Dr. Greger Destroys Keto Diet!



I wasn’t expecting such a roast 😅 #plantbased #keto

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  1. I've been on a ketogenic diet for 3 months and haven't felt this good in decades. Refined carbohydrate are poison over the long term. Eat single ingredient foods not stuff invented in a laboratory and churned out from a factory in a box.

  2. The closest thing to an “optimal” human diet

    Across cultures, history, and modern research, the healthiest diets all share the same non-negotiables:

    1. Prioritize protein (this is huge)
    • Lean meats, fish, eggs, dairy, or well-planned plant sources
    • Protein preserves muscle, controls appetite, stabilizes blood sugar, and supports aging
    • Most people under-eat it

    Rule of thumb:
    ~0.6–0.8 g per lb of lean body mass (or ~0.7–1.0 g per lb of goal body weight)

    2. Eat whole, minimally processed foods

    Humans thrive on foods that look like food:
    • Meat, fish, eggs
    • Vegetables, fruits
    • Tubers (potatoes, sweet potatoes)
    • Whole grains if tolerated
    • Nuts, seeds

    Ultra-processed food is the common enemy across every failed diet.

    3. Carbs are optional, fiber is not
    • Some people thrive high-carb (Mediterranean, Okinawan)
    • Some thrive low-carb or keto
    • But fiber is universal

    Get it from:
    • Vegetables
    • Berries
    • Beans/lentils (if tolerated)
    • Potatoes (shockingly good)

    Your gut microbiome cares way more about fiber than carb %.

    4. Fats should be natural, not industrial

    Good:
    • Olive oil
    • Avocado
    • Nuts
    • Fatty fish
    • Animal fats in reasonable amounts

    Limit:
    • Seed oils in ultra-processed foods
    • Trans fats (hard no)

    5. Calories still matter (but behavior matters more)
    • You can’t outrun thermodynamics
    • But food quality controls appetite, which controls calories automatically
    • Diets fail when hunger is ignored

    Diets that work because they follow these rules

    These all work for different people:
    • Mediterranean
    • Paleo
    • Low-carb / keto
    • Whole-food plant-based (done correctly)
    • Traditional “peasant” diets worldwide

    They fail when processed food sneaks back in.

    The uncomfortable truth

    The “optimal” diet is:

    The one you can follow long-term that keeps you lean, strong, energetic, and metabolically healthy.

    Not:
    • The most extreme
    • The most moral
    • The one with the best documentary

    If you want a simple, near-optimal default

    This works for ~80% of people:
    • Protein at every meal
    • Vegetables at every meal
    • One or two carb sources you tolerate well
    • Mostly whole foods
    • Eat until satisfied, not stuffed

  3. He is ignorant. The keto diet is as healthy as you can go. It will fix obesity, sugar cravings, and a lot of chronic, neuroinflammatory diseases, including epilepsy and whatnot. There won't be diabetes. You stay fit, and cut all carbs to a bare minimum. Yes, you can eat fruits sometimes, but it's for pleasure. You may eat 1-2 tbsp of pomegranate, 2-3 slices of guava, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries.

  4. It’s a diet, not a jail cell. You can choose to do the diet and everyone who is struggling with weight,discipline, and depression. Keto in just a week made me feel a whole lot better in every aspect. It’s hard but i feel like my body is rewarding me for the effort.

  5. I would love to see his study. Properly conducted and analyzed studies can tell anything you want them to. LC 22% increased mortality risk? What exactly does that mean? Does it mean, like they want you to believe, LC dieters die at a 22% higher rate? Or is their risk assessment because your cholesterol is higher therefore they THINK you're at a greater probability? How about factoring in most people eating LC are doing so because their health already put them in the 99% higher risk and LC reduced that to just 22%?

  6. He just seems like that jerk that has an attitude towards everything and no one knows why. He looks frail, old and underweight. Even the interviewer has an expression as if the interview quickly turned into a chore. “Ugh, how are we going to edit it this to get any credibility out of it” 😅

  7. Thank you! My friend was on it and was like I can't eat kale, too many carbs……

    I was like tf? Honey, I doubt it's kale that's making you fat. She gained all the weight back after she stopped doing it too. 😂

    Refused to eat beans and stuff too… Which have lots of vitamins and fiber, even some protein.

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