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How ketosis negatively affects your hormones — Whalespan

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How ketosis negatively affects your hormones

Paul Saladino12m · 2022-07-24

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✓Well SupportedDecreasing monounsaturated and saturated fat while increasing polyunsaturated fat intake, keeping total fat stable, decreased total testosterone by 15% in one study.✓Well SupportedThe free testosterone to cortisol ratio is a useful marker for training stress and requires a moderately high carbohydrate intake for validity.✓Well SupportedProlonged ketosis can adjust thyroid hormone levels and impair carbohydrate management upon reintroduction.✓Well SupportedConsuming carbohydrates during or before exercise attenuates the rise in stress hormones like cortisol and limits exercise-induced immunosuppression.Well Supported

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Increasing carbohydrate intake, sourced appropriately, can improve thyroid function, energy levels, libido, and endurance.

✓Well SupportedOnly a small fraction of plants are edible, and these are invariably poor sources of nutrients that are much less bioavailable.

✕Not SupportedA higher polyunsaturated fat to saturated fat ratio in the diet is associated with decreased serum testosterone.

✕Not SupportedKetogenic diets may be associated with renal stones due to metabolic acidosis and calcium loss.

◐Partially SupportedPopular diets including ketogenic, Atkins, South Beach, and DASH can exhibit significant micronutrient deficiencies.

✕Not SupportedKetogenic diets may impair bone health.

◐Partially SupportedA high-carbohydrate diet can increase plasma levels of testosterone and cortisol and their respective binding globulins in men.

◐Partially SupportedKetogenic diets are at least as effective as low-fat, energy-restricted diets for weight loss up to one year, after which weight loss tends to converge between diets.

◐Partially SupportedCarbohydrates from standard sources like grains do not appear to be inflammatory in humans, even in overweight subjects.

◐Partially SupportedWeight loss is best achieved by improving food quality through the elimination of seed oils.

◐Partially SupportedEvidence supporting the claim that high doses of antioxidant vitamins can prevent exercise-induced immunosuppression is lacking.

✕Not SupportedKetogenic diets can lead to decreased T3 thyroid hormone levels and other thyroid hormone imbalances, associated with protein catabolism and muscle mass loss.

✕Not SupportedKetosis can help in understanding molecular mechanisms of obesity, satiety, and nutritional paradigms.

◐Partially SupportedHigher energy intake from protein is associated with lower serum testosterone.

◐Partially SupportedDietary carbohydrate-to-protein ratio has no effect on inflammatory markers in overweight subjects, and body fatness is positively associated with CRP levels.

✕Not SupportedLow carbohydrate diets negatively alter the free testosterone to cortisol ratio in response to exercise.

◐Partially SupportedA ketogenic diet can be nutrient-rich if organ meats are included.