Here is the intervention mentioned in the study. Have a quick read through and then keep reading the threadpic.twitter.com/eFs7mVgbSp
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Here is the intervention mentioned in the study. Have a quick read through and then keep reading the threadpic.twitter.com/eFs7mVgbSp
You'll note that there are A LOT of things included in the Virta package. That is, after all, why they charge ~$4500 a year for the first year and ~$2500 every year after thatpic.twitter.com/edvSU4foJT
I'm flabbergasted that people can be calling an intervention that includes personalized dietary regimens, individual health coaches, physicians, nurses, and technological support as "ketosis"
Yes, ketosis was ~part~ of the intervention. But that's like arguing that a care works because it has headlights. The headlights are important, but they aren't everything
Does this study prove that ketogenic diets work? Well, maybe We already know that ketogenic diets are about as effective as any other calorie-restrictive diet i.e. https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/97/3/505/4571510 …
And whether it was ketosis or calorie restriction is impossible to argue from this piece of research, because THEY DIDN'T COLLECT THAT INFORMATIONpic.twitter.com/hYEaDbDOoi
So basically this Virta intervention did exactly what you'd expect: put people on a very intensive weightloss regimen, and they lose weight (magic!)
Is it affordable/possible/realistic to spend $4,500 per year on every patient at risk of diabetes? That's a tough question
But bottom line: there is NO EVIDENCE from this new research that ketogenic diets are any more effective than, say, calorie restriction in a high-carb diet
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