Interesting read about Ketogenic diets

[Nighthawkk]

Read an article posted by the Nutrition Committee, thought I'd post an excerpt for all you guys thats use low-carb diets as part of your daily regimen...


High-protein diets have recently been proposed as a "new" strategy for successful weight loss. However, variations of these diets have been popular since the 1960s. High-protein diets typically offer wide latitude in protein food choices, are restrictive in other food choices (mainly carbohydrates), and provide structured eating plans. They also often promote misconceptions about carbohydrates, insulin resistance, ketosis, and fat burning as mechanisms of action for weight loss. Although these diets may not be harmful for most healthy people for a short period of time, there are no long-term scientific studies to support their overall efficacy and safety. These diets are generally associated with higher intakes of total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol because the protein is provided mainly by animal sources. In high-protein diets, weight loss is initially high due to fluid loss related to reduced carbohydrate intake, overall caloric restriction, and ketosis-induced appetite suppression. Beneficial effects on blood lipids and insulin resistance are due to the weight loss, not to the change in caloric composition. Promoters of high-protein diets promise successful results by encouraging high-protein food choices that are usually restricted in other diets, thus providing initial palatability, an attractive alternative to other weight-reduction diets that have not worked for a variety of reasons for most individuals. High-protein diets are not recommended because they restrict healthful foods that provide essential nutrients and do not provide the variety of foods needed to adequately meet nutritional needs. Individuals who follow these diets are therefore at risk for compromised vitamin and mineral intake, as well as potential cardiac, renal, bone, and liver abnormalities overall.

Dietary protein and weight reduction: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart Association.
St Jeor ST, Howard BV, Prewitt TE, Bovee V, Bazzarre T, Eckel RH; Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart Association.

Circulation 2001 Oct 9;104(15):1869-74
Comment in: Circulation. 2002 Jun 25;105(25):e197; discussion e197.
Circulation. 2002 Nov 12;106(20):e148; discussion e148.

 

[georgie24]

ckd's, keto's should be ran short term. thats all you reallt need 6-10 week runs

 

[pharmguy]

What a bunch of misinformed shit. I am on permanant low carb diet. I eat some kind of green leafy vegetable everyday, I get more fiber then most american's and certainly the recomended amount, and my cholesterol would be low if not for AAS. If you know what you are doing these diets are more healthy then anything. You just need to take fiber and multivitamins. Its these morons who eat bacon 3 meals a day who are having problems. My friend had been on a strict Atkins diet for 2 years, his cholesterol was low. Its not what you take in, its the fat you store. And if you take fiber with a high cholesterol meal, the fiber prevents some of the cholesterol from being absorbed .

 

[georgie24]

pharmguy you are experienced and you know nutrition i meanyt to say experinced dieters need not to heed to such statement, i was talking about the average slob who goes on that diet loses all their lean body mass then rebounds fat ten fold casue of a lowered bmi

 

[Nighthawkk]

I wasn't aiming to discredit the effectiveness of the diet at weight loss... just elucidating some of the negative factors associated with a long-term usage of the low-carb diet.

 

[ohashi]

That's not an interesting read in the slightest. Idiots are constantly trying to discredit not only ketogenic diets, but anything that threatens the stability of the food pyramid in general, and they can never prove anything they say (and yet, the public eats it up). Look at the blurb again - there are no reasons, only speculations.