I’m tempted to watch as LMT - ‘the vegan apologist’ - and IanRobo - ‘the keto man’ - slug it out:)
No offense intended.
However, you both tend to be selective in you reading of the science and i think it’s both more complex and simpler than that.
First, let me be clear that my comment about the ‘lifestyle epidemic’ was not calling anyone a glutton or sloth etc. Lifestyle is not just a choice we make, but a consequence of many factors including our social milieu, how we are impacted by advertising and probably our genetics and childhood experiences. However, it’s clear that, as Ian says, as a society we eat too much and move too little.
If we want to stem the epidemic we need to find ways to move the dial on a much wider basis. Keto is neither affordable or sustainable (including environmentally) for our global population. It’s also probably entirely unnecessary for population health. We do need to address the commercial factors at play - freedom to make ‘good choices’ in our environment is somewhat illusory for many - but there are many other factors too.
I don’t have the answer or magic bullet, but I really don’t think the medical profession is part of a conspiracy to make or keep people ill. I do think that commercial businesses are primarily about making money now and every other consideration is subject to that.
Disclosure - my father died of vascular dementia and heart disease alongside poorly controlled T2D after enjoying the good life for many years. He was 8 years younger than his father at death, albeit 82, and dipped under 100kgs in his last 2 or 3 weeks.