There are lots of things we want to do in life.

Climb a mountain, write a song, watch our grandchildren go up.

But guess what?

We can't do any of those things if we don't have our health.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

And I am here to bring you evidence-based research

that takes the mystery out of the best way

to live a healthier, longer life.

Today on the show, part two of my keto diet series,

today we continue our examination of some new keto diet research.

In our first story, we ask might the appetite

suppressing effects of ketosis improve dietary compliance?

The new data is set to debunk some, if not all,

of the popular claims made by extreme carbohydrate restriction.

But what about ketones suppressing your hunger?

In the tightly controlled metabolic ward study

where the ketogenic diet made things worse,

everyone was made to eat the same number of calories.

So yes, eat the same number of calories on a keto diet

and lose less body fat.

But out in the real world, maybe all those ketones

...