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Re:New research questions the evidence for health benefits o... by coldtea on Monday September 30, 2019 @06:21PM (#21120220)
Or that's a half-understood idea some push [1], mostly looking into first order effects, and unaware of the bigger picture (except from cherry-picking this or that pro-keto study, which are themselves a dime a dozen, like most nutrition studies are).

[1] Nutrition in general, is at this point scientifically half-understood. Science has tons of things it still tries to understand and needs to explain on nutrition...

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Re:New research questions the evidence for health benefits o... by njarboe on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:08PM (#21120515)
One thing I think that people should be more aware of is that nutrition advice that has a small significance in large studies might be recommended for the general population by health officials, but could be something that is actually bad for you personally. It will be great if we can get a better understanding of nutrition for individual people based on their own genetics, body weight, lifestyle, etc.
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Re:New research questions the evidence for health benefits o... by JMTQp8lwXL on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:44PM (#21120712)
The process of converting fats to ketone bodies, and the body using those ketones as energy, is a well-understood process.
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Re:New research questions the evidence for health benefits o... by coldtea on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:30AM (#21122852)
>The process of converting fats to ketone bodies, and the body using those ketones as energy, is a well-understood process.

Only at the high level and first order effects.

The idea that this is OK as a diet, and the tradeoffs long term, is a not-well understood process with tons of pro and con papers, as is most of nutrition science.

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