keto diet.

[@nioxic77]

This is true. a lot of "low carb" studies, are NOT in fact ketogetnic in any way, and so a lot of research papers on low carb diets do NOT apply to ketogenic diets, IMO. They simply eat too many carbs, in those studies. its useless.

[@jimkennedy4509]

Bolastristes68 low carb is 50 g a day not 150g. The anti low carb people use the 150 number

[@jannis4387]

@@jimkennedy4509 There is no fixed definition for Low Carb. Most people would not consider 150 g low carb, but it's still significantly less than an average western diet. Also, if you do a lot of sports 100 - 150 g can still lead to Ketosis. Edit: What many "low carb studies" get wrong is that low carb is not a high protein diet. Too much protein leads to carbohydrate production due to gluconeogenesis. Fat should be the primary energy source without carbs.

[@Bolastristes68]

@@jimkennedy4509 agreed, but the studies on "low carbs" are ... that's why I disagree with the video

[@EckmanJones]

I've been practicing intermittent fasting for the last 5 months, my weight has dropped dramatically, is need less hydrocortisone, I no longer need metformin to control my diabetes and I can ride 50 miles no problem now. When I do eat it's all protein rich foods. Another good source of info is a couple of books by Dr. Jason Fung.

[@David_T]

But that's the problem with getting a lot information from people on diets: When a person decides they need to get in better health they combine some form of diet with more exercise, so from a science standpoint it gets hard to tell whether the improved health comes from the diet or the exercise. BTW, great job on getting yourself healthy though. I good diet an exercise program is a lot better then bottles of meds.

[@crolmac]

I did atkins around 39 years old, and i did lose weight, did it for 9 months, felt very good. My take on it was that my memory and attention span got better, i felt less tired, and mainly, i understood that i was earing way too many carbs. It brought me around to better nutrition. My understanding after all my 'experiment' was that i probably was starting on some sort of insulin deregulation. Now, 20 years after, i continue to see carbs as a necessary restriction. I still eat them, but if i reduce them a lot, i feel better. With the idea that natural carbs are found in fruits and veggies, there is no need to overload on the refined carbs. Love fruits and veggies! But i have to resist my drug, which is sugar in any form. Don't like alcohol, a saving grace!

[@naolmstead]

I tried the keto diet and after just a couple weeks i had lost weight and generally felt better, but it is so hard to stick to. Ultimately I decided to not try to stick to such a strict diet, but it did help me break my addiction to sugary foods. At least in the short term. We will have to see how I progress going forward. Though I have already gained back all the initial weight lost.

[@MarchalisVan]

Curious about the longevity effects on the body if any. I guess it depends what food your eating for either diet type

[@H4KnSL4K]

Keto doesn't make you lose fat weight by itself. BUT, the resulting shift in your metabolism to use/burn more fat allows you to skip meals (aka intermittent fasting) much more easily, and effectively use your stored body fat, which does lead to fat weight loss. One can do unhealthy keto (e.g. not enough nutrient dense vegetables) and experience bad side effects, and/or simply intake as many calories as you did before starting the diet, and you wouldn't expect fat weight loss in that case.

[@d4rk0v3]

Inuit people didn't get nutrient dense vegetables and they were fine. That was the whole point of the ketogenic diet.

[@WorthlessWinner]

You can get the same metabolic shift by intermittent fasting though, right?

[@jasonbottle4033]

Inuit and other indigenous people also ate the animals head to toe including bone marrow and organs and the animals were eating a wild diet unlike our commercial feed lot livestock

[@jasonbottle4033]

... and intermittent fasting on a non-ketogenic diet will not give you the same effects, as the carbs will drive your insulin up farther and keep it elevated longer, so you will need to fast longer between feeding windows to get the same results, where fasting is harder to begin with, as your body will be getting hangry as your blood sugar drops

[@4G12]

@@d4rk0v3 Organ meats are very nutrient dense, something this video conveniently leaves out...

[@snake1625b]

You didn't even acknowledge the hunger suppressing claim of keto in weight loss which is a big pillar of it. I'm not saying it's right but you should at least cover it when making a fair analysis. It's hard to make definitive claims with the science of nutrition so please don't callously label it as "bro science". There are many significant scientific authorities who support the keto diet and they're working towards bettering their understanding of it.

[@empebee]

He did briefly and partially at 7.22, but he should have talked about it more.

