Ketogenic diet without exercise outperforms SAD with exercise

Crippie · 2017-12-05 17:04:47 UTC

Have seen this posted in a few places today but not here.

Any thoughts? I am not the most “sciency” so a lot of the technical aspect goes over my head, but thought it may be appreciated here?

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Induced and controlled dietary ketosis as a regulator of obesity and metabolic syndrome pathologies.

MK Gibas and KJ Gibas, Diabetes & metabolic syndrome, Nov 2017

A worsening epidemic of diabetes and its precursor, metabolic syndrome (MetS) is engulfing America. A healthy individual, with proper glucose regulation has an ability to switch between burning fat and carbohydrates. It has been suggested that signaling errors within this homeostatic system, characterized by impaired switching of substrate oxidation from glucose to fat in response to insulin, can contribute to the etiology of metabolic syndrome and occurs before the development of type II diabetes. Glucose regulation with restored insulin sensitivity facilitated through clinically regulated, benign dietary ketosis (BDK), may significantly reduce, regulate and reverse the adverse pathologies common to MetS and obesity. The study assessed if prolonged maintenance of induced and controlled physiological, dietary ketosis, would reverse pathological processes induced by MetS including a reduction in fasting triglycerides, BMI (body mass index) and body fat mass (BFM), weight, a significant decrease and/or normalization of hemoglobin A1c (HgA1c) and an increase in resting metabolic rate (RMR) and blood ketones. A group of 30 adults, previously diagnosed with MetS by their primary care physician, were randomly prescribed to one of three groups: a sustained ketogenic diet with no exercise, standard American diet (SAD) with no exercise or SAD with 3-5 days per week of exercise (30 min.). The results demonstrated that the change over time from week 0 to week 10 was significant (p=0.001) in the ketogenic group for weight, body fat percentage, BMI, HgA1c and ketones. All variables for the ketogenic group out-performed those of the exercise and non-exercise groups, with five of the seven demonstrating statistical significance.

Bellyman · 2017-12-05 17:50:29 UTC

LOL!! I can attest. I’m active with daily living, but no “exercise” simply for the purpose of exercising. Started keto in August, down 50 pounds as of today. Hard to argue with that.

VLC.MD · 2017-12-05 17:51:07 UTC

Use https://sci-hub.bz/ to view the original document. Just type in the PMID from nih.gov

Induced and Controlled Dietary Ketosis as a Regulator of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Pathologies

Madeline Gibas (first author)
Dr. Kelly J. Gibas, MA, LPCC (corresponding author)
Doctor of Clinical Behavior Sciences
Kelly-gibas@bethel.edu

Bristlecone Behavioral Health, Inc. (sponsor)
Maple Grove, Minnesota
Bethel University (collaborator)
Department of Biology

Summary: Keto is good for weight loss and metabolic indices related to metabolic syndrome.

stacy · 2017-12-05 17:55:17 UTC

My 16 yo son started keto last year in June. He went from 233 to 169 thru July of this year.

Diet only. Zero exercise.

We tracked his weight, chart below.

Crippie · 2017-12-05 18:00:35 UTC

i have to agree! I have been keto since July and dropped 50 pounds (Plateaued during holidays as I have been eating more than I should nad had the occasional day where I fell of the keto horse)

But 50 pounds down regardless. And not a single extra step taken than a normal day, no extra exercise. I mean I would love to exercise more, I have the energy now, but just have no time with a new baby in the house.