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Why would Katz's blather convince me when my experience from eating low carb/keto for 15 years says otherwise?
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The problem, as I see it, is that his blather is not really aimed at those of us who've tried the "keto-kool aid" and discovered just how good it really is! He's aiming it at all those who MIGHT decide to try keto. He wants to keep the drumbeat of fear pounding loud enough so that folks who actually might benefit from a ketogenic diet won't experiment but will continue to buy his books and follow HIS gospel instead.
I have so many relatives (including two brothers) who are seriously overweight and suffering diabetes or prediabetes along with all the other illnesses that go along with carbohydrate intolerance. It breaks my heart to see them mired in the carbohydrate quicksand.
And, despite SEEING for themselves that low carb has helped me and my husband, they remain terrified to try it. After all, the two of us MIGHT just be outlier cases and we might drop dead tomorrow due to our unhealthy diet.
After all "science" has shown that "low-fat with plenty of healthy whole grains is the only healthy way to eat" and the AHA and their own doctors and leading nutrition doctors like Dr. Katz SAY low-carb ketogenic is an unhealthy fad. So, they think they just need to work harder at eating fewer calories and exercising more.
And if doesn't work, well it's because they're gluttons without the self-discipline to push themselves away from the table and exercise more.
When I read Katz's diatribe, something clicked and I decided that maybe we need more people posting comments ON the blogs of the anti-keto people saying "I beg to differ, let me tell you - and all YOUR readers - about my personal experience." And I decided to post there under my real name because, since I'm telling the truth about MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, that makes it a tiny bit harder for him to dismiss me as a troll or someone with a book to sell.