[@TripleTapHK]

He mentioned that it goes away after a while which I have not found to be the case. My body is hungry less because ots already full of fat.

[@r.m8146]

"there are many scientific authorities that support keto" No, there isn't. A scientific authority is a health institution, some random doctor or expert isn't a health authority and there isn't a single health authority on the planet that would prescribe keto for anyone with the sole exception of people with seizures.

[@TruffleSeeker54]

@@r.m8146 Not true, the cardiologist my parents have been seeing for a decade, Dr. Michael Schwarz in New Jersey, prescribed the keto diet for my uncle. Several years ago my mom actually demanded that my uncle visit Dr. Schwarz because she did not trust his former heart doctor. My uncle has heart disease and diabetes, and Dr. Schwarz told him to eat 120g of fat, 70g of protein, and 40g of carbs every day. I don't visit my uncle that often but in the past he also had a stroke, and has troubke remembering/using the right words and after eating less carbs my mom and I believe his health and cognition have improved. Also, my uncle is definitely not following the keto diet, he just started eating less carbs and my mom and I could tell there was improvement.

[@awm21awm21]

It's real and its spectacular. Also, this allows the week willed such as myself to do intermittent fasting while on keto

[@venci005]

Thanks @SciShow for the info.. btw I only ate 1 meal a day and didn’t know that I’ve been on keto for years now.. your right I’ve been more alert than before, and easily to catch-up with the previous conversation and doing little exercises nonstop and didn’t feel any kind of tiredness.

[@PrParrot]

Really great and informative video! Its hard to find scientific videos on these new diets. One thing that I think could have been mentioned is the downsides to eating the kind of meat we have readily available in the west (ie processed meat). Meat processed with nitrates are carcinogenic in high enough quantities.

[@sith1986]

Keto doesn't help you loose weight. Me: loses 70lbs over 1 year

[@specimen12]

They didn't say that. In fact, they openly said (at 7:00) that it has been shown to encourage weight loss, just not any more than other diets.

[@TonyisKing343]

I lost 150 lbs using keto. And I promise you I ate salad for lunch every single day of it. People just seem to think that bacon is the only food you eat on keto. Smh

[@Superxpninja]

Yes I've been thinking the same thing, theres obv unhealthy ways to do keto😂

[@vileguile4]

While i admit there's a chance im delusional or that my change of health and intellect is just psychological: I've been a vegetarian for 20 years (im 39 now) and five years ago i went on a ketogenic diet. Very fast i went from 100kg+ to a 80-85kg (175cm tall). Sure, i have a little belly but...(!) i can now run for an hour without having been running or training for a year. Without any real stretching i can kick high enough to hit to hit an equal height of my head. Is it a miracle? I have no idea but i got conditioning and agility from doing nothing apart from the change of diet. Ive been eating the same food for all these years. I no longer have any hunger but i can feel that im running out of energy. This makes me only eat once or twice a day where the big meal is often an hour before bed. There's very few carbs in my food. It should be around 20 grams but these days i dont measure anything anymore (same food every day). Two years ago i tried eating carbs again for a month and it was horrible. My conditioning went a way. When i ran with my dog i would go out of breath instantly. I got stuck in the sofa watching TV which is something i had forgotten you could do. It was hard to motivate getting up even to get a glass of water. My sweet tooth came back and my inability to eat sensible did too. It's hard quitting carbs as you have three horrible days but i mange to do it after a few tries. Conditioning and agility came back. As far as intelligence and problem solving - At work i dont even have a description of what i do since i change and seek new challenges all the time. The things i do gets more and more complicated and i love it. My boss and I both agree on that i somehow "get it" now. Please understand im not trying to brag here. But this understanding is not limited to a single field but to everything. My work results and salary shows im not delusional so im confident in that im not. Is it a psychological thing? Maybe conditioning, agility and intellect were there all the time and i just "unlocked" it? Possibly! I think carbs made my brain and body so sluggish that it kept me down. I recently moved to a house (six months ago) and i notice that i can run out of energy which i never did living in an apartment. There's a lot more physical things i do here so i have been considering quitting keto for that reason but i dread all the consequences. It could be that i burned out while in a long depression in my younger years. Before i was just running out of "mental" energy (especially pre keto) but now i notice it's also from physical activities (when doing lots of heavy garden work - it could be normal of course!). Bro-Science? Maybe. There's always fanatics. I think i have shown, at least me, a couple of key points where there really is a difference - especially when i went back on carbs for a month. It's probably not for everyone though and i would not recommend it if you think you function well as it is.

