This is what the keto diet does to your body | Professor Christopher Gardner [LfjlSArFy79]

This is what the keto diet does to your body | Professor Christopher Gardner [LfjlSArFy79]

| 1h 28m 28s | Video has closed captioning.

Keto has been promoted as a magic bullet for weight loss by its supporters and slammed as dangerous by its opponents. It's no surprise - completely removing almost all carbohydrates is not what most people consider ‘a balanced diet’. With carbs off the table, Keto diets involve a dramatically increased fat intake. At the same time, drastically reducing carbs means starving our gut microbes of the fiber that feeds them. Nonetheless, doctors prescribe keto diets to treat people with severe diabetes and see dramatic improvements, and many healthy people swear by keto for weight loss. On top of this, removing carbohydrates prevents blood sugar spikes and crashes linked to inflammation and disease. In today’s episode, Jonathan speaks to a leading nutritional researcher to understand whether or not keto diets are a crazy fad: Christopher Gardner is a professor at Stanford University and a member of ZOE’s scientific advisory board who’s produced a clinical trial of keto diets, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. If you want to uncover the right foods for your body, head to joinzoe.com/podcast and get 10% off your personalized nutrition program. Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:10 - Topic introduction 01:37 - Quick-fire questions 05:30 - What is a ketogenic diet? How does it work? 08:58 - Why have people become interested in keto? 10:51 - To promote ketosis, how low-carb should a diet be? 12:29 - Why are randomized trials so important? 15:30 - Christopher’s study 19:56 - What is a Mediterranean diet? 22:58 - Study results 27:14 - How sustainable is a keto diet? 33:20 - How strictly should you follow the keto diet? 34:52 - Diabetes and keto 38:03 - Keto’s impact on the microbiome 40:25 - Is there a long-term impact on the ability to process carbs? 42:25 - Summary 44:29 - Listener’s question 45:05 - Goodbyes 45:27 - Outro Books: - Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati: - Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector: Episode transcripts are available here: Read Christopher's Study here: Follow Christopher: Follow ZOE on Instagram: