What You Eat Affects Your Immune System: Keto vs Vegan Diet

What You Eat Affects Your Immune System: Keto vs Vegan Diet

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Researchers studied how diet affects immune response by having 20 participants follow a vegan or ketogenic diet for two weeks (Link VM, et.al., 2024).
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Keto Diet Exposed: Surprising Findings on Fat Loss and Muscle Mass

Keto Diet Exposed: Surprising Findings on Fat Loss and Muscle Mass

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
This study explored whether switching from a high-carb diet to a ketogenic diet, without altering calorie intake, affects energy expenditure and body composition.
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How does a ketogenic diet affect blood glucose levels and the glucose transport into the cells, and how does it affect blood vessels and other tissue?

How does a ketogenic diet affect blood glucose levels and the glucose transport into the cells, and how does it affect blood vessels and other tissue?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
  Fat is not metabolized to glucose and does not require insulin to be metabolized. Instead, a ketogenic diet (high fat diet) provides energy from ketones. Eating only fat will for that reason not increase the blood glucose level. That may sound good but let us look at what happens....
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