Excessive fat restriction can lead to insulin resistance due to overconsumption of poor-quality carbohydrates. — Whalespan
Excessive fat restriction can lead to insulin resistance due to overconsumption of poor-quality carbohydrates.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“my view clinically is that makes very little sense — because that usually comes with a whole bunch of other issues so a lot of times when I see people on these excessively restrictive fat lowering diets — they actually become insulin resistant a lot of them because they're really over consuming a lot of poor quality carbs — and they're suffering other consequences of really low fat intake”