How Low Carb Diets Work -A Simple Physiologic Explanation for Insulin Targeted Fat Loss
Channel: Kinetic Currency
Date: 2022-01-04

Most people are now familiar with "low carb" diets.  There are many famous authors, including Dr. Atkins and Dr. Fung, who have published best selling books on these diets. The common theme in these books has been that as the FDA's Food Pyramid has attempted to transition society toward a lower fat diet, the cases of obesity and diabetes have skyrocketed due to a proportional increase in carbohydrate consumption.  This phenomenon is also being observed world-wide.  More recently, an increasing amount of literature has emerged in medical journals to substantiate many of the claims made by celebrity authors and all the anecdotal evidence on social media.

As an overweight middle aged man, I recently attempted one of these "keto" diets and found myself losing a substantial amount of weight in a very short period of time. Given my medical background, I tried to make sense of how this was physiologically possible.  By looking around YouTube, I didn't find any comprehensive explanation, but only bits and pieces.  So I put together this simple video to offer my own views.  

As my disclaimer states this is not medial advice, and to be honest, I am still trying to figure out the long-term impact of a low carb diet on hyperlipidemia and heart disease, so this is a work in progress.  Meanwhile, I have enjoyed learning how to make my first animated video for free using PowerPoint in the process.