In this episode, Dr. Black takes a New Year’s dive into the world of fad diets, dissecting the common New Year’s resolution to ‘get healthier’. She discusses many popular diets, including the keto diet, paleo diet, and the carnivore diet, presenting their advantages and risks backed by scientific evidence. She also explores the history of dieting, highlighting some bizarre diets from the past. She concludes by debunking certain myths about nutrition and endorsing a balanced, whole food plant-based diet as the most beneficial for long-term health.
Links to journal articles and other scientific references mentioned in the episode:
Effect of a plant-based, low-fat diet versus an animal-based, ketogenic diet on ad libitum energy intake
Low-carbohydrate diets and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Low-carbohydrate diets and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: Two cohort Studies
Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: a prospective cohort study and meta-analysis
A Mediterranean Diet and Low-Fat Vegan Diet to Improve Body Weight and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Randomized, Cross-over Trial
Vegan and Omnivorous High Protein Diets Support Comparable Daily Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Rates and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in Young Adults
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