Thread by @PeterAttiaMD

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Ketogenic Diets: Not For Everyone?
The potential association between elevated blood lipids and a high fat, low carb diet. bit.ly/3Ge6yDJ

#ketogenic #keto #ketodiet #longevity

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The notion that in some cases food can be a medicine rings true. For better or for worse, diet can change one’s physiology.

One of the more popular diets today is the high-fat, very low-carbohydrate diet, also known as a ketogenic diet.

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In some, the ketogenic diet may help to ameliorate obesity and type 2 diabetes and positively affect problematic cardiometabolic markers. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25287761/

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However, a recent paper published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology highlights five cases in which patients had severe lipid perturbations while on the diet.

lipidjournal.com/article/S1933-…

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The subjects were found to have elevated total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). These lipid perturbations were due to pre-existing conditions driven, in part, by genetics.

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The diet did not cause aberrant baseline lipids in these instances. Rather, the diet may interact with intrinsic factors to exacerbate underlying conditions.

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The bottom line? Those who start a ketogenic diet or have experienced abnormal physiological responses to this diet can and should be tested for underlying predispositions.

#ketogenic #ketodiet #keto #longevity

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Irrespective of the diet someone chooses, one thing is for certain: people vary greatly in their response to any given diet, so it’s important to track and assess each scenario on an individual basis.

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