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\nDoctors are warning people to be careful before starting a pre-summer diet.<\/p>\n
\nDoctors are warning people to be careful before starting a pre-summer diet.<\/p>\n
A new study shows \u201cketo-like\u201d diets may be linked to a heightened risk for cardiovascular events.<\/p>\n
The results of the study were presented at the American College of Cardiology\u2019s 2023 Annual Scientific Session & Expo Together With World Congress of Cardiology.<\/p>\n
Norton Healthcare shared some of the findings from that study.<\/p>\n
Researchers analyzed and compared the diets of 305 people eating a low-carb, high-fat diet, which is considered keto-like, with roughly 1,200 people eating a standard diet.<\/p>\n
The researchers found people who participated in an low-carb, high-fat diet had significantly higher levels of both low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or \u201cbad\u201d) cholesterol and apolipoprotein B (apoB), the protein component that sits on LDL.<\/p>\n
The study also showed people on keto-like diets had more than two times higher risk for major cardiovascular events, such as arterial blockages requiring stents, heart attacks, strokes and peripheral arterial disease (narrowing\/blockage of vessels that carry blood from the heart to the legs).<\/p>\n
Dr. Kelley McIntyre, an internal medicine physician with Norton Community Medical Associates \u2013 Audubon, said some people might be at heightened risk for complications.<\/p>\n
McIntyre said if a patient already has underlying heart disease or issues like that or elevated cholesterol, it could possibly raise those, especially if you\u2019re doing a really high animal fat, saturated fat diet.<\/p>\n
McIntyre said people should talk to their doctors before making any major diet changes. Doctors can also recommend alternative weight-loss techniques.
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