Comments by "SkyRiver" (@SkyRiver1) on "Dr Rangan Chatterjee"
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I would be interested in your assessment of the various studies that claim a genetic mutation that prevents the Inuits from going into ketosis.
My casual perusal seemed to indicate that there is some kind of mutation that took place, though it seems that now the validity of the methodology of the blood tests that were used to determine this is in some question.
Also it seemed that some of the studies indicate a condition that prevents them from transitioning to ketosis merely from low/no carbs, but that they could still go into ketosis is they fasted.
The whole thing seemed inconclusive, which left me wondering if some party had an interest in keeping this matter in doubt.
They also indicated that the Inuits actually ate more carbs than was first believed and this kept them from ketosis.
To me, if it were actually true that the Inuit, in their traditional life, had developed such a genetic mutation, this would settle this entire matter, as to the long term viability of ketosis. It would also settle the matter of low carb, carnivore, vs med, plant based -- once and for all: for those who understood the implications of natural selection selecting against long term ketosis.
Perhaps though, the moment has been lost along with the traditional sequestered life style of the Inuit, and if the data we have is questionable it may be too late to ever learn the conclusion to this debate that life itself had selected. I would be most interested in any view you had on this matter.
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Have to say you peeked my interest in this matter. It was easy to find Hyman on a list of MDs who you should not trust. And on a quack list along with Grundy and other perveyors of unscientific nonsense. Here is some of what I found.
". . . Mark Hyman’s pseudoscience includes popular detox diets (which also means buying his questionable – and expensive – detox supplements), giving health advice that is not backed by the body of scientific evidence, and promoting a bogus autism cure. He also propagates the false belief that vaccines are related to autism, and false information about heavy metals. He recommends bogus testing for heavy metals and expensive “chelation” therapy (a test that may be harmful) that he has ordered on “tens of thousands of patients.”
Harriet Hall, MD has a excellent pieced about Mark Hyman and functional medicine that includes the following:
“He sells dietary supplements and detox cleanses. He has said that the law of thermodynamics doesn’t apply in living organisms, and that current medicine is as obsolete as bloodletting or phrenology. He says diseases don’t exist. He is essentially a germ theory denialist, saying it’s the terrain, not the germ.”
“Hyman includes standard advice about a healthy lifestyle, but he mixes it indiscriminately with advice that is based on speculation rather than on credible evidence. And he makes claims that defy belief (curing autism with cod liver oil) and many that are demonstrably not true.”
Hyman is listed on Quackwatch as an author whose books promote misinformation, espouse unscientific theories, and/or contain unsubstantiated advice. He also advises GOOP, and his advice seems to be in line with other GOOP Doctors.
When scientific experts reviewed evidence on fats and cardiovascular disease and it didn’t align with Hyman’s own ideas, he endorsed an article by “RebootedBody.com” promoting the idea that the American Heart Association is a terrorist organization.
Here’s another example of his misinformation (and fear-mongering) from Mark Hyman’s twitter account, a comment about wheat and sugar that does not make biochemical or nutritional sense. . . . "
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So, I personally will stick with the actual science, not the "keep them in doubt" science offered by the divers studies sponsered by the meat and dairy industry, or snake oil salesmen who went to med school. People consider any MD as experts in nutrition, while nothing could be further from the truth. Unless they have pursued it as an independent study after med school they typically know very little about nutrtition. But people love to let "authorities" do their thinking for them.
I am in my seventies and Hyman looks like he could be my father. I do not eat animal products, I lift weights, and can keep it up all night. That's my anecdotal two cents. I get plenty of protein from plant sources and the belief that animal sources of protein are necessary for healthy aging is proven nonsense.
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