"10 of 26 adopted a high-protein diet.."
Not exactly what most understand as a low-carb diet - which for most would mean moderate protein and high fat!
Also higher mortality could be too from anything else. In my case if it ever would hold true, mostly because I adopted a low-carb diet out of simple necessity to reverting pre-diabetes and avoiding it going full blown. After the diagnosis of a PAD (peripheral arterial disease, ie. reduces blood flow to the extremities) - a 80% blockage at the abdominal aorta bifurcation - where all MDs predicted merciless deterioration.
Dr. Gregor of nutritionsfact.org is terrible biased towards vegan diets, and also mentions above that a vegetarian diet would revert the decreased blood flow. The problem with this and me is only: I've been vegetarian from age 10, a total of about 30 years and exactly by that developed such a severe PAD!
However, going low-carb (along with eliminating industrialized processed food), an orthmolecular medicine regime and some animal food, I was able to overcome the worst symptom of PAD, intermittent claudication (a pain-free walking distance of only 3-400 meters).
Again, one has to be very careful reading the actual studies Dr. Gregor presents so convincingly in short infobytes, to see where and how he used studies for his own agenda, not really supported by the actual studies.
Edited by pamojja, 25 December 2016 - 11:49 AM.