Plant-Based or Keto Diet? Novel Study Yields Surprising Results : For appetite control, a low-fat, plant-based diet has advantages over a low-carbohydrate, animal-based ketogenic diet, although the keto diet wins when it comes to keeping post-meal glucose and insulin levels in check, new research suggests. In a highly controlled crossover study conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), people consumed fewer daily calories when on a low-fat, plant-based diet, but their insulin and blood glucose levels were higher than when they followed a low-carbohydrate, animal-based diet. "There is this somewhat outdated idea now that higher-fat diets, because they have more calories per gram, tend to make people overeat ― something called the passive overconsumption model," senior investigator Kevin Hall, PhD, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), told Medscape Medical News . The other more popular model these days, he explained, is the ca
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