Keto diet: Scientists find link to diabetes risk (in mice)

Currently doing the rounds in many publications this "three day study"  on rodents is attracting a lot of interest 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322724.php 

Ivor Cummins received an e-mail with the mouse keto diet 



Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said: "Cutting out whole food groups risks damaging long-term health.

"A healthy balanced diet, based on the Eatwell Guide, should include higher fibre starchy carbohydrates - this can help minimise the risk of serious illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers."

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/fad-diets-which-swap-carbs-for-fat-could-increase-diabetes-risk-research-finds-a3907136.html

Nothing new there then  

The keto mice in our house don't live very long, serve them right for eating small lumps of cheddar cheese when loaded springs are attached!

The experimental mice no doubt would be genetically engineered mice with their chow dictated by big pharma!

What utter desperate bunkum that Tedstone woman spouts.

Long birder wrote:The keto mice in our house don't live very long, serve them right for eating small lumps of cheddar cheese when loaded springs are attached!

The experimental mice no doubt would be genetically engineered mice with their chow dictated by big pharma!

What utter desperate bunkum that Tedstone woman spouts.

The mouse chow contains hydrogenated crisco  

I have not read the study, but there have others they all follow the same "logic". They fed mice a low carb, bad fat diet then they do a high sugar challenge. Find they don't process glucose as well and they say is bad for people, it could become diabetes. Is silly they are just made to discredit the diet. The same as they do with natural supplements that can challenge expensive medications.

Yes and often the "high fats diets" contain huge quantities of sucrose.

Tedstone needs to be retired alongside Willett. Of course cutting out entire food groups is perfectly acceptable when it's meat or saturated fat.

It would appear some rodent studies can not be replicated 

Studies Unable to Reproduce Results of Two Diabetes Papers

The original work found that an anti-malaria drug or the neurotransmitter GABA could increase the number of insulin-producing pancreatic cells in mice.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/studies-unable-to-reproduce-results-of-two-diabetes-papers-64630

Interesting. Over time I have concluded that just about everything "cures" diabetic mice but none of it works in humans. When it doesn't work in different mice I fail to be surprised.