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High fat pros and cons<br />
High-fat, low-carb diets like keto or paleo<br />
(or Atkins, remember that one?) replace<br />
carbs with healthy sources of fat (naturally<br />
occurring plant and animal fats not chemically<br />
processed ones) and attract rave reviews for<br />
shifting excess weight fast. They also advocate<br />
many healthy foods, and fats are known to be<br />
especially beneficial for our brains.<br />
On the flipside, critics claim too many<br />
rules make such diets too hard to follow,<br />
that weight loss is difficult to maintain long<br />
term and living on grass-fed beef and wild,<br />
sustainably caught seafood is expensive. But<br />
the major criticism of these diets is that they<br />
are unbalanced, eliminating entire food groups<br />
considered essential to healthy eating.<br />
That’s why, when the Keto Diet was<br />
assessed for the first time this year by health<br />
experts for US News & World Report’s annual<br />
40 Best Diets, it ranked last (paleo came in at<br />
32). That’s why the president of the Australian<br />
Medical Association called for The Magic Pill to<br />
be pulled off air (citing its misinformation risk).<br />
I can, however, vouch first hand for the<br />
transformative effect of Pete’s diet. Ten years<br />
ago, I escorted him on a media famil when<br />
he was a host of a daytime cooking show and<br />
chef at fashionable Hugo’s Pizza Restaurant.<br />
While unquestionably good looking then, since<br />
turning his back on carbs and leaving pizza<br />
making to his brother, Pete now looks way<br />
fitter and his complexion and those ultra-blue<br />
eyes positively glow (more than any amount of<br />
teeth whitening could account for).<br />
How does keto differ from paleo?<br />
Both are high-fat, low-carb diets – in keto’s case<br />
extremely low carbs – advocating a high intake<br />
of animal proteins. While paleo focusses on<br />
eliminating certain foods to only eat high-protein,<br />
low-carb food rich in fibre, a ketogenic diet’s<br />
primary focus is to change the body’s metabolism<br />
from running on sugar to running on fat. To<br />
achieve and maintain this state of ‘ketosis’, you<br />
must radically reduce your carbohydrate intake<br />
and replace the vast majority of carbs with fat.<br />
Intermittent fasting helps to enter ketosis too.<br />
Going keto means keeping count of the three<br />
macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and fats)<br />
to derive 75% of your daily calorie intake (which<br />
averages 2000 calories for women, 2500 for<br />
men) from fat, 20% from protein (which rather<br />
than being a fuel is a building block) and just 5%<br />
from carbs – that amounts to one banana a day.<br />
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