S1E104: Will I lose weight with the Healthy Keto Diet, developed at NUH in Singapore?
Explores a healthy keto diet, an effective way to lose weight without causing an increase in bad cholesterol levels.
Synopsis: Every first and third Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
Dieting is very challenging for many people. In fact, most people regain the weight they lost, after a year, but what if you need to lose some weight because of your health. Obesity is, after all, a disease that increases the risk of other health issues, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obstructive sleep apnea and others. There are also others who are keen to shed some weight to prevent obesity, become overweight, or just to shed 1-2 kg of weight.
In this episode, we will look at another way of losing weight. We speak to Dr Lim Su Lin, the chief dietitian at the National University Hospital (NUH) to find out what her healthy keto diet is about, how it is different from the traditional keto diet, and how she gets people who need to lose weight to stay on the diet.
Dr Lim held a press event recently to talk about how the diet has benefitted many trial participants, who are from the hospital. She said the healthy keto diet is an effective diet for those who are overweight or have obesity and want to lose weight safely. It also does not lead to higher bad cholesterol levels. This diet is, however, not suitable for some groups of people, including those who are pregnant, underweight or have eating disorders.
In her conversation with podcast host Joyce Teo, a Straits Times senior health correspondent, Dr Lim also discussed the type of cooking oils to go and gave examples of low-carbohydrate fruits.
Highlights (click/tap above):
0:57 Is the healthy keto diet mainly about carb reduction and healthy eating?
6:38 What makes healthy keto diet different from the rest?
11:04 Examples of healthy fats and low carb foods
13:40 Examples of low carb fruits
15:23 What are the mistakes people make when going on keto diet?
19:34 1 day sample menu of healthy keto diet
Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Eden Soh
Edited by: Eden Soh
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