As I started this thread, I thought I should read the writer Hannah Smothers's other articles on keto, and her e-zine (VICE, US, which is quite good actually, and has a transparent editorial/advertising policy, which means Smothers, if they are genuinely being transparent, is just really really really anti-Keto.)
I clicked on the emormous amount of links in her article, and I have come to the conclusion she has lots of low-caribng Keto friends that she has gone out to lunch with, and the restrictions like, seriously p*** her off. I can't remember which link this is - I think it is the unsustainability one -
"Like most other diets, keto’s best advertisers are the people painfully dragging themselves through its rigorous limits: No carbs, no sugars, no alcohol, no joy, etc."
OK, that sounds like the opposite of sexy to me. And where did she get the no alcohol from? Not to mention no joy.
I think the sexy comes from cheese and bacon actually, which gets special mention from her - as in being able to eat it and maintain lower weight, or lose weight, is like, a slap in the face - cos many folks find bacon and cheese very yummy.
"Keto followers are supposed to obtain 75 percent of their calories through fats, like meat (and bacon!!!). Itinerant dieters are inordinately thrilled by this, maybe because most diets don’t afford them any category of food from which they can eat “anything” they want, or maybe because it’s an extremely sharp shift away from the “Fats Are Evil” discourse that dominated the 90s. “Yes, I can eat all the cheese I want!!!!” may as well be the unofficial slogan of keto, even though eating all the cheese one wants isn’t a wise or sustainable choice, and overeating—even keto-approved foods—will still cause weight gain."
Inordinately thrilled. Hmmm. I have been very close to someone (not at all a sexy relationship!) who had been brought up in a dour religious culture, and she used to say, "it is possible to have too much fun", so perhaps the cheese and bacon thing is like unfettered sexual activity for Smothers (and her editor must be very sympathetic to allow so many anti-Keto articles in one e-zine Health section).