Mostly older people, many of whom have DT2 read this magazine 
For forum members not in the US: this publication is in nearly all American hospitals and doctorâs offices too.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.rd.com/health/diet-weight-loss/why-low-carb-diets-arent-the-answer/amp/?client=safari
From Readers Digest! Talk about scare mongering of LC!
richard
(Richard Morris)
#2
The low carb craze is on the downswing ⌠LOL this is the google trends for the term keto.
BTW that uptick after Dec 24th 2016. Can anyone think of something that started on Dec 25th 2016?
Hint: The Ketogenic forums opened on Dec 24th, 2016
With virtually no carbs in your system, you may even have trouble concentrating. According to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the human brain requires the equivalent of 130 grams of carbohydrate a day to function optimallyâand thatâs a minimum.
LOL. a minimum!
betsy.rome
(betsy.rome)
#3
Only 1 week later is January 1, the start of all those New Yearâs resolutions. So that could be a cause of the uptick. Besides us! 
richard
(Richard Morris)
#4
Nah ⌠itâs totally us 
This is what the graph for Low Carb looks like
Spikes do happen for new years resolutions and troughs from thanksgiving on
Fiorella
#5
25% of their business model depends on cookbook material, as shown on their website. So, low carb diets threaten a huge segment of their revenue.
Donna
(Meeping up the Science!)
#6
I think Iâm more horrified that people still buy Readerâs Digest, though their summarized books were one of the only ways many Americans read novels at one point.
Aqua_chonk
(Stickin' with mammoth)
#9
Ooooo, good one.
Another good one.
Never underestimate that comboâs ability to convince large swaths of the American public to make mind-bogglingly bad decisions, one of which will last for years.
Jacquie
(Jacquie)
#10
Being one of the oldest members of the forum, Iâm proud to say Iâve never read a Readerâs Digest in my life. 
CHawkins
(Carol Hawkins)
#11
With low-carb diets, suddenly people could load up on bacon and still lose weight as long as they were willing to eat hamburgers without buns and pretty much give up sandwiches and spaghetti. People were amazed at how effective these diets could be. Weight loss could happen very quickly, sometimes within days. And amazingly, it often seemed to come with added health benefits, including lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and triglycerides (blood fats linked to heart attacks.)
Iâm willing to eat bunless burgers!!!
Sure, you can have butter and cream on a carb-restricted diet, but you wonât get much calcium or protein from them. Fat-free and low-fat versions of milk and yogurt are excellent sources of those nutrients.
I donât understand this quote. I thought the full-fat versions were better since they help you absorb nutrients better: http://time.com/4279538/low-fat-milk-vs-whole-milk/
And I see theyâre still trotting out the âsaturated fat is bad for youâ mantra.
NelleG
(Bacon for the Win)
#12
as usual, follow the $$ trail. Look at who their advertisers are. Iâm guessing big pharma and (franken)foods. Since I havenât looked at a readerâs digest in decades, itâs just a guess on my part.