One of the great things about having a group of doctors participating in PEERtrainer is that often they can bring some insight or perspective that one would not normally get. We have observed that many people have been successful on South Beach, at least in the short term.
But in the course of our work with Dr. Joel Fuhrman, he began to take strong exception to our highlighting the South Beach diet as an option one might consider, among many, to hep them lose weight. He has written a fairly extensive and footnoted article that we have just published, and you can view it here.
The basic argument is that any diet that puts people into a "Ketogenic" state can expose them to sudden cardiac death. We did some research into this ourselves and it does seem that this controversy has been out there. And there are people who argue strongly against this view point. But we did find external research to support at least delving into this debate. We are sure there will be a ton of debate, and we are interested in hearing all viewpoints on this issue.
Update: There is some HEATED debate in the community from people who have lost a lot of weight with SB and who have kept it off. There are also some links to some of the references Dr. Fuhrman cites- different researchers and doctors who also point out the danger of low-fat, low carb, ketosis inducing diets- also pointing out the risk of sudden death. Very interesting all around. Would love to hear from Dr. Agatston and will publish any comments from him on this subject.
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