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  2. Ketogenic diet - Wikipedia

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    The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy that in conventional medicine is used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates.

  3. Ketogenesis - Wikipedia

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    Ketogenesis pathway. The three ketone bodies (acetoacetate, acetone, and beta-hydroxy-butyrate) are marked within orange boxes. Ketogenesis is the biochemical process through which organisms produce ketone bodies by breaking down fatty acids and ketogenic amino acids.

  4. Ketosis - Wikipedia

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    Ketosis is a metabolic state characterized by elevated levels of ketone bodies in the blood or urine. Physiological ketosis is a normal response to low glucose availability. . In physiological ketosis, ketones in the blood are elevated above baseline levels, but the body's acid–base homeostasis is maintain

  5. Ketogenic diets may accelerate aging of the heart and kidneys

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    The scientists were also curious as to whether cellular senescence was reversible, so they tested more mice on a ketogenic diet, checked their biomarkers, and found that given time, the cellular ...

  6. Dieting - Wikipedia

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    Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated way to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes and obesity.As weight loss depends on calorie intake, different kinds of calorie-reduced diets, such as those emphasising particular macronutrients (low-fat, low-carbohydrate, etc.), have been shown to be no more effective than one another.

  7. How does a ketogenic diet stave off weight gain? - AOL

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    New research in mice and humans suggests that a ketogenic diet may protect against obesity by increasing specific bile acids and decreasing calorie absorption in the gut.

  8. 9 celebrities who love the keto diet

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    The keto diet is not for the faint of heart. The diet has gained major traction in the wellness world and is lauded by everyone from athletes to actresses for its reported health benefits ...

  9. Exogenous ketone - Wikipedia

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    However, drinking exogenous ketones will not trigger fat burning like a ketogenic diet. Most supplements rely on β-hydroxybutyrate as the source of exogenous ketone bodies. It is the most common exogenous ketone body because of its efficient energy conversion and ease of synthesis. [1] In the body, BHB can be converted to acetoacetic acid.