A new heart-health study suggests that a “keto-like” low-carb diet could significantly raise the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events.
— or ‘bad’ cholesterol — and a higher risk of heart disease," said lead author Iulia Iatan, M.D., PhD, in a press release about the findings.
"To our knowledge, our study is one of the first to examine the association between this type of dietary pattern and cardiovascular outcomes," she added.While there are different variations, the ketogenic diet generally includes very low carbs, typically less than 50 grams per day.The target ratio is usually around 75-80% healthy fats, 10-20% protein and 5-10% carbohydrates, according to Harvard’s School of Public Health.
The data was pulled from the UK Biobank database, which includes more than 500,000 U.K. residents who were monitored for at least a decade.
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