Study: The keto diet raises harmful cholesterol and reduces gut bacteria

A new study published by Medical Express showed that diet or…The Keto Diet It causes an increase in the level of harmful cholesterol in the blood, an increase in the level of lipoprotein B, and a decrease in the percentage of intestinal bacteria.

A team of health and nutrition experts at the University of Bath, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Bristol, Oxford University Hospital, Maastricht University and the Teagasc Food Research Centre, have discovered that increasing who follow a ketogenic diet. levels of bad LDL cholesterol, and higher lipoprotein B and a decrease in gut bacteria.

In their study published on the Cell Reports Medicine website, volunteers followed a ketogenic diet for a month so that researchers could study its effects on their bodies.
The ketogenic diet involves significantly reducing the consumption of carbohydrates, replacing them with fats from meat, dairy products, cheese, eggs and other foods such as avocados also cause other health problems such as nutritional deficiencies and digestive system problems, kidney stones, and long-term bone problems.

In this new effort, the research team suspected that the diet could lead to higher levels of bad cholesterol and possibly other problems. To find out if this was true, they conducted a randomized trial with free fasting -like to adhere to the diet for a month and then do a medical evaluation to confirm the changes.

The trial involved 53 non-obese adults, a third of whom were followed up Ketogenic dietAnother third followed a low-sugar diet, and another third ate what the researchers described as a moderate diet to serve as a control group.

After one month, all volunteers were tested, and the research team found that the volunteers who followed the ketogenic diet lost an average of 1.6 kg of fat, and levels were 16% higher of bad cholesterol in their blood also compared to the control group. and 26% higher levels of Lipoprotein B protein, a protein known to clog arteries. There is no change in lipoprotein B levels.

The researchers pointed out that the volunteers who followed Ketogenic diet They also had low levels of a type of intestinal bacteria known to be involved in promoting a strong immune system and also in producing vitamin B.