The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, moderate-protein, low-carbohydrate eating pattern that was originally developed to treat epileptic children by mimicking a starvation state. Rather than using ...

The ketogenic diet is one treatment option for children or adults with epilepsy whose seizures are not controlled with anti-seizure medications (ASMs). The diet may help to reduce the number or ...

New research highlights the ketogenic diet’s ability to lower overall mortality by 24% while posing no added risk to heart health—ushering in new perspectives on its long-term safety and efficacy.

1 Scientific Research Center, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China 2 Department of Pharmacy, Sanya Central Hospital (The Third People's Hospital of Hainan Province), Sanya, Hainan, China Objective ...

The low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet has been promoted online and in the media as a weight-loss tool and seemingly all-round magical healer. Yet it was first developed in the 1920s for children ...

The ketogenic, or keto, diet is a low carb way of eating that has been adopted by many looking to lose weight and improve health. However, to reap the benefits of the keto diet, it must be ...