Was wondering if this is more scare mongering or something I should be worried about cause I do cheat every once in awhile, the study said the abundance of Suger damages blood cells and is specifically bad for heart disease.
New study on cheat days being bad for blood vessels
CarlKeller
(Carl Keller)
#2
Sugar causes inflammation and how much damage it does to our body depends on how much and how often we are eating it. If you have sugar two or three times a year, you are doing immensely better than the rest of the world.
A bad day of keto, beats a good day on the SAD.
Janie
(Jane)
#3
Well, I definitely think the culprit all along with heart disease was sugar (and seed oils) - not salt and saturated fat.
Whatever the study looked at I am sure the conclusions are wrong and intended to be click-bait. Plus Big Food never passes up a chance to slam keto or make people afraid of it because it threatens to erode their profits.
Taka
#4
Diet Doctor has commented on the study. It’s not very good. I wouldn’t worry about cheat days. After reading the commentary, I have created my own hypothesis that the higher increase in inflammation markers migh actually be a good and carb limiting thing. On keto, most people eventually start feeling physically less well when having too much carbohydrate, while people on sad will be accustomed enough that they easily overconsume.
RobC
(Robert C)
#5
Cheat days are bad for you.
We’re all pretty sure here that strict Keto days are good for you.
But, you are going to die no matter how you eat.
The formula to work on (individually) is how many cheat days will hurt you more than you are willing to accept (due to shortened longevity).
Prior to Keto, maybe every day was a Keto-cheat-day and you know where that got you.
But, if no cheat days might throw you off of the wagon - figure out what you can tolerate, still keeping your longevity in mind.
anon2571578
#6
Diet Doctor should’ve just called the “study” what it is - useless garbage. Nine subjects, only put on the LCHF experiment for a week. Shouldn’t have even been worth commenting on.