In a response to a message, I wanted to see if I could help others understand some of the research on ketogenic diets and insulin resistance. Vegans assert that the animals fats make insulin resistance worse, but the science is obviously not on their side. Most of my misconception videos, I try to detail the science, but for this topic, I made an analogy. For this analogy, I used a cattle yard and the obnoxious smell as being analogous to the overwhelming refined carbs present in the Standard American Diet. Most people when assaulted by the smell immediately would have response to the smell. That response is the insulin release. Over time, the person eventually needs to be assaulted with new more horrible smells and might eventually not be bothered at all. It is at that point they become diabetic in the analogy. Here’s the research: ccjm. org “Do very-low-carbohydrate diets cause insulin resistance? Despite concern that very-low-carbohydrate diets, especially if high in saturated fat, might lead to insulin resistance, the link between saturated fat and insulin resistance is tenuous. Further, data from three recent studies that used the insulin clamp technique indicate that very-low-carbohydrate diets do not have an adverse effect on glucose metabolism or insulin resistance. Collectively, these studies indicate that very-low-carbohydrate diets alter the effects of insulin on oxidative and nonoxidative glucose disposal, favoring storage of glucose as glycogen in muscle. They . . .

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