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Low carb & keto studies
11 posts on ketogenic, low-carb and high-fat diets. Every post breaks down a real PubMed study and links to the paper.
If you have gut issues NEVER choose:
• Omega 3 • Ashwagandha • Low carb diet Instead, choose:
Carbs and protein increases blood volume and albumin levels, High fat diet would promote vasoconstriction and…
If you're doing any form of exercise on a low carb diet, you're basically cortisol-maxxing.
low carb-black lines. high carb-gray lines.
16 overweight women with PCOS were put on ketogenic diet for 12 weeks, this is truly evil in my opinion but…
Low B1 levels cause oxidative stress and drive neurodegeneration.
47 over-weight people we're put on a diet in order to lose weight and this caused thyroid hormone levels to…
Mice on high fat diet became obese and developed glucose intolerance, high fat diet affected 102 proteins in…
A high-fat diet and obesity cause testicular dysfunction and infertility.
this study tested if doxycycline can protect from those effects.
Case study: 57-year-old women, started noticing weight gain and decided to try keto, after 3 months she did…
Abdominal ultrasound showed: "These findings are highly suggestive of hepatic steatosis, or fatty liver disease." She agreed to discontinue the ketogenic diet, "Repeat laboratory testing 10 days after visit to the primary physician revealed improved liver enzymes (AST = 55 U/L, ALT = 80 U/L)" The liver enzymes AST and ALT as part of the gluconeogensis process are known to be elevated in cancer,diabetes,NAFLD, and keto diets, they rise when glucose is not supplied so the body breaks down muscle and organ tissue, and the liver makes glucose from them, I go into details in the article below.
Yet another 2 studies showing low carb diets raise cortisol levels.
They also measured cortisol breakdown products and saw higher rate in the group that ate more carbs, Additionally, this group had higher levels of cortisone the inactive version and lower levels of cortisol compared to the low carb. The authors concluded "A low-carbohydrate diet alters cortisol metabolism independently of weight loss. In obese men, this enhances cortisol regeneration by 11B-HSD1 and reduces cortisol inactivation by A-ring reductases in liver without affecting sc adipose 11B-HSD1. Alterations in cortisol metabolism may be a consequence of macronutrient dietary content and may mediate effects of diet on metabolic health"
Low Carb diets (Less then 35% of the caloric intake) increase cortisol levels, In addition post-exercise…
This meta-analysis reviewed 27 studies with a total of 309 participants and shows a clear link between Carbs and cortisol. If you train regularly, Low carb is NOT a good strategy. If consuming less than 35% of the daily calories from carbs was enough to raise cortisol, Imagine what keto diet would do. PMID: 35254136
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