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offers Kashi GO Cereal sweetened with
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from chicory root. The dark cocoa variety
of the cereal has 19 grams of carbohydrates
per 40-gram serving. The cinnamon
vanilla has 18 grams per 40-gram serving.
IS KETO HEALTHY?
The keto diet is not that new. It has been
used to manage epilepsy for more than
100 years, according to the Academy of
Nutrition and Dietetics. Recent studies are
evaluating the keto diet as a treatment for
obesity and diabetes, but research findings
are limited. Weight loss is a common
reason for following the keto diet.
" Is it OK for a quick start weight loss? "
said Julie Miller Jones, PhD, a professor in
the Department of Family, Consumer and
Nutritional Sciences at St. Catherine University
in St. Paul, Minn., and a member of
the Grain Foods Foundation's scientific advisory
board. " I suppose, but my concern is
if we look at weight loss that works, it's one
that people can do for the rest of their lives. "
Studies show consumers may lose
weight over the first six to nine months
on the keto diet, she said, but studies that
cover two years or more show they gained
the weight back because they did not stay
on the diet.
Dr. Cheatham added of the diet, " You
can expect to perhaps lose weight. You
can expect to perhaps improve your
blood glucose level and more importantly
improve your insulin sensitivity. "
What consumers omit from their diet
DIET TYPES FOLLOWED
Calorie counting
Intermittent fasting
Clean eating
Ketogenic or high-fat diet
Low-carb diet
Plant-based diet
Flexitarian
Mediterranean diet
Carb-cycling
Gluten-free diet
Weight-loss plan
Whole 30
Personalized diet based on DNA
Paleo diet
Vegetarian diet
DASH diet
Vegan diet
Cleanse
Other
Source: International Food Information Council
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10%
could have a negative impact, though.
Many fruits are not permitted in the keto
diet, Dr. Cheatham said. Some vegetables
are but not the starchier ones like potatoes
and squash.
Dr. Jones said following the keto diet
means missing out on cereal fiber like
resistant starch and beta-glucan.
" Even many legumes are not allowed
because they also have a carbohydrate
component, " she said.
The keto diet differs from the Atkins
diet in that the Atkins diet emphasizes
protein consumption instead of fat and
allows up to 80 to 100 grams of net carbohydrates
daily. The Atkins diet defines
net carbohydrates as total carbohydrates
minus fiber and sugar alcohols (polyols).
Low-carbohydrate diets tend to attract
consumers because they want to lose
weight, said Glenn Gaesser, PhD, a professor
in the College of Health Sciences at
Arizona State University and a member of
the GFF's scientific advisory board. When
the IFIC survey respondents were asked
motivators for adopting a diet, the top
answer was weight loss at nearly 40%.
Consumers are less interested in diets
that improve cardiovascular performance,
Dr. Gaesser said.
" That's decades down the road for most
people, " Dr. Gaesser said. " No one makes
decisions about what they are eating
today on the basis of what that food might
do for them 20 or 30 or 40 years later. It's
for immediate effect. "
A study that appeared online Aug. 16,
2018, in Lancet Public Health investigated
carbohydrate consumption and mortality.
Researchers from the Brigham and Women's
Hospital in Boston, the Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health in Boston
and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis
studied 15,428 adults of the ages
45 to 64 with a median follow-up of 25
years. They found a U-shaped association
between the percentage of calories consumed
from carbohydrates and mortality.
A percentage of 50% to 55% was associated
with the lowest risk of mortality. Both
low-carbohydrate consumption, meaning
less than 40%, and high-carbohydrate consumption,
meaning more than 70%, were
associated with greater mortality risk.
The National Institutes of Health provided
funding for the study.
" You can find meta-analyses on both
sides that show there might be a slight
benefit to the keto low-carb (diet) to other
meta-analyses that show just the opposite, "
Dr. Gaesser said. " On the whole I
think most of the studies seem to say it's
pretty much a toss-up and the bottom line
is just calorie restriction for weight loss. "
Low-carbohydrate diets have been popular
at least since Atkins started in the
1970s, he added.
" I think the ketogenic diet is something
that is the sexy diet today, " Dr. Gaesser
said. MBN
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