And you probably ignored any that the ratio probably improved between "good" and "bad" lipids? I guess you didn't just eat lots of bad fats but also improved the composition of fats you ate?
Lipid research is sponsored by pharma a lot. They need to push their statins.
Anecdotal datum of one: I happen to have high cholesterol no matter what I do. You have to fast in order to do the lipid blood tests. Sometimes I forgot to fast and have even eaten eggs. My lipid profile was better in those cases. I also got muscle cramps from taking statins. The heart is a muscle and those cramps can kill you. Instantly.
"For predicting your risk of heart disease, many healthcare professionals now believe that determining your non-HDL cholesterol level may be more useful than calculating your cholesterol ratio"[1]. Additionally, "extremely high HDL-C levels are associated with an increased risk of age-related macular degeneration (also genetically), infectious disease, and all-cause mortality."[2]
[1]https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-ch...
[2]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10119031/
> Lipid research is sponsored by pharma a lot. They need to push their statins.
A comment in a keto/low carb discussion believing in a statin conspiracy? shocked.
> Anecdotal datum of one
Entirely irrelevant
A comment in a keto/low carb discussion believing in a statin conspiracy? shocked.
I don't believe in a "statin conspiracy". There's no conspiracy needed. We've seen over and over again with lots of things that companies favor funding research that shows something that sells their product or they outright lie (sorry "do marketing"). Leaded gasoline? Milk is good for you, make your children drink more? Butter is bad?
The statins causing muscle cramps are a fact and not a conspiracy. I got statins in ever increasing dosages because they didn't help. When the cramps started, my doctor took me off statins. When I then did try Keto all of my blood markers that were either bad or borderline went into completely normal territory. Except for lipids that did the usual "hover around some really high and absolutely bad for you territory".
Again, a datum of one. But when all the things done to me with evidence from statistically relevant studies and research doesn't help and actually makes things worse but the statistically not significant thing works to improve all of the markers of statistically proven blood testing, then this anecdotal internet person here will stick with what works. YMMV as always.
Entirely irrelevant
these are not mutually exclusive. It is a fad AND something is happening.
That something comes down to two major things about low carb/carnivore diets:
1. You are removing processed foods. Going from a Standard American Diet to basically anything that involves more whole foods is going to be healthier for you and make you feel better. This doesn't mean that the new diet is optimal but it can be a step in the right direction.
2. Restricting your diet down to a few types of food is going to remove a lot of allergens. If you only eat meat for example, you are removing literally every single non-meat allergen in your diet - most people have some sort of food sensitivity (lactose intolerance being a common one) so you are going to feel better when you remove those allergens. However, this does not mean that accidental elimination diets are the long term solution. You should slowly add back foods and see what you react to so you can do something less extreme but still feel good doing it.
So yes a lot of people feel better on these diets but that does not indicate they are healthy long term or superior to other options.
Don't care. A single anecdote for 3 months is not even kind of relevant when determining if a diet is healthy long term
When people commit to improving their health, and begin to experience improvements, for better or worse it is like the second coming of Jesus. Particularly diabetics that make lifestyle changes, lose significant amounts of weight and get off insulin. Nearly everyone who experiences that feels that if they can do it anyone can do it, and they tend to share their experiences enthusiastically and rightfully so.
But when you reply “yes, exactly” to the fact that the keto diet was developed in a clinical setting over 100 years ago to mimic the benefits of fasting and offer a n=1 anecdote about your lipid panel, that’s no better than anyone you are accusing of downplaying possible negative effects.
Yes, exactly. It was developed and studied in the context of epilepsy treatment.
The current wave of keto influencers are pushing it as something else, though.
I have tried keto and noticed some interesting effects, but the impact on certain parameters of my lipid bloodwork was undeniably bad no matter what I tried. The keto community works overtime to downplay the possible negative effects of the diet, but actual cardio and lipid researchers have very different opinions.