Johnston CS, Tjonn SL, Swan PD, White A, Hutchins H, [u:bf32a21f15]Sears B [/u:bf32a21f15] [i:bf32a21f15]"Ketogenic low-carbohydrate diets have no metabolic advantage over nonketogenic low-carbohydrate diets" [/i:bf32a21f15]Am J Clin Nutr 2006 May;83(5):1055-61 5-35-60 vs. 40-30-30 No signficant difference in fat loss after six weeks, but worsening plasma phosphilipid AA:EPA in the ketogenic group.

[quote:0c70c31533="Scott"]Johnston CS, Tjonn SL, Swan PD, White A, Hutchins H, [u:0c70c31533]Sears B [/u:0c70c31533] [i:0c70c31533]"Ketogenic low-carbohydrate diets have no metabolic advantage over nonketogenic low-carbohydrate diets" [/i:0c70c31533]Am J Clin Nutr 2006 May;83(5):1055-61 5-35-60 vs. 40-30-30 No signficant difference in fat loss after six weeks, but worsening plasma phosphilipid AA:EPA in the ketogenic group.[/quote:0c70c31533] [color=darkred:0c70c31533]Ahh.... Cool info. Thanks for posting that Scott. I'm hanging on to this one for future reference. I haven't read the article yet, but for starters I'm thinking about the impact that the publication of this finding could have on the Atkins Diet.[/color:0c70c31533]

I agree. Thanks, Scott!

It would be interesting to see the types of fat that comprised the ketogenic group.

[quote:9232a935a3="Scott"]It would be interesting to see the types of fat that comprised the ketogenic group.[/quote:9232a935a3] [color=darkred:9232a935a3]Yes it would be. My first thoughts ran to an Atkins-like diet, with a high consumption of fatty animal products, which would be high in sautrated fat of course, but I suppose the group on the 5-35-60 diet could have just as well been eating lean or fat free proteins and supplementing with any type(s) of fat to acheive those percentages.[/color:9232a935a3]

I was curious as to whether an omega-6/omega-3 imbalance gave rise to the worsening AA/EPA status or whether it was the significant ketogenic process.