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ketogenic diet
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very-low-carbohydrate diet that induces ketosis, used in neurological and metabolic conditions
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Vinony's link graph records 242 inbound references to ketogenic diet, and connects out to feeding tube, starch and neurology.
Vinony files it under Epilepsy, High-fat diets and Low-carbohydrate diets.
Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
6,753 papers- A Review of Ketogenic Diet and Lifestyle.Missouri medicine · 2022
- Ketogenic diet.The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2013
- Ketogenic Diet and Epilepsy.Nutrients · 2019
- Ketogenic diet and cardiovascular risk - state of the art review.Current problems in cardiology · 2024
- Ketogenic diet in the treatment of cancer - Where do we stand?Molecular metabolism · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- low-carbohydrate diet
- Main subject
- ketosis
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- Ketonuria.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Testing for ketone bodies in urine
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.
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