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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 2 May 2018

      Health Nerd Retweeted gary taubes

      I'm seeing a lot of noise about this new magical keto evidence and all I can say is that it's AT BEST wildly misleading The new study definitely did not show that ~ketosis~ was a weightloss/diabetes improvement tool - a threadhttps://twitter.com/garytaubes/status/991811295056809989 …

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      gary taubes @garytaubes
      1965. Jean Mayer tells NYT that prescribing low-carb/keto diets is equivalent to committing mass murder. @virtahealth just published 1 yr data on nutritional ketosis for type 2 diabetes. Data suggests precisely the opposite of Mayer's speculation. https://bit.ly/2jnWn79 
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2018

      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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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2018

      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

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2018

      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"

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2018

      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

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2018

      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 …

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2018

      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

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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2018

      So basically this Virta intervention did exactly what you'd expect: put people on a very intensive weightloss regimen, and they lose weight (magic!)

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2018

      Is it affordable/possible/realistic to spend $4,500 per year on every patient at risk of diabetes? That's a tough question

      10:32 PM - 2 May 2018
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        1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2018

          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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