Peter Attia· MD
If the hypothesis that's being tested is more insulin is worse, I think you're almost better off just biting the bullet and saying, we're going to do ketogenic diets.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
If the hypothesis that's being tested is more insulin is worse, I think you're almost better off just biting the bullet and saying, we're going to do ketogenic diets.
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The therapeutic efficacy of the ketogenic diet is through insulin suppression and suppressing the insulin pathway, limiting glucose availability, and also to some extent elevating ketones.