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"or, till satiety"

That is the key.

You can eat vegetables until satiety and also not gain weight.

Banting seems to be about non-processed whole foods. So guess I'm doing that.

My point was more, there is a group that goes 'zero carb' and eat really unhealthily. They take it as a license to pile on the ribs. Not that 'zero carb' by itself is unhealthy.

You'll probably say cholesterol is also ok. But plaque buildup does lead to hearth attack's.

"Unfortunately, emerging research shows that a ketogenic diet actually increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. In a young, fit population of CrossFit athletes, following a keto diet for 12 weeks led to an average weight loss of 6 pounds but increased “bad cholesterol” (LDL-C) by a whopping 35%.

Typically, you would expect to see LDL-C levels drop when you lose weight. LDL-C has long been associated with cardiovascular risk because it forms arterial plaques (a cholesterol build-up in the inner lining of arteries), and emerging research that followed people for 12 years has now directly linked long-term ketogenic"

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2023/keto-its-probably-no....



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