[voidlogic]

Care to explain why the many people who post their bloodwork every week on r/keto have lowered body weight, improved lipid panels, better fasting glucose scores? Its easy to say these are anecdotal, but when it happens weekly for years- (That of course not to say its well controlled, because of course its not, or that there may not be some sampling bias).

I gave it a try myself and judged it by all the objective and subjective measures at my disposal. It works (at least for me).

I can respect your skepticism, are the pending studies being done by http://nusi.org/ well enough designed to be considered weighty by you?

[noondip]

You've basically nailed it - the evidence is anecdotal and, coming from a keto echo-chamber, is obviously subject to confirmation bias. Therefore, these findings cannot be trusted as statistically significant.

By the same measure, we could argue smoking cigarettes is a reasonable, even healthful thing to do (on a slight tangent: exactly that was suggested by doctors in the 50's and 60's) - after all, we all know heavy smokers who haven't dropped dead, but on the contrary seem alive and thriving.

I'm glad it worked for you, but have you also fairly and objectively evaluated a plant-based, high-carb, low-fat diet? I think only then can the two be compared without bias, at least as I see it.

Regarding NuSI - I could write many paragraphs about the organization. If you have some time, please do check out these critical, detailed videos: http://plantpositive.com/warning-signs-nusi-guys-1/ and let me know what you think.