The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

Is keto for everyone? Cotions, caveats, and contraindications. In a few months, I'll be

releasing a book extolling the virtues of a ketogenic diet. I'm currently several months into a

ketogenic experiment, which is going well. I just wrote a definitive guide explaining why you should

consider going keto. I'm on record as

stating that everyone should dip into ketosis from time to time. You'd think I recommend that

everyone go keto, right? There are caveats. There are contraindications. There are very good

reasons for a person not to go keto, or at least to take a few extra

precautions.

Today I'm going to give you eight situations in which you should exercise particular care

when considering a ketogenic diet.

Number 1.

If you have diabetes.

In type 2 diabetes, the evidence is crystal clear.

Ketogenic diets work, perhaps better than any other diet.

In obese diabetics, a ketogenic diet improved glycemic control to a greater degree than a low-calorie diet.

And just recently, a study came out showing that very low-carb ketogenic diet advice

was more effective at spurring weight loss than conventional low-fat diet advice in type 2 diabetics.

However, the authors from the obese diabetic study recommend that diabetics-going keto

maintain medical supervision to avoid dropping blood sugar too

low. Another typical feature of diabetic keto studies is regular and supervised adjustment of

medication dosages. This makes sense. If your glucose control improves, the old dosage of the

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