[@toddhollen]

When I was in college I took a nutrition class and the professor hated Atkins for many reasons but one of the main reasons she talked about was that keytones are really hard on your kidneys, I think it was because of the acetone that was mentioned in this video, and that long term production of ketones can lead to kidney failure. This was years ago, so are there any recent studies about the effects of the Keto diet on kidneys or anything? I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in this video.

[@maninthehills7134]

I used to work at a Children's Hospital. From what I remember, the kids who underwent bone marrow transplants had to eat a ketogenic diet for at least a couple weeks.

[@akasuzq1970]

Long time fan of this channel, but I think this is the first time I've responded to a video! I enjoyed the video but at minute 7, I felt like Scishow should've consulted either Dr Westman or Dr Phinney or Dr Volek, before they aired this - simply because this field is changing so rapidly, that it is hard to keep up. I did enjoy the first 6 minutes 59 seconds; the opening 30 seconds wasn't the strongest start for a video explaining Keto lifestyle, but it wasn't unfairly critical - which I appreciated. I was only a little disappointed by minute 7, and the last 2 minutes. Keto lifestyle is superior to other diets, and the doctors I mentioned, plus many more, show their research to back up their claims. Also correct about athletic performance, however, there may be a longer adaptation phase associated with explosive physical sports, like basketball; Lebron James is a good example of how the adaptation phase would work in a professional athlete. I didn't get the "Bro-science" part of the title, but I was a little surprised there was no mention of the citizen scientists/N=1 experimentation underway; you would think Scishow would get a kick of that. This is a topic Scishow will have to revisit at least one more time this year, to do justice to how fast the science is evolving.

[@jasonbottle4033]

... also, none of the 4 diets compared in the reference from 2009, were even close to ketogenic, which would be less than 10percent calories from carbs... disappointing effort for a channel I used to believe in...

[@4G12]

@@jasonbottle4033 They obviously don't do nearly enough careful research on this topic.

[@eriklotshaw]

"Keto lifestyle is superior to other diets" that's not a verifiable fact. Some people show amazing results on every diet out there. The "Bro-Science" is a play on the amount of Keto-Bros out there.

[@akasuzq1970]

@@eriklotshaw OK. It's not widely accepted - and our so called government will take 20 years to change the food pyramid - or plate, whatever is currently being used. But the science does exist and has existed since the 1920's. Why was it acceptable then and not now? Because we've been told for 50 years (despite the evidence that existed to the contrary), that we should be eating no fat, 1-2 servings of meat, 5 servings of grains and 7 servings of fruit and veggies a day? The "keto" science is being practiced and prescribed by doctors and people are showing real, life altering results - it's not just a bunch of youtube and facebook groups advocating for this lifestyle any more. Some people show amazing results on every diet out there because they have favorable epigenetic factors; somehow they managed to live a life with no overexposure to mold, bacteria, heavy metals or medications, they sleep 7-8 hours every night, have no emotional, physical or job stress, don't over-consume sugar, grains, vegetable oils and have no nutritional deficiencies. Any one or two of these things can affect how your genes express themselves, how you respond to different styles of eating. I don't know anyone like that, but I'm glad you do. I still don't get the "bro-science" part, but thanks for trying to enlighten me.

[@hatstraw3624]

Ron Swanson was right all along !!!

[@barbwellman6686]

The National Food Pyramid recommends that the two largest food groups to consume each day are fruit (7 servings of carbs there) and breads (5 servings of carbs there). Then, 3 servings of milk products (which in milk is half carbs and half protein)..... In that Type 2 food induced diabetics aren't able to eat carbs without drug use, it is evident that the government food pyramid is wrong.

[@RoninXDarknight]

Of course it's wrong...it was literally designed to appease various food manufacturers. Go look up the history of it; it's obscene.

[@patmccann2696]

@@RoninXDarknight I remember watching a video recently with one of the researchers talking about her experience when the government were first coming up with the food pyramid. (I think '73). She said, her coworkers and herself recommended 3-4 servings a day. But of course, we all know that's not what the government recommended.

