| I have been on and supervised others on the low carb and ketogenic diets. Only fanatics like me can endure the ketogenic diet for more than a 2 to 4 weeks without sneaking a few carbs. Reading anything into these diet trials after more that a few weeks into the trials is a waste of time. Most if not all the test subjects cheat. The cheating progresses with time and the blood test markers (B.S. A1c ect.) converge as I would expect.
But don't give up!
We have our own low carb trials going on here as we blog.
Take for example Lloyd. Look at his numbers in his profile above this post. I believe he follows the low carb (~50g/day)but not the Ketogenic diet. Now correct me if I am wrong, it appears his numbers are not converging to what they were before the diet was undertaken. How can this be if the studies cited in this thread predict he will revert to his old numbers? The answer is simple, he can stay on the D*** diet. His case is not the exception, its the rule on DF. Now take many of the posts from Newbe's to the DF. Many show results of following the ADA high carb diet. What is their results in most cases? The septic tank of rising B.S., A1c's and triglycerides.
But I will go with Redlan on a very important point. These L C diets are not easy to stay on for long periods of time. But, at 50g/day of carbs, many of us can be successful!
These type threads are so much fun. Keep up the good work!  | 
