In 2020 "keto" was the most Googled food-related topic in the world. More than 23 million Americans have been on the ketogenic diet, yet many of the foods on the keto diet have been linked to heart disease, stroke, and other illnesses. So…is the ketogenic diet harming us or leading us to a healthy, buttery, red meat “promised land”? In this episode we attempt to get the answer. Really, no really!

Jason and to a lesser extent Peter have struggled with weight their entire lives. Jason can personally attest to his individual success/fail ratio on a multitude of diets AND his previous flirtation with the keto diet… which left him weighing less but with kidney stones and gout!

Dr. Ken Berry, a board-certified family physician, speaker and author based near Nashville, Tennessee whose focus is on the chronic diseases caused by the Standard American Diet and Lifestyle joins Jason and Peter to explain the benefits and to discuss the potential issues with the keto diet and its relationship to type 2 Diabetes, chronic inflammation, dementia and …keto crotch!

IN THIS EPISODE:

Why keto may be the diet for almost everybody.
Can the Keto diet help: obesity – hypertension - metabolic syndrome - fatty liver - heart disease – hypertension - type 1 or 2 diabetes - pre-diabetes?
Bad breath? Keto flu? Odorless flatulence?
Who shouldn’t try the keto diet.
Eggs every day?
Is veganism unhealthy?
What happens when a carnivore dieter eats cake?
Calories don’t matter. Really?
Ozempic, Wegovy – enemies or part of the healing process?
Keto cookies, keto supplements, keto bread, keto shakes – STAY AWAY!!!!
Google-heim: Is Keto Crotch real…we investigate!