

Keto Lie #8: Insulin toxicity is enemy #1.Keto Lie #7: Fasting for longer is better.

It’s all about reducing insulin and avoiding carbs Keto Lie #6: Food quality is not important.Keto Lie #5: Fat is a ‘free food’ because it doesn’t elicit an insulin response.Keto Lie #4: Protein should be avoided due to gluconeogenesis.Keto Lie #3: You should eat more fat to burn more body fat.

Keto Lie #2: You have to be ‘in ketosis’ to burn fat.Keto Lie #1: ‘Optimal ketosis’ is a goal.After publishing Big Fat Keto Lies, a number of people asked me to write a review of Gary Taubes’ new book The Case for Keto.Īfter writing a book unpicking the most common misconceptions and mistakes in low carb and ‘ketogenic’ diets through the lens of Nutritional Optimisation, I had a few thoughts.
