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We've been doing low carb diets wrong for 100 years.
Viva Longevity's mission is to find scientists who can cut through the fog of misinformation.
PAPERS:
Low-Carbohydrate Diets of Varying Macronutrient Quality and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Three U.S. Prospective Cohort Studies by Binkai Liu and Qi Sun et al.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12635889
Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging
nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03570-5
👆 The heat map that goes with that paper in high res, very lightly edited for clarity:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FLyUfJ0IXAEwUAl0_7So5IcNBcpMWK1o/view?usp=sharing
Harvard: Different Dietary Fat, Different Risk of Mortality
https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/2016/07/05/different-dietary-fat-different-risk-of-mortality/
5-Year effects of a novel continuous remote care model with carbohydrate-restricted nutrition therapy including nutritional ketosis in type 2 diabetes: An extension study by Virta Health
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39433217
Long-Term Effects of a Novel Continuous Remote Care Intervention Including Nutritional Ketosis for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A 2-Year Non-randomized Clinical Trial
frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2019.00348/full
VIDEOS:
Harvard says Red Meat is WORSE than Junk Food
youtu.be/LPXWCIFDkgM
Influencers vs Epidemiologists: Money & Fame vs Science
youtu.be/JJeoYQ6FaAw
HARVARD: Red Meat Raises Diabetes Risk 62%. INTERNET: Nope.
youtu.be/NgfTit87RYU
0:00 Protein, fat & carbs
1:45 Harvard Study: Low carb diets and diabetes
5:50 Losing weight
7:31 Why Harvard studies nurses
10:27 The Virta Health study
12:05 Food frequency questionnaires
15:24 The four low carb diets evaluated
16:42 Potatoes & resistant starch
19:31 Red meat
25:46 The causes of type 2 diabetes
30:32 Exercise & weight loss
34:32 My conclusion
We've been doing low carb diets wrong for 100 years.
Viva Longevity's mission is to find scientists who can cut through the fog of misinformation.
PAPERS:
Low-Carbohydrate Diets of Varying Macronutrient Quality and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Three U.S. Prospective Cohort Studies by Binkai Liu and Qi Sun et al.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12635889
Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging
nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03570-5
👆 The heat map that goes with that paper in high res, very lightly edited for clarity:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FLyUfJ0IXAEwUAl0_7So5IcNBcpMWK1o/view?usp=sharing
Harvard: Different Dietary Fat, Different Risk of Mortality
https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/2016/07/05/different-dietary-fat-different-risk-of-mortality/
5-Year effects of a novel continuous remote care model with carbohydrate-restricted nutrition therapy including nutritional ketosis in type 2 diabetes: An extension study by Virta Health
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39433217
Long-Term Effects of a Novel Continuous Remote Care Intervention Including Nutritional Ketosis for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A 2-Year Non-randomized Clinical Trial
frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2019.00348/full
VIDEOS:
Harvard says Red Meat is WORSE than Junk Food
youtu.be/LPXWCIFDkgM
Influencers vs Epidemiologists: Money & Fame vs Science
youtu.be/JJeoYQ6FaAw
HARVARD: Red Meat Raises Diabetes Risk 62%. INTERNET: Nope.
youtu.be/NgfTit87RYU
0:00 Protein, fat & carbs
1:45 Harvard Study: Low carb diets and diabetes
5:50 Losing weight
7:31 Why Harvard studies nurses
10:27 The Virta Health study
12:05 Food frequency questionnaires
15:24 The four low carb diets evaluated
16:42 Potatoes & resistant starch
19:31 Red meat
25:46 The causes of type 2 diabetes
30:32 Exercise & weight loss
34:32 My conclusion
