re: Interview with Dr. David Ludwig, Author of Largest Low Carb Study to Date

i was too. i just hate when people start pretending like keto is some magical pill. Its not, its all about compliance no matter how you slice it. Just gets old, especially people using opinions as fact.

my personal opinion is as a general non training population nobody should have more than 100g carbs daily. There is no use for them and its easy to control calories.

also beleive general population should only have 2 meals daily.

meat should be the center piece with green veggies as the main side in any diet for the general population.

I believe our RDA for protein is way too low, mainly because of the Diet induced thermogenises

i believe in many of the concepts of the vertical diet. Gut health first, macros second. Walk 10 min before and after meals.

i also beleive the general population should put their fork down after each bite, chew 25 times minimum on each bite, wipe their mouth between bites and take a sip of water. doing so slows the time it takes to eat leading to less consumption overall

i beleive the general population should not eat processed anything except for 1 meal a week. all restraunt meals should be split between couples.

none of the above items, except for the chewing part, have a direct effect on fat loss in the gerenal population. all have been proven to have corolation effects, just like keto. Yet i dont claim any of them to be science based and 100% infallable. why do keto zeolots?

again this is coming from somebody that uses the keto diet to cut and lower carb intake to control calorie consumption so i am not a keto hater.

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Is it ignorance or apathy?

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A mix of both.

I grew up obese. My family bought nothing but bullshite food and we ate out a lot. I had no idea what 'healthy' looked like when I started losing weight back in 2011. Nutrition wasn't a thought. Before I started keto, I started eating Campbell's Chunky Soups for lunch and dinner thinking it was healthy, or at least healthier than what I'd typically eat. I had no idea. I took the time over years and years to learn. But most people won't do that. You're lucky if gen pop decides to look at the government's food pyramid. It mostly comes to what is cheapest, tastes best, most convenient, or a crossroad between the three.

It's the same ideology that drives insane yoyo diets. People want the fastest results but then don't do anything to sustain their results because it takes work each and every day to keep your caloric intake in check in such an obesogenic environment.

Y'all seem focused on the weight loss/caloric reduction aspect of diet. I'm more curious about the science/biology of diets.

While many do keto/low carb for weight loss, I'm specifically interested in the metabolic changes in the body. As we all know, being in ketosis means running your body on an entirely different fuel source than the S.A.D.. That's kind of a big deal, but is it for the better or worse?

While exercise can help with insulin sensitivity, most people don't exercise adequately and individual insulin sensitivities vary (interesting anthropological theory suggests it's based on ancestral geography dictating diet).

There seems to be numerous benefits of reducing an insulin response to regulate blood sugar and therefore the adrenal processes. Not to mention the studies that show improvement in diabetes, epilepsy, inflammation, etc..

It's very sad that in 2019, we don't know more about human nutrition. I just recently started taking my health seriously after 34 years of sheer ignorance, and the keto diet has been life changing. I try to learn more about keto and even strive to read different diet philosophies, but we all know the general population is doomed.

While I know I feel better on a keto diet, I'm open minded to discussion on health. I don't know if keto is sustainable long term, but based on the way I feel I see no reason to stop it and will continue to follow the science where it takes me.

I look at the rising popularity of a low carb diet as a good thing, as maybe it will get more and more people aware of the science of diet.

Low Carb had me looking good and feeling good


But my LDL got high as frick doing it

My HDL remained High and my Triclycerides remained low, but my LDL, including LDL Particle number was high. Now, in saying that, I still had a low small particle count and was pattern A which was good


I stopped low carb and went to sensible eating where I ate fruits and veggies and just generally healthy, and the ldl dropped


So what does my anecdotal evidence say? People are different hell I dont know

All I know is, if I had to get rid of rice or oatmeal and sweet cream for my coffee, I'd most likely have one or two assault charges on my record

That is why I put the caveat at the end that it works for me. It might not be for everyone, and that's ok. No one likes the person that this is the only way. I'm just happy with my life and like sharing, but don't want to push that everyone should do what I'm doing.

Not all carbs are created equal but the keto crowd sticks their head in the sand when that is brought up.

Carbs from whole food is not the same as the processed garbage that is killing Americans

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so he shits on science good to know. 

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Ludwig is literally the LAST person I would think of as someone who would ever "shite on science." do your homework before spouting dogma, as you always accuse others of failing to do/doing.

You should really listen to his interview on the Diet Doctor podcast. I think your opinion on him will change. He specifically states that this study cannot by itself prove or disprove a theory and that the results need to be replicated. He also stated that calories matter and not everyone benefited from eating low carb in the interview. Those that are already metabolically flexible and aren’t insulin resistant did not benefit nearly as much as those that were insulin resistant.