[@lamplove4914]

Nice overview of the diet. The diet practically saved my life. Never been in such steady stable mood and almost gave up on ever losing weight until I tried it. Just the mental stability is enough to stay in it. I may be more carnivore now but still have the same effects 3 months on.

[@KayleeCee]

I tried doing a keto diet for about a month with assistance from a legitimate nutritionist. I felt like crap the entire time, didn't lose any more weight than I had been losing previously with a lower calorie diet, and I started losing hair like crazy. My diet was even tweaked by the nutritionist when my hair started falling out, but it didn't help. If the keto diet works for some, that's great for them, but I had much better success with a lower calorie diet.

[@4G12]

What we're you told to eat in your version of keto? The specific sources and types of fats and protein matter a lot. For instance, if your fats are mostly omega 6 and little omega 3, don't expect good results and I won't be surprised by hair loss and skin damage.

[@thecurbdog123]

Can you please do one on high sugar diets like how we eat in the west. I personally found a reduction in my anxiety symptoms

[@ppiqua3523]

This video is very misleading. The keto diet is not a high protein diet. It's high fat. You don't have to have much protein on keto. There's vegetarian and vegan versions of keto. It involves lots of nuts and avocados. I just started keto after 6 months of research first. I'm eating more green vegetables than I did before. I get maybe 5 to 6 servings of green vegetables a day now. I started the diet with permission from my Dr. as a way to control my diabetes, which is one of the main uses of this diet. I'm incredibly disappointed you guys didn't mention how the keto diet was used to treat type 1 diabetes before injectable insulin was invented. I'm also upset that you compared it to Atkins. They are not the same diet. Also after the first month or so you don't lose weight any faster than other diets. 1 to 2 lbs a week is normal. The reason for doing it is controlling blood sugar and therefore controlling cravings. I have struggled with binge eating disorder since I was 6 years old. This diet allows me to control my craving and appetite. No other diet does that

[@Spacemuffin147]

This show is pop science after all.

[@akasuzq1970]

Yeah, the more I think about the video, the more I realize how much they left out. If you are not not diabetic, or trying to control seizures, or put PCOS in remission, then your macros are restricted when it comes to protein. But if you are trying to lose weight, Dr. Naiman, and Dr. Bickman have shown you can get into ketosis by not being so strict with protein. The key is restricting carbs to 20 grams a day or less. In fact, both doctors caution how much fat you consume if you are trying to lose weight - the goal should always be to get your body to burn the fat stored on your body first, that's what it's there for - fuel. In other words, the goal should be to become fat adapted, and not spend all your time in ketosis.

[@curtismmichaels]

Caloric deficit is easier for me to maintain on the Keto diet. I don't have cravings, I had before. I'm losing 2-4 pounds per week. My doctor is checking my blood ever 3 months and so far, so good. I successfully lost 70 pounds on Keto, 6 years ago. Then I promptly took a very stressful job in a toxic workplace and used sugar to self-medicate, a problem I've had for decades. This time I addressed my sugar abuse and stress control before starting Keto. Keto may be indirect in its weight-loss contribution, but for me and many others, it makes all the difference. You're right that no one diet/approach is universal, and any weight loss regimen should be carried out with care and medical supervision. That said, I posit that Keto's effects on weight loss have yet to be understood. I hope the scientists keep up their work. I'm curious to see what they learn, but I'm not waiting for them, this is working for me.

[@MamguSian]

All I can say is it works for me. By experimenting (I'd never heard of keto at that stage) I cut out all simple carbohydrates and rid myself of a lifetime (63 years) of migraines and swollen ankles, got rid of hip and back pain and general stiffness (at least 6 years duration) and increased my energy levels. I'm vegetarian and get complex carbs from vegetables. When I recently went off track and ate sugar, flour etc for a few days I ended up cranky, pessimistic and lethargic, with bloating followed by my first migraine in years. It works for me and that's all that counts. My only problem is keeping enough weight on! Upping the healthy fats takes care of that.

[@fgialcgorge7392]

Bro science? Seven years on and I feel amazing.

[@wsbarnard101]

You forgot about low-protein (glyconeogenisis) I have been doing keto for over 3 years, the moment I changed my diet to about 20% protein, my weight loss improved and I felt SO MUCH BETTER! That, coupled with intermittent fasting did the trick, look it up!

[@ghostdigital9845]

im on a keto diet and i lost 23 lbs so far in less than a month!