@Daves_Not_Here,
I want to put something out in the open. When I say something about a way of eating, I realize quite clearly that we are talking about a life, health and death issue. I am not interested in winning a forensics debate based on style debating procedure. Your request for me to prove a keto diet is not sustainable is irrelevant. If you like the keto diet, prove that it is sustainable for the long term. I'm not going to address every type of diet people come up with.
If you are going to make claims through staccatoing questions, I'm not going to play that game. Just know that you are spreading false information in a way that I call "lying by questions." Of course, you can't lie with a question, but the effect is the same. For instance, you say you doubt that the doctors I reference even studied or followed the keto diet? Well, you are wrong. At least two of them have testified before Congress about the harmful effects. Dr. Campbell has testified before Congress many times.
You don't understand how studies are done and which ones are valid for determining treatment plans, and then you act surprised when you find out. Good theatrics, but not good science. The final step in determining if a drug, food, etc., provides any tangible benefit is intervening by adding these to the diet so see if improvement occurs and then taking them away to see if the condition returns. The study also has to last long enough to see if there are long-term effects. We are talking decades, not weeks like many studies to. It's not enough to see if adding something reduces markers of diseases. To be truly valid, it has to reduce mortality in the long term. The final study done in drug approval is a double blind clinical intervention. Unfortunately, the FDA is not always demanding this type of study anymore or the duration is too short to learn everything. So we end up with diabetes drugs that increase mortality with the blessing of the FDA. You see, to be considered effective, they only have to reduce blood sugar. Decreasing mortality is not a concern.
I'll give an example. Vitamin E can reduce the number of heart attacks. However, it increases mortality by increasing other disease. Beta-carotene in plant form can help cure cancer. However, in supplement form, it greatly increases the growth of cancer. Both of them are still on the market.
You claim I'm asking you to read the Library of Congress, which is clearly untrue. I've studied, not just read, every book I'm recommended. I've searched for every study referenced in the books and read the ones that are freely available. The reason I ask people to read the source information is I don't have perfect recall. I also may not accurately represent what the authors meant. I certainly can't include the context in which it was said. If you are willing to bet your life on superficial analysis, that's your choice. But I'm not willing to bet my life or make life and death recommendations to others without doing the research. If you are unwilling to invest your time to make a decision, that's your choice. But don't try to refute me with fancy word without reading these sources.
I've noticed you are susceptible to reductionist claims. For instance, you are all ready to run out and buy some flax seed. The other day, it was inulin. Whole flax seed is indigestible. You would want flax meal to get the full effects. Don't believe me? Eat a handful and watch for it in the next few weeks. It can take that long for meat eaters. Inulin is present in most plants. You don't need a list of the nine plants or whatever with the most. If you keep reading, you will be taking dozens of pills a day, most of which can harm you in some way. A supplement can improve a blood test while at the same time causing damage in other ways. Supplements don't have to be proven safe because they are considered a food by the FDA.
You seem to hear what you want to hear while having bacon and chicken wings for breakfast. That's your choice, but it's not a healthy one. You want proof? I don't keep a list of references in a file. You will find it in the sources I recommend. The effects of this dose of fat are immediate and often fatal. Sorry to be blunt, but this isn't about feelings... it's about life and death.
I know people don't like how I phrase things. It's more pleasant to be agreeable and say things like "eat a variety of foods in moderation." That's generally the answer that will get the solution check. People like to hear good news about their bad habits. Moderation kills. Oh, there are healthy moderate eaters. That's how statistics work. After all, only about 40% of American males will die from heart disease. There are even healthy junk food eaters.
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