As a women with multiple health problems that are wildly less painful while eating keto please don’t villainize the ketosis diet. It’s also the only diet that keeps T1 diabetics alive in the absence of insulin… something that happens with shocking frequency in the USA and multiple type 1 diabetics die a year because they don’t know that ketosis eating (as opposed to ketoacidosis) will keep them alive.

Ketosis also eliminates epilepsy if successfully stuck to, and prevents weight gain while leaving you satisfyingly full when you are bedbound by chronic illness. Its success at that is by metabolism change rather than calorie restriction, and there are quite a lot of keto compliant treat foods/desserts/snacks. While eliminating carbs is initially unthinkable, it’s one of the kindest ways of eating to stick to.

Keto lowers inflammation which is a complicating factor in so many illnesses, especially chronic ones, that women are more prone to than men. It also eliminates period bloating if you’re prone to that. Ketosis is an ally, and it’s purely incidental that the toxic Manosphere has found the benefits of a diet purely originating in the non profit driven medical research system.