> Eating so few carbs even sends many new keto-ers into something called the “keto flu,” a sure sign your body is extremely pissed off at what you’re doing to i

> Eating so few carbs even sends many new keto-ers into something called the “keto flu,” a sure sign your body is extremely pissed off at what you’re doing to it. If you make any drastic dietary change (e.g., going from 300g carbs/day to < 20g), your body will be temporarily upset with you. That doesn't mean the dietary change is bad. This piece really lacks in substance. First off, there's a huge variety of carbs out there: fiber, sugar, and complex carbohydrates for one, and they're all metabolically different. Second, there's tons of options between Keto and 300g/carbs per day: a low-carb diet. What's missing from this discussion is the fact that many people eat low-quality carbs: high in sugars, low in fiber, and Keto is a simple method for removing the least nutritionally valuable items from ones diet: soda, chips, anything in a snack food aisle, etc. A more nuanced opinion would be: people need to a eat a different type of carbs: quinoa, or carbs from whole fruits and vegetables, for example. Criticism that keto takes this too far is fair, but the author fails to give a serious alternative to people looking to manage their diets. But it's farfetched to say Keto will kill you.