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February 2, 2021 Tamar Haspel THE WASHINGTON POST – There’s a lot of competition for the most contentious issue in weight loss, but I’d have to give the nod to ketogenic diets. Now a study about them sheds some interesting new light – although I’m not holding out hope for kumbaya. First though, a brief overview of the theory of ketogenic diets. When you eat carbohydrates, your body processes them with insulin, which shuttles blood glucose into fat stores, leaving you hungry. If you don’t eat many carbs, your body starts running on ketones, which your liver manufactures from fat �...

There's a lot of competition for the most contentious issue in weight loss, but I'd have to give the nod to ketogenic diets. Now a study about them sheds some interesting new light – although I'm not holding out hope for kumbaya. First though, a brief overview of the theory of ketogenic diets. When you eat carbohydrates, your body processes them with insulin, which shuttles blood glucose into fat stores, leaving you hungry. If you don't eat many carbs, your body starts running on ketones, which your liver manufactures from fat – less hunger, less fat accumulation. Or that's the theory, ...

Skip to main content Is keto really better for weight loss? A new study takes a closer look at the diet. Tamar Haspel, The Washington Post Jan. 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail There's a lot of competition for the most contentious issue in weight loss, but I'd have to give the nod to ketogenic diets. Now a study about them sheds some interesting new light - although I'm not holding out hope for kumbaya. First though, a brief overview of the theory of ketogenic diets. When you eat carbohydrates, your body processes them with insulin, which shuttles blood glucose into fat stores, leaving you hung...

Aired on Monday, January 18th. On this edition of ST Medical Monday, we're looking at the connections between diet, weight control, and health. Our guest is Gary Taubes, the investigative science and health journalist who co-founded the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative, and whose bestselling previous books include "Why We Get Fat" and "The Case Against Sugar." He joins us to discuss his latest book, "The Case for Keto." As was noted by this work by Lewis Cantley, director of the Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital: "Taubes vigorously challen...

The author of The Case for Keto argues that conventional approaches to tackling obesity and diabetes aren’t working, and that low-carbohydrate diets could be the way forward