Seriously, if webMD is getting canned as a fringe site these days with inaccurate medical information and nothing to counter their medically accurate information, then there's literally nothing you can trust on the internet.
It's literally the accredited health care information site.
I'm not saying that their information is free from being wrong, just that given a standup between webMD and some random keto blog, I'll go with webMD.
Regardless of the source of dietary calories, a diet that triggers ketone production, which is the point of a ketogenic diet, introduces ketones into the bloodstream, which are processed in the kidneys.
Because there appears to be at least 2 people on HN who don't know about ketones (a family of organic compounds that includes acetone), but know about ketogenic diets, a well known and researched diet intended as a medical aid for epilepsy in children with a wealth of academic research on the effects of the diet both positive and negative. But it's also used widely to treat type 1 diabetes. Since diabetics often have reduced kidney function, ketone management can become critically important.
We know that ketogenic diets stress kidneys. This is basic information known to medicine. It's about as basic anatomy.
Other well known side effects include bone demineralization, constipation (which increases risk for colorectal cancer and other lower digestive complications), menstrual irregularities in women, increased colestrerol (up to 30%!), kidney stones are recorded at rates as high as 1 in 20, acidosis and all that includes.
It's considered as a diet that you should only go on under doctor supervision and constant blood tests.
It's literally the accredited health care information site.
I'm not saying that their information is free from being wrong, just that given a standup between webMD and some random keto blog, I'll go with webMD.
Regardless of the source of dietary calories, a diet that triggers ketone production, which is the point of a ketogenic diet, introduces ketones into the bloodstream, which are processed in the kidneys.
Because there appears to be at least 2 people on HN who don't know about ketones (a family of organic compounds that includes acetone), but know about ketogenic diets, a well known and researched diet intended as a medical aid for epilepsy in children with a wealth of academic research on the effects of the diet both positive and negative. But it's also used widely to treat type 1 diabetes. Since diabetics often have reduced kidney function, ketone management can become critically important.
We know that ketogenic diets stress kidneys. This is basic information known to medicine. It's about as basic anatomy.
Other well known side effects include bone demineralization, constipation (which increases risk for colorectal cancer and other lower digestive complications), menstrual irregularities in women, increased colestrerol (up to 30%!), kidney stones are recorded at rates as high as 1 in 20, acidosis and all that includes.
It's considered as a diet that you should only go on under doctor supervision and constant blood tests.