{"id":3202,"date":"2021-01-21T16:37:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T21:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/?p=3202"},"modified":"2021-01-21T16:37:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T21:37:07","slug":"keto-diet-snubbed-in-new-us-news-and-world-report-diet-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lowcarbaction.org\/keto-diet-snubbed-in-new-us-news-and-world-report-diet-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Keto Diet Snubbed in New US News and World Report Diet Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Mark Cucuzzella<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US News and World Report recently released their annual diet ranking list<\/a>. Unfortunately, they ranked the Keto diet shockingly low, at number 37. The Low-Carb Action Network (L-CAN) wonders why US News would cite concerns about nutritional imbalances and sustainability, when there are over 65 clinical trials<\/a> proving its effectiveness.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, L-CAN has a page dedicated to keto and low-carb diet nutritional adequacy<\/a>. As for how sustainable keto diets are, L-CAN would suggest that US News visit our success story page<\/a>, which highlights the life-changing and long-term results Americans have seen from adopting a low-carb lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, this is not the first time US News has shown bias against a low-carb or keto diet. In March, the magazine published an article<\/a> criticizing the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) for launching a program that uses a ketogenic diet combined with a mobile app to treat Type 2 diabetes, in partnership with a private company, Virta Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response the criticism and misstatements in the article, some 300 health-care professionals\u2013200 of them doctors\u2013 from around the world recently signed a response letter<\/a> written by the Low-carb Action Network, which welcomes skepticism yet wonders why the U.S. News editorial team has been so excessively critical of a new, evidence-based approach that is strongly supported by rigorous, clinical trial evidence and, in the view of many doctors working on the front lines dealing with diet-related diseases, offers the first truly promising solution to a long-tragic epidemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, it\u2019s not just US News that appears to have bias against a low-carb or keto diet. In fact, CNN Health recently published an article<\/a> questioning the sustainability of keto diets. Below is a breakdown of just some of the inaccurate claims made in the article and our response:<\/p>\n\n\n