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Authors: Jimmy Moore
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over a period of months, considerable fat is lost, too. Second, the study showed that the water weight returned when the research subjects started eating carbohydrates again. When you start changing your lifestyle, you are not supposed to go back to eating the same amount of carbohydrate that you did before—which led to the water weight regain!
Medical News Today (MNT)
MNT is a popular online health news aggregator website, and they describe ketosis as “a potentially serious condition if ketone levels go too high.” Ostensibly they’re referring to diabetic ketoacidosis, but they go on to say that while ketosis lowers hunger, societies around the world are dependent on carbohydrates (not ketones and fat) for energy. If “insulin levels are too low,” the website says, stored body fat needs to be broken down and “toxic” levels of ketones are produced, making the blood more acidic and causing damage to your kidneys and liver. Unfortunately, this isn’t a joke. And yet this is the kind of misinformation that we find online about ketosis brought on by consuming a low-carb, high-fat diet.
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
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Most doctors are not aware that a ketogenic diet lowers insulin levels and that this directly affects the kidney’s handling of sodium and water. Low insulin levels are a signal to the kidney to excrete sodium and water, whereas the high insulin levels associated with a high-carbohydrate diet are a signal to retain sodium and water. Physicians are taught to prescribe diuretics and advise salt restriction in sodium- and water-retaining states such as hypertension and congestive heart failure. But they should be taught the much more powerful effect of restricting carbohydrates.
– Dr. Keith Runyan
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Dr. McDougall’s Health and Medical Center
I would be remiss if I didn’t include the position on ketosis from one of the most outspoken proponents of a vegan diet (as well as a vehement opponent of the Atkins and other low-carb diets), Dr. John McDougall. I interviewed Dr. McDougall on Episode 686 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore podcast in 2013. Google it and listen in for one of the most entertaining examples of what dietary dogma looks like. According to his website, Dr. McDougall believes that carbohydrate is the “body’s primary fuel” and that the production of “acidic substances called ketones” will zap your appetite, resulting in a decrease in calorie consumption, nausea and fatigue, and lowered blood pressure. He says this is the same thing that happens to someone during starvation, which is why he describes ketosis as “the make-yourself-sick diet.”
Source: DrMcDougall.com
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During periods of starvation or fasting, the human brain can very easily switch over to using ketones as an alternative to glucose. As we age, we tend to use less glucose and switch over to alternative fuels in the brain. If we are on a high-carbohydrate diet, which suppresses ketone production, and have no other dietary source of ketones, we cannot expect that our brains will function as well. So many people have at least some degree of insulin resistance, and ketones could provide alternative fuel to cells that are not taking in glucose well, allowing for better cell function and ultimately healthier organs, including the brain.
– Dr. Mary Newport
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American Diabetes Association (ADA)
As the leading advocacy group for diabetics in the United States, the ADA certainly has a thing or two to say about ketosis. They describe ketones as “a chemical produced when there is a shortage of insulin in the blood and the body breaks down body fat for energy.” That’s a true statement. But then they note that “high levels of ketones” can lead to “diabetic ketoacidosis and coma.” They leave out the most important factor: that high levels of ketones alone can’t result in ketoacidosis; it only occurs when very high blood sugar and very high levels of ketones
Medical News Today (MNT)
MNT is a popular online health news aggregator website, and they describe ketosis as “a potentially serious condition if ketone levels go too high.” Ostensibly they’re referring to diabetic ketoacidosis, but they go on to say that while ketosis lowers hunger, societies around the world are dependent on carbohydrates (not ketones and fat) for energy. If “insulin levels are too low,” the website says, stored body fat needs to be broken down and “toxic” levels of ketones are produced, making the blood more acidic and causing damage to your kidneys and liver. Unfortunately, this isn’t a joke. And yet this is the kind of misinformation that we find online about ketosis brought on by consuming a low-carb, high-fat diet.
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
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Most doctors are not aware that a ketogenic diet lowers insulin levels and that this directly affects the kidney’s handling of sodium and water. Low insulin levels are a signal to the kidney to excrete sodium and water, whereas the high insulin levels associated with a high-carbohydrate diet are a signal to retain sodium and water. Physicians are taught to prescribe diuretics and advise salt restriction in sodium- and water-retaining states such as hypertension and congestive heart failure. But they should be taught the much more powerful effect of restricting carbohydrates.
– Dr. Keith Runyan
----
Dr. McDougall’s Health and Medical Center
I would be remiss if I didn’t include the position on ketosis from one of the most outspoken proponents of a vegan diet (as well as a vehement opponent of the Atkins and other low-carb diets), Dr. John McDougall. I interviewed Dr. McDougall on Episode 686 of The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore podcast in 2013. Google it and listen in for one of the most entertaining examples of what dietary dogma looks like. According to his website, Dr. McDougall believes that carbohydrate is the “body’s primary fuel” and that the production of “acidic substances called ketones” will zap your appetite, resulting in a decrease in calorie consumption, nausea and fatigue, and lowered blood pressure. He says this is the same thing that happens to someone during starvation, which is why he describes ketosis as “the make-yourself-sick diet.”
Source: DrMcDougall.com
----
During periods of starvation or fasting, the human brain can very easily switch over to using ketones as an alternative to glucose. As we age, we tend to use less glucose and switch over to alternative fuels in the brain. If we are on a high-carbohydrate diet, which suppresses ketone production, and have no other dietary source of ketones, we cannot expect that our brains will function as well. So many people have at least some degree of insulin resistance, and ketones could provide alternative fuel to cells that are not taking in glucose well, allowing for better cell function and ultimately healthier organs, including the brain.
– Dr. Mary Newport
----
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
As the leading advocacy group for diabetics in the United States, the ADA certainly has a thing or two to say about ketosis. They describe ketones as “a chemical produced when there is a shortage of insulin in the blood and the body breaks down body fat for energy.” That’s a true statement. But then they note that “high levels of ketones” can lead to “diabetic ketoacidosis and coma.” They leave out the most important factor: that high levels of ketones alone can’t result in ketoacidosis; it only occurs when very high blood sugar and very high levels of ketones
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