06/01/2026
Did you know the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for obesity and metabolic disease recommend that a 13 year old child get bariatric surgery or an injection hormone to lose weight and reverse disease, but that a Low Carb Diet requires intense medical supervision?
Given these biased and over-medicalized recommendations, a group of doctors including myself,
Dr. Mark Cuccuzella, and
wrote a response to the editor.
They actually refused to publish that response, so we submitted it to Journal of Metabolic Health
What did our review find? They confused 4:1 ketogenic diets with well formulated low-carb diets They omitted data demonstrating the benefits of low-carb diets.
They had ZERO authors who actually have clinical experience with low-carb diets.
You can review our response paper: We argue that therapeutic carbohydrate reduction (TCR) for treating metabolic diseases in children should not be confused with 4:1 ketogenic diets used for epilepsy. We criticize the bias in current pediatric dietary guidelines which conflate
the two, noting that TCR is safer and more nutrient-dense, making it suitable for managing conditions like diabetes and obesity in children without the risks typically associated with strict ketogenic diets.
We also advocate for more flexible and inclusive dietary guidelines that recognize the benefits and safety of TCR.
Please do me a favor. Share this article, share it with your pediatricians, share it with your endocrinologists.
https://journalofmetabolichealth.org/index.php/jmh/article/view/95/317
We are sick and tired of their corrupt guidelines, influence by industry and not based on outcomes.
The Journal of Metabolic Health is a peer-reviewed, clinically oriented open access journal covering advances in metabolic health and related disorders. The journal focuses on pathophysiology, prevention, management, and advancing therapy for different patient populations with metabolic health issue...
