Is a plant-based keto diet good for you? | Mastering Diabetes | Dr. Neal Barnard

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"What is vegan keto diet?" "Is vegan keto possible?" Some people are curious and they would want to know.

A plant-based keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat, moderate-protein diet that excludes all food sources from animals. The ketogenic diet of course is quite well-known for its meals filled with animal foods. But vegans and plant-based eaters can adapt to this type of nutrition and reach ketosis by relying on high-fat, plant-based products like coconut oil, avocados, seeds, and nuts. With strategic planning, vegans and plant-based eaters can reap its potential benefits.

Now, many reports have talked about the ketogenic diet helping people with type 2 diabetes lower their sugar levels, drop A1c, and get dramatic weight loss in a short period of time.

But is a plant-based diet better? As you may have guessed by now, trying to be healthy through this nutrition doesn't sit well with Mastering Diabetes and friends in the science and nutrition community.

Here's Dr. Neal Barnard as to why he wouldn't vouch for a plant-based keto diet.

Dr. Neal Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. Dr. Barnard has authored more than 100 scientific publications and 20 books for medical and lay readers, and is the editor in chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a textbook made available to all U.S. medical students.

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[charliemorrison]

I greatly reduced my intake for a couple of months and dropped 35 plus pounds and my A1C came down quick. My fat was still low except for some peanuts and peanut butter, but once I eliminated all overt fats and ate more carbohydrates, it took zero effort to maintain "normal" sugars. My sugars average between 70 and 90 something now, but a few months ago the doctor said I was at 232. I ate a lot of vegan junk food then.

[DaniDan-sf]

I’ve come to the conclusion that people in their 50’s need to switch over to a diet consisting mostly of leafy greens, veggies, fruit and not much else, no carbs, no oils, nuts etc, .

[CtheForestthroughtheTrees]

Thank you for this important interview and wise recommendations! You were both instrumental in my recovery from debilitating insulin resistance! (I saw both your separate identical recommendations last year, cut out the oil, and rapidly saw progress. I had previously been on a no-meat-or-dairy low-starch Mediterranean diet for 20 years, with some progress upon transitioning to a mostly-WFPB vegan diet, but when I took that last step of going No-oil fully-WFPB, the results were truly magical!

[Aria-Invictus]

I understand some of the principles of why someone would go to a vegan plant-based diet and if it works for them great. for me however I constantly get cravings and I would overeat because I always feel hungry. and the more I ate the hungry again until I stuff myself and even then that feeling of fullness would only lasts for a few hours before it be very hungry again.

and I have to try to get increase my fiber intake and eat whole plant foods. nothing worked.

[Maintain_Decorum]

The great apes who eat non-stop for 12 hours a day? 🤦‍♀️