Comments on: The Ketogenic Diet http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/06/10/the-ketogenic-diet/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:48:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » The Ketogenic Diet and Evidence Snobs http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/06/10/the-ketogenic-diet/#comment-179117 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:26:17 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/06/10/the-ketogenic-diet/#comment-179117 [...] The Ketogenic Diet [...] […] The Ketogenic Diet […]

]]> by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/06/10/the-ketogenic-diet/#comment-177910 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:21:10 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/06/10/the-ketogenic-diet/#comment-177910 Patri, thanks for your comment. I don't think the film was saying that the doctor was ignorant. The doctor knew about the studies, she just didn't like them. She didn't find them convincing. In the film, the doctor showed the mother a comprehensive book about the treatment of epilepsy, the "bible", and told her that the ketogenic diet wasn't in the book or according to the book wasn't an approved treatment. It wasn't just one doctor who thought the diet was not worth trying. It was also the authors of that book. If the film didn't present an accurate picture of how the ketogenic diet was viewed by the vast majority of doctors, please let me know. Patri, thanks for your comment. I don’t think the film was saying that the doctor was ignorant. The doctor knew about the studies, she just didn’t like them. She didn’t find them convincing. In the film, the doctor showed the mother a comprehensive book about the treatment of epilepsy, the “bible”, and told her that the ketogenic diet wasn’t in the book or according to the book wasn’t an approved treatment. It wasn’t just one doctor who thought the diet was not worth trying. It was also the authors of that book. If the film didn’t present an accurate picture of how the ketogenic diet was viewed by the vast majority of doctors, please let me know.

]]> by: Patri Friedman http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/06/10/the-ketogenic-diet/#comment-177887 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:20:45 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/06/10/the-ketogenic-diet/#comment-177887 But...but...there is tons of evidence for the ketogenic diet, including plenty of controlled studies. It's hard to blind the diet, but it's not like this hasn't been studied. When I started eating low-carb 6 or 7 years ago, and I looked into research on the safety of being in ketosis, most of what I found was studies of ketogenic diets to reduce epilepsy in children. So I'd say the problem here is that this doctor is ignorant, not that the whole system is wrong. But…but…there is tons of evidence for the ketogenic diet, including plenty of controlled studies. It’s hard to blind the diet, but it’s not like this hasn’t been studied.

When I started eating low-carb 6 or 7 years ago, and I looked into research on the safety of being in ketosis, most of what I found was studies of ketogenic diets to reduce epilepsy in children. So I’d say the problem here is that this doctor is ignorant, not that the whole system is wrong.

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