Where are the Keto numbers?

#1

Odd headline. Mediterranean diet held up at a whopping 57% adherence at the end of the year while fasting was a whole 3% less at 54%. Three percentage points is headline worthy? The article never did state the difference in weight loss or what the fasting group ate. Even took a subtle shot at the fasting group for over consuming calories even though they lost the most weight. The article ends with a promotion of the Mediterranean diet and acted like Paleo didn’t work because of high fat and low carb (is Paleo low carb?). Does anything not come with an agenda?

#2

It usually is but the diet itself can be done high-carb despite the lack of most popular carby food items. I tracked my very first strict paleo day and it was quite high-carb even without fruits and paleo starches…

The article may be mildly interesting to learn about the average dieter and it says absolutely nothing about my chances, of course. There is no best diet, just one with the highest numbers according to some research. We should find the best for us. Not even the easiest, the best. Sometimes it’s not so easy to eat healthier. If the masses easily stick to a diet, I would imagine it’s close to their normal diet so it’s not very healthy therefore it doesn’t make it better in my eyes…

And I miss some proper fasting, not this 5:2 with its starvation days. I never understood it and the people who do that, actually. I find it a great thing people went over 5-600 kcal on those days, they had results too, what’s the problem? It’s not even fair to compare the healthiness with other diets as it’s IF, there is nothing about a diet. The diet has the biggest effect on healthiness of a woe…

(Gregory - You can teach an old dog new tricks.) #3

Why should I trust anything from the mainstream media about the healthfulness/effectiveness of a diet based on popularity?

Where’s the science?

These blurbs always focus on short term weight loss. with no science about long term health.

P.S.
Fasting is not a diet…

#4

These articles are just some simplistic read for simple people, I imagine. Of course there are not enough details or science…

(Jack Bennett) #5

Agreed. I think of a diet as “the foods you eat”, and possibly the quantity of foods you eat.

Fasting (or not) is about “the times you eat”.

#6

Wonder why they didn’t throw the IF weight loss was 36% more over the year? Lol. If you are going to tout a 3% difference on adherence you might as well throw out a number for the weight loss difference.

Bias sirens going off from the article. …
"Fasting was the diet that delivered the most consistent weight loss for people that could stick to it. But the researchers found it was more of a challenge to maintain than the Mediterranean diet."

“The Mediterranean diet was previously named the overall best diet for 2020 by US News and World Report, for the third year in a row, in part because it was deemed more sustainable than “crash” diets like the Whole30 that eliminate food groups.”.