> Its a controversial assertion for non-scientific reasons.
so Keto is controversial because it puts pharmaceutical companies under on diabetes drugs, even though basically any kind of weight-loss diet has a positive effect on diabetic patients?
Nah.
It's controversial because it's a recent fad, and because it's extreme compared to the unrestricted diet of most people. It's been around for years (keto diet) , but it's recently got the spotlight of the public, so for the past few years it's been the miracle diabetic cure -- much like atkin's or whatever other fad diets were around in the past.
>Anyone who says, on a scientific basis, that keto is dangerous might as well be lumped in with flat earthers, climate change deniers, and anti-vaxxers.
ridiculous assumption that the 'scientific basis' is a single conformal idea across the entire industry of researchers. Of course any kind of restrictive diet can be dangerous for some folks, the idea that any diet is absolutely safe is ridiculous on its' face.
Low carb diets have been suspected for years to be no-good for afib patients. The keto diets are now being suspected of the same issue, and there are papers that will soon be published to give us a better idea on the scope (if any) of the issue.
Did you, or anyone really, think that there were any danger-free diets, ever? It's a foolish assumption, given the breadth of diets that exist simply to keep people with unique physiologies living.
Prediction : there will never be a grand unifying diet that works for everyone. We're too diverse.