Will Keto Be Vindicated With Update To Official Health Guidelines?

Sometime later this year, it's expected that a panel of experts will release a new report which will greatly contribute to shaping formal U.S. health guidelines in the future.

For decades now, we've heard the low fat, high-carb message, that we should stay away from fats like cheese, butter, and cream. But over the last decade, a new trend has emerged with many people seeking a low-carb lifestyle for a number of reasons, one that includes consuming more fat than usual, it's known as the ketogenic diet and health officials have reportedly admitted that they will be reviewing this diet, in consideration with a variety of others for their upcoming proposal.

If they were to recommend something more in-line with a keto diet, it would be a complete reversal from the old food pyramid agenda that many of us have grown up with.

But even if health officials don't endorse this way of eating, that's not likely to deter many of those who've been following a low-carb lifestyle, who have seen the results firsthand. Despite the fear-mongering over cream, bacon, butter, and coconut oil etc, they're still filling up their shopping carts with it.

Just as those who prefer organic food continue to buy organic, despite the numerous reports suggesting that they're a fool for doing it because it's no better for them than non-organic. The demand for organic still grows. So too does the demand for low-carb, along with a preference for less sugar in many consumer products.

A growing number of food companies are looking to reduce the sugar in their products to try and capture that interest. There has also been an explosion of sugar substitutes that have been introduced to the market.

If mainstream health experts were to acknowledge their mistakes and embrace the potential benefits of the keto diet, that would certainly vindicate those who have been looked at like they're crazy from their family or doctors etc, for daring to think that butter and cream might not be that bad for them in moderate quantities, compared to the decades that they've been consuming high amounts of processed carbs.

Millions today suffer with obesity and a variety of illness that's rooted in chronic inflammation. If they have found something to help boost their quality of life, with the keto diet, then that's vindication enough.

It will be interesting to see if U.S. health officials endorse a low-carb diet or more specifically a ketogenic diet, which brings with it the potential benefits of being in ketosis. Some of those alleged benefits are that this way of eating helps to curb appetite, promote weight-loss, reduce insulin and blood sugar levels, and more.

Current mainstream health guidelines promote a Mediterranean or vegetarian diet as being examples of what healthy eating should look like.

Many of the same foods that you might find being consumed as a part of a Mediterranean diet, can also be found to be a part of many keto diets as well. Such as olives, cheese, chicken, fish, and a variety of vegetables. That updated report from the panel that's considering the keto diet among others is expected to come later this year.

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