User:OccamzRazor/Ketogenic diet
A ketogenic diet is a carbohydrate-restricted diet that induces a state of ketosis.
Description
[edit]A ketgenic diet includes foods high in protein and/or fat, and heavily restricts carbohydrate intake. As fats and/or protein become the body's primary source of metabolic energry, a state of ketosis occurs.
Medical applications and research
[edit]Epilepsy
[edit]The Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy is the most established ketogenic diet prescribed to treat a specific medical condition. It is a very high fat ketogenic diet prescribed primarily to pediatric Epilepsy patients.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
[edit]Suggesting that a calorically dense diet may slow ALS, a ketogenic diet in the ALS mouse model has been shown to slow the progress of disease.[1] Additional research is being conducted in adult humans.[2]
Autism
[edit]- Autism - There is some evidence that a ketogenic diet may be used to treat autistic behavior as an additional or alternative therapy.[3]
Bipolar disorder
[edit]Type 2 diabetes
[edit]- The low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet (LCKD) may be effective for improving glycemia and reducing medications in patients with type 2 diabetes.[6]
Cancer
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Zhao Z, Lange DJ , Voustianiouk A, et al. A ketogenic diet as a potential novel therapeutic intervention in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. BMC Neuroscience 2006, 7:29. (PMID 16584562). Media report on Zhao et al.
- ^ Ketogenic diet to be tested in adults with ALS Medicalpost.com, May 2, 2006
- ^ Application of a ketogenic diet in children with autistic behavior: pilot study J Child Neurol. 2003 Feb;18(2):113-8, PMID 12693778
- ^ Ketogenic diet in bipolar illness PMID 12047499
- ^ The ketogenic diet may have mood-stabilizing properties PMID 11918434
- ^ A low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet to treat type 2 diabetes Nutrition & Metabolism, 1 December 2005
- ^ Can a High-Fat Diet Beat Cancer? Time magazine, Sep. 17, 2007
- ^ Calorie-restricted diet can fight against cancer? Published in the October 4, 2007 Edition of The Heights