2004 study says keto works for obesity & other metabolic disease


(betsy.rome) #1

Here’s a study that is better formulated than most.
Study is 24 weeks long ( about 6 months), long enough to conclude if it works or not, but I don’t think long enough to claim to study long-term effects.

Why they upped the carbs from 20-30 to 40-50 grams at 12 weeks is questionable, but the participants still got positive results.

This study might be good to show a doctor or skeptic to show effectiveness of a ketogenic diet.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716748/


#2

they did limit the saturated fat content to 20%…which introduces another form of bias (such as butter and lard is limited). But, other than that, yes, it is a good study.