My friend's dad was just diagnosed with stage 3 renal failure and his doctor is emphatic his diet is the culprit. He'd been an advocate of the keto diet for years.
Biology is complicated and different people will have different results. I'm glad it's working for you but please exercise caution before assuming it will help everyone. You also might want to get your kidneys tested.
If someone suggests something is a cure all for everyone, and a doctor says that cure all is killing someone, and there's medical research backing up the doctor - I'm going to trust the doctor.
My N=1 anecdote is a counterexample that has medical research to back it up. Or are you discrediting the person's anecdote about a carnivorous diet being healthy?
The hydration meme (drinking a gallon+ of fluids a day) is one the few fads that are actually sound.
Anyway, the long term effects are not that worrisome since virtually no one will stick to a diet this strict. I wouldn't also recommend strict keto or carnivore because without carbs most people will lack the oomph for a good workout.
I've read that each kidney has a seven fold overcapacity for what people need. So if the kidneys are damaged something majorly bad had to have happened.
Kidneys are also involved in blood production along with bones.
This always gets flamewar territory. My general answers are:
1. In every health thread we should post a picture of our body
2. Find a doctor that agrees with your opinion. Whatever it is you will find one.
3. I/we usually take harder things than the keto/carnivore thing (trust me)
4. Many things that we've been told our lives has been a lie. Maybe the keto/carnivore is also like that.
5. Please gather all your docs and start a thread on twitter with the "top" keto researchers (@nicknorwitz, @KetoCarnivore, @ChrisPalmerMD, @realDaveFeldman some that I follow)
6. High carb is killing the developed world. Please exercise caution.
When I listen to someone tell me objective data I'm confirming a bias I never had to begin with? The amount of projecting you're doing is extraordinary. If a doctor told you your kidneys were failing after getting them tested (I already linked the research for you to read, but clearly you're afraid of information that doesn't confirm your bias), would you then go find a doctor that tells you your kidneys are fine? Your fear of information is literally going to kill you. This is the mentality that leads to anti-vaxxing.
> If you are open minded for real check
This is ironic since you're not even open-minded to listening to a doctor, or medical research, or anything that disagrees with what you already think you know.
You are a perfect example of the Dunning Kruger effect.
I think CFS is also connected to the mind (don't remember correctly). You can see a presentation by the same guy: Dr. Chris Palmer - 'The Ketogenic Diet in Neurology and Psychiatry' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUtwr_6sFw4
It might be, I have read a dozen CFS theories from adrenal fatigue to lime disease to mitochondrial function to microbiome. I might just have too much candida?
I am basically a N=1 experiment to see what works for me in terms of management. I see a psychologist and have started meditation too to have another iron
in the fire.
Yeah I’ve done lots of blood tests. Those make me look like a 20yo athlete :-). I am not.
I love it when someone say you should see a doctor! If only … I could see just one. I probably have seen 10. I love it when one doctor shakes their head about what the other one said.
But r/cfs is actually more
useful for knowledge (doctors
are good for getting tests done, I had blood tests, brain scan, sleep study, lime tests) and I guess as a sanity check.