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"The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. [...] Almost half of children, and young people, with epilepsy who have tried some form of this diet saw the number of seizures drop by at least half, and the effect persists even after discontinuing the diet."
doesn't sound like just a fad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet "The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. [...] Almost