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Keto Diet Is a Heart Attack on a Plate, Researchers Suggest Putting Down the Fat, Fatty

By Erik Fontanez

Let’s face it: Diets suck. They take extreme dedication and focus, especially when there are constant reminders from the dark side (cheeseburgers, pizza, beer, nachos). Then along came the ketogenic diet, a high-fat, low-carb dream diet, similar to Atkins, that made meat lovers jump for joy (and then eat like an asshole). But don’t get too excited because, according to research, it’s a heart attack on a plate, just waiting to happen. True, you can lose a lot of weight quickly on the diet because it burns fat at an accelerated rate. But a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association identified a 53-percent jump in mortality (due to heart attacks) in people who’ve done the keto diet. Yes, that’s a high death rate for people trying to be healthier. According to Dr. Kim Williams, former president at the American College of Cardiology, no one should be on this diet. Then again, my father told me that touching myself would cause my hands to fall off.

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Erik Fontanez
Erik Fontanez

 

Erik is a longtime writer and editor who was once an underground hip-hop superstar with dreams of playing in the NBA. Those dreams became afterthoughts when Erik met the love of his life -- pizza. Unable to dunk a basketball anymore, and coping with being full from eating yet another large with pepperoni and onions, Erik gave up rap stardom and began writing on the internet because it’s so much cooler than rapping, touring the world and being a rich basketball player. He also likes romantic comedies.

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