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This popular way of eating is actually harmful for men
The keto diet is one of the most popular dietary trends right now.
Many proponents argue that keto could reduce obesity and cure type II diabetes.
Many people experience good effects on the keto diet initially.
And short-term human studies can give quite good results.
But, ultimately, this high-fat diet seems to be harmful in the long term.
A recent study looked at the effect of the keto diet in mice.
Initially, the keto-diet lowered inflammation and improved markers of metabolic dysfunction.
Later on this trend reversed, inflammation increased and the metabolic problems went into overdrive.
(The same pattern I have seen in guys experimenting with this diet long-term.)
The cell and animal experiments were carried out at Yale University. The paper was published in Nature Metabolism.
The idea behind the keto diet is pretty simple…
Restrict carbohydrates and protein to lower blood sugar so that the body burns excess fat (as ketones) for fuel.
“A widely used ketogenic diet, which is extremely high in fat with very low carbohydrates, drives the host into using ketones energy.”
But there is a lot of information showing the harm caused by high-fat diets.
In scientific research, high-fat diets are routinely used to cause diabetes and other inflammatory metabolic problems.
“The extremely high fat composition of the keto diet raises the question of how ketogenesis affects fat tissue to control inflammation and energy homeostasis.”
To learn more about this, researchers carried out experiments on mice and on mice cells.
“We began by assessing the physiological response to short-term ketogenic diet feeding.”
The mice were fed a high-fat, ketogenic diet.
After one week, the mice had improvements in their metabolic profile.
Notably common ketogenic diet initially seemed to improve blood sugar.
“Ketogenic diet acutely improves glycaemia.”
The researchers also found a small and nonsignificant increase in body fat in the animals…
“We were intrigued that short-term KD improved glycaemic control yet increased overall fat mass and wondered how long-term KD feeding would affect metabolic health.”
In another series of experiments, mice were fed a ketogenic diet for 2 to 3 months.
In this experiment, the mice were allowed to eat as much food as they wanted — provided it was keto.
The long-term ketogenic diet caused significant weight gain.
“After 2 to 3 months of the ketogenic diet, mice gained significantly more weight compared to chow-fed controls.”
When people don’t do well on keto — proponents often argue that they are not eating the right ratios…
…that carbohydrate levels are not low enough to be properly keto.
In these experiments, the researchers actually tested the levels of ketones in the blood of the mice.
These tests proved that the mice were fully “keto-adapted” while gaining weight.
“Keto diet fed mice remained ketogenic despite exceptional weight gain.”
The improvements in blood sugar also disappeared over time.
Longer term keto dieting led to elevated fasting blood sugar.
“After 2 to 3 months of ketogenic diet feeding, mice exhibited elevated fasting blood glucose.”
The animals also showed increased fat gain in the liver — heading for NAFLD — a classic symptom of high-fat diets.
Obesity and metabolic disorders have been closely tied to inflammation in recent years.
The researchers carried out a number of cell experiments looking at immune mediated inflammation.
Initially, a ketogenic diet triggers the immune system to lower inflammation — great.
“We show that the ketogenic diet expands metabolically protective immune cells that restrain inflammation.”
But, over time, this too reverses.
Long-term ketogenic diet increases immune-related inflammation in fat cells.
“Notably, long-term ad libitum KD feeding in mice causes obesity, impairs metabolic health and depletes the adipose-resident γδ T cells.”
The keto diet is a big trend right now — one that draws people in because of the initial good results…
But I believe that men should stay away from keto.
You should always consult a healthcare practitioner about treating and diagnosing health-related problems.
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