Dietary Carbohydrates Impair Healthspan and Promote Mortality

Cell Metab. 2017 Oct 3;26(4):585-587. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.09.011.

Abstract

The prospective cohort study, named PURE, found that in >135,000 participants from 18 countries, nutritive carbohydrates increase human mortality, whereas dietary fat reduces it, requesting a fundamental change of current nutritional guidelines. Experimental evidence from animal models provides synergizing mechanistic concepts as well as pharmacological options to mimic low-carb or ketogenic diets.

MeSH terms

  • Acarbose / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Diet, Carbohydrate Loading / adverse effects*
  • Diet, Ketogenic
  • Dietary Carbohydrates / adverse effects*
  • Dietary Carbohydrates / metabolism
  • Dietary Fats / metabolism
  • Energy Intake
  • Glucose / metabolism
  • Glycolysis
  • Humans
  • Longevity*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 / metabolism

Substances

  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Dietary Fats
  • Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2
  • Glucose
  • Acarbose