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Honestly, everybody pushing their niche diet says the same thing.

• mistermann 11y ago
  That's pretty lazy thinking, lot of people say lots of things, regardless of the particular subject. Some are correct, some are incorrect. Which is this?
  • DanBC 11y ago
    A lot of the keto people make the same mistakes we made in the past - demonising some foods, promoting other foods in their place, ignoring mainstream science while also ignoring the severe limitations of all nutrition science, especially to often piss-poor studies they link to. It's not all like that, you find some people posting links to useful research and reasonable advice.
    • mistermann 11y ago
      Well, it depends on what your immediate goal is, if it is to lose weight, them demonizing certain foods I think isn't that inappropriate. I'm curious what mainstream science is ignored though?
      • DanBC 11y ago
        Except in the 80s we all demonized fat as evil, which meant food producers reduced the amount of fat in their food but substituted sugars; or we demonized saturated fats as evil, which meant food producers moved to transfats (which was catastrophic for public health). Keto advocates ignore any suggestion that meat may increase risk of cancer; that saturated fats might not be the thing you get most of your energy from; that controlling salt intake is sensible for some people. Science has moved on all of those things, but keto tends to see that movement, and then reject whatever the new stance is because broscience.
        • mistermann 11y ago
          Interesting, but from my participation in the community, I respectfully disagree that keto advocates reject science. There is definitely a strong attitude to reject old, now proven to be incorrect guidelines, but I in no way see that extend to new, proven science. At best, there is a reluctance to believe new theories based on spurious data (which in my opinion is the correct way to behave).