Well, anecdotally for me it is just because of how I feel on such a diet. It takes a while for the body to adjust, but once it does I feel like I am on a high that never ends. No ups & downs, just pure focus and energy. Would it be like that for everyone? Who knows. But I have never felt this before on any other diet. That's why I stick with it. (Note I do about 5% carbs, 80% fat, 15% protein)

Even if this ends up with higher mortality (which I highly doubt this claim, there is a lot of research and results it is in conflict with) - I'd rather live feeling like this than the alternative.

I also question the meat claims because there is also a lot of evidence to the contrary. It seems like there may be a confounding variable in there that is skewing the results.

>"I really wish to know why those people were on low carbohydrate diet though."

They weren't. It looks like the lowest in the study was ~20%, which is about the upper bound on what could be considered "low carb".