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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jan 2019
      Replying to @bulkbiker @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      Actually, the two have never been compared, so no one knows which is more effective Conversely, keto diets have been compared other diets, and have not generally performed much better in clinical trials

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    2. Mark Gossage‏ @bulkbiker 21 Jan 2019
      Replying to @GidMK @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      Well except that on the DiRECT trial I imagine that most would have been in ketosis due to the minimal amount they were ingesting even with the carb shakes.. such a shame they weren't measured..or were they?

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jan 2019
      Replying to @bulkbiker @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      That's actually what makes the keto/low-carb opposition to DiRECT so weird. Yes most of them almost certainly were in ketosis due to the low calorie intake, which may have helped their weight loss

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    4. Mark Gossage‏ @bulkbiker 22 Jan 2019
      Replying to @GidMK @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      Why starve when you can lose weight effortlessly eating real food and not slow your metabolism?

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jan 2019
      Replying to @bulkbiker @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      Why eat tedious repetitive food forever when you can eat whatever you want in moderation after a few months of diet shakes? It's all about perspective

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    6. Mark Gossage‏ @bulkbiker 22 Jan 2019
      Replying to @GidMK @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      That's also unproven.. how can eating meat and veg freshly prepared ever be called tedious and repetitive...have you ever really tried a well formulated keto diet?

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jan 2019
      Replying to @bulkbiker @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      Actually, that was demonstrated in a well-controlled RCT that convincingly causally determined efficacy And as I said, it was about perspective. Different diets work better for different people!

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    8. Mark Gossage‏ @bulkbiker 22 Jan 2019
      Replying to @GidMK @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      DiRECT had cherry picked participants and got what 48% "reversal".. Virta is real world with no selection criteria and got 60% same criteria. Virta never claimed to be an RCT .. you could say the control group was the 88% of the US pop with disorded metabolisms?

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    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jan 2019
      Replying to @bulkbiker @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      Hm? They both had very similar selection criteria for participants. The main difference was that DiRECT was more rigorous and had better control, making it more likely to reflect an actual difference rather than simply the biases of the study authors

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    10. Mark Gossage‏ @bulkbiker 22 Jan 2019
      Replying to @GidMK @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      Not really DiRECT had time diagnosed ^ years or less and HbA1c levels lower and upper limits as criteria no insulin etc ViRTA was simply between 21 and 65 I believe?

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jan 2019
      Replying to @bulkbiker @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

      Their exclusions were almost identical, and limiting your age group from 21-65 practically limits the duration of T2DM/HbA1c (in all but very exceptional cases) so I'd say that "very similar" is a fair statementpic.twitter.com/270HKnaHN6

      2:54 PM - 22 Jan 2019
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        2. Mark Gossage‏ @bulkbiker 22 Jan 2019
          Replying to @GidMK @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

          Direct Exclusionspic.twitter.com/jc8zOfjLi6

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 Jan 2019
          Replying to @bulkbiker @superbirdman1 @BiggestComeback

          To be fair, it does depend on what precisely the Virta authors meant as their statements are very vague, but yes I'd say clinically that those are markers of the same disorders that Virta excluded for, aside from one or two elements

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