Keto news highlights: TMAO, salt and keto dominance

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This week, we summarize the top five news articles and studies in the low-carb realm, plus some success stories. A new, well-controlled and carefully executed study adds to the evidence that diets high in red meat lead to higher blood levels of a metabolite, trimethylamine N-oxide, or TMAO. However, the evidence about the effect of higher TMAO levels is mixed, with several studies showing no association with elevated TMAO and heart events. Cardiologist Bret Scher recommends a focus on basics like a real food diet, and attention to blood sugar, blood pressure, and inflammation rather than a focus on this uncertain marker. The New York Times calls out the lack of evidence for the efficacy of low-salt dietary regimens. When it comes to heart failure, the evidence is shockingly thin — only nine clinical trials with a total of just 479 subjects. Worse, “there were no data that showed that salt restriction reduced mortality or cardiac disease” in heart failure patients....
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