A recent study found that the ketogenic diet induces cardiac fibrosis—and it's causing people to worry. Let me put your mind at ease.

DATA:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18339375/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21939657/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12975474/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20594978/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18466343/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23223453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511588/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-020-00411-4
https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12937-017-0275-0
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317124387_Effects_of_Ketogenic_Diets_on_Cardiovascular_Risk_Factors_Evidence_from_Animal_and_Human_Studies

DATA: (Mitochondria Biogenesis - shows the opposite)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30027365/

Timestamps
0:00 Keto and cardiac fibrosis
0:30 Looking deeper at the study
3:00 Physiology
3:12 Can keto cause fibrosis?
3:27 Healthy keto
3:37 Who funded this study?
4:13 Bulletproof your immune system *free course!

Today we're going to talk about a recent study that found that keto induces cardiac fibrosis, which is scar tissue in the heart. Is this something to worry about?

When you evaluate a study, you want to make sure the data in the study is good and truthful. I don't believe that the version of keto they used in this study is one anyone would actually do.

Let's look at the type of diet the researchers actually put the rats on in this study:

• Casein — 16.5% of the diet (inflammatory)
• L-cystine — .25% of the diet
• Cellulose — 8.2% of the diet
• Soybean oil — 4.25% of the diet (inflammatory)
• Cocoa butter — 62.7% of the diet
• Dicalcium phosphate — 2.1% of the diet
• Calcium carbonate — .9% of the diet
• Mineral mix — 1.6% of the diet

Keep in mind if a person has cardiac fibrosis, we know there was inflammation going on. Is anyone actually consuming these ingredients? The only way they get away with calling this keto is because it's low-carb. The diet that they compared this to had different sugars and was just as bad.

Rats also have different physiology from humans. They don't have gallbladders, and they aren't designed to consume a lot of fat. To apply this version of keto to rats and then imply that if a person consumes a ketogenic diet they're going to get fibrosis, seems crazy. I don't believe this will happen.

Healthy keto is highly anti-inflammatory. It could potentially help prevent scarring by getting rid of inflammation.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 58, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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