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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.
Keto diet may refer to: A low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet mainly used for weight loss in adults; Ketogenic diet, a special diet for treating epilepsy, mostly in children
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. Diets restricting carbohydrate consumption This article is about low-carbohydrate dieting as a lifestyle choice or for weight loss. For information on low-carbohydrate dieting as a therapy for epilepsy, see Ketogenic diet. An example of a low-carbohydrate dish, cooked kale and poached ...
The healthy kidney diet restricts large amounts of protein, which are hard for the kidney to break down, but especially limits potassium and phosphorus-rich foods and beverages. Liquid intake is often limited as well. [55] [57] Ketogenic diet: A high-fat, low-carb diet
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
Russell Morse Wilder Sr. (November 24, 1885 – December 16, 1959) [1] was an American physician, diabetologist, epileptologist, and medical researcher, known as one of the originators of the ketogenic ("classic keto") diet as a therapy for both epilepsy [2] [3] and diabetes. [4] [5] He coined the term "ketogenic diet."
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.
Keto may refer to: The Ket people (also known as Кето), an ethnic group of the Siberian North; Ceto or Keto, a sea goddess in Greek mythology; Ketone or keto group, the functional group in the chemical compounds ketones; Ketoconazole, a medication with antifungal and testosterone-inhibiting properties; Keto diet, a high-fat, low-carb diet plan