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Listen to Low-Carb Diet Proponents Franziska Spritzler and Dr. Troy Stapleton

Posted on November 11, 2014 | Comments Off on Listen to Low-Carb Diet Proponents Franziska Spritzler and Dr. Troy Stapleton
Who says low-carb paleo diets are mostly meat?

Who says low-carb paleo diets are mostly meat?

Jimmy Moore posted an interview with Dr. Troy Stapleton and Franziska Spritzler, R.D. These two wouldn’t consider themselves paleo diet gurus by any means. They advocate carbohydrate-restricted diets for management of blood sugars in diabetes, consistent with my approach in the Paleobetic Diet. Dr. Stapleton might argue I allow too many carbohydrates. By the way, he has type 1 diabetes; I’ve written about him before. Franziska is available for consultation either by phone, Skype, or in person.

Steve Parker, M.D.

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Are Ketogenic Diets Crazy?

Posted on August 28, 2012 | 3 comments

You get it?

Ketogenic diets don’t have anything to do with the paleo diet usually.  However, I think they may play a legitimate role in weight loss for overweight type 2 diabetics.  They could also be helpful in rapid control of blood sugars in out-of-control diabetics (excluding diabetic ketoacidosis).

Has anyone devised a ketogenic paleo diet yet?  I don’t recall one off the top of my head.

Registered Dietitian Franziska Spritzler recently reviewed the concept of low-carb ketogenic diets.  She thinks they are a valid approach to certain clinical situations.  Among dietitians, this puts her in a small but growing minority.

I hesitate to mention this, but I will anyway.  Many, if not most, dietitians too easily just go along with the standard party line on low-carb eating: it’s rarely necessary and quite possibly unhealthy.  Going along is much easier than doing independent literature review and analysis.  I see the same mindset among physicians.

Franziska breaks the mold.

Steve Parker, M.D.

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