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Re:A Spanish teen’s genome may hold the secret to lupus by FollowingTheDao on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:12AM (#31411919)
Yes, for me as well. I would say, if you are doing Keto, watch your Omega 3/6 balance. My brother did it for a year and focused on mainly red meats. He lost a bunch of weight but the inflammation from the Omega 6 is what probably caused his ankylosing spondylitis and triple bypass.

I quickly became manic when I only eat red meat.

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Re:A Spanish teen’s genome may hold the secret to lupus by throwaway202022 on Sunday May 22, 2022 @09:39PM (#31474542)
> the inflammation from the Omega 6 is what probably caused his ankylosing spondylitis and triple bypass.

How confident are you that this is the case? This is now the second story I've read of someone on a keto/carnivore diet having to get a triple bypass after eating too much red meat. Was his omega-3/omega-6 ratio really that much worse than that of the average person not on such a diet (not that that's a great standard to compare against, but the average person is also not getting triple bypass surgery)?

I know there's a lot of evidence against the notion that saturated fats cause CVD, and omega-6s and inflammation is a compelling case, but I'm worried we're missing something.

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Re:A Spanish teen’s genome may hold the secret to lupus by kilroy123 on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @11:30AM (#31412174)
You know that's actually really good advice. That is something I should be more mindful of. Thank you
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