Ketogenic Diets, Caloric Restriction, and Hormones
L. Amber O'Hearn (45 minutes)
Published by: AncestryFoundation - 25 October, 2017
There are significant benefits associated with caloric restriction, many through mechanisms in common with ketosis. Likewise, there are similar hormonal effects seen in both caloric restriction and ketogenic diets. It's not surprising, therefore that ketosis and starvation have been conflated. Measured hormone levels in ad libitum ketogenic dieters, that resemble those in caloric restriction, are sometimes mistakenly taken as signs of stress.
Ketosis is easily achieved in humans as long as dietary carbohydrate is limited. This means humans can be in ketosis without suffering under nutrition. In this presentation, I will show why the changes in thyroid and cortisol that accompany ketogenic diets should be considered beneficial, not dangerous.
Ketogenic Diets to Prevent and Treat Cancer
Dr David G Harper (33 minutes)
Low Carb Downunder - June 2020
Public Comment: "I am 67 and so glad I discovered the keto diet and intermittent fasting. I lost 30 libs. in 3 months and am very glad to not be on any meds. I ate pretty well before Keto but gained weight every year from too many health food carbs...I now have learned way more about nutrition..no omega 6 oils, only grass fed eggs, butter, and some meats. Lots of salad greens and avocados! I am keeping my carbs at 20grams. I was never insulin resistant, but do have arthritis from past injuries which I hope the fasting and continued keto diet will clear out with autophagy. It was not my dream to be in pain, on meds, and have other ills because of a poor diet. I still have decades to live. My daughter and grandkids eat pretty close to Keto and are healthy so that makes me happy!"
How hard is it to stick to a low carb diet?
Dr Peter Brukner with Gary Taubes - (7 minutes)
Published by:Defeat Diabetes (Australia) - 6 Sept 2024
So a following a low card approach to eating has been proven to dramatically improve blood glucose in those living with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes but how hard is to follow and to stick with? Gary Taubes (New York Times best-selling author of Rethinking Diabetes) and Defeat Diabetes founder Dr Peter Brukner discuss in this cut from a full length webinar.
The Keto Diet Backlash: Why Experts are Calling it Dangerous
Eric Westman and Dom D'Agostino' (54 minutes)
Published by: Dr Eric Westman - 24 Sept 2024
In this video, we explore the growing backlash against the keto diet and why some experts are calling it dangerous. Dr. Eric Westman and Dr. Dom D'Agostino dive into the controversies surrounding ketosis, exogenous ketones, and the risks of long-term keto. Is the high-fat, low-carb lifestyle as safe as it seems? Discover what the latest research and leading health professionals have to say about the potential dangers of this popular diet trend.
"Brain Glucose and Ketone Metabolism"
Stephen Cunnane (27 minutes)
Virta Health - 1 Nov 2018
An impressive body of scientific evidence over the last 15 years documents long term benefits of carbohydrate-restricted, especially ketogenic, diets. We now understand molecular mechanisms and why they work. Popular books and articles now challenge the advice ‘carbohydrates are good and fats are bad.’ Circa mid-19th century urinary ketones were identified in diabetics sealing their toxic label for the next 150 years. Despite work four decades ago showing ketones were highly functional metabolites, they are still misidentified as toxic byproducts of fat metabolism. The vilification of fat by regulatory and popular dogma perpetuates this myth. But the nutrition-metabolic landscape is improving dramatically.
A growing number of researchers have contributed to what is now a critical mass of science that provides compelling clinical evidence that ketogenic diets uniquely benefit weight loss, pre-diabetes, and type-2 diabetes. In the last five years, basic scientists have discovered that b-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), the primary circulating ketone, is a potent signaling molecule that decreases inflammation and oxidative stress.
Although type-2 diabetes is often described as a chronic progressive disease, emerging evidence indicates that sustained nutritional ketosis can reverses the disease. There is growing interest in studying potential therapeutic effects of ketosis on cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. There are even reasons certain athletes may benefit from nutritional ketosis and ketone supplements ─ debunking the long-standing dogma that high carbohydrate intake is required to perform optimally.
