Could a keto diet increase the risk of diabetes (if you’re a mouse)?

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Is it dangerous to follow a keto diet? A new study resulted in scary headlines recently, and got plenty of attention online – perhaps a keto diet could increase the risk of diabetes? Sky News: ‘Keto diets’ could increase diabetes risk While new science is always welcome, what is most needed sometimes is a reality check. In the study, researchers fed mice (!) a keto diet for three days (!), and then ran a glucose tolerance test. They noticed that while the mice on a keto diet had a lower fasting blood glucose, it got higher after the glucose tolerance test and there were signs of a reduced effect of insulin compared to mice on regular mouse chow. That’s basically it. The result? Newspaper headlines from click-seeking journalist warning about diabetes if people (humans, presumably) eat a keto diet. Where to start. First of all, and crucially, humans are not mice. Secondly, the short-term (three days) adaptations to a keto diet may very well reduce the tolerance to a sudden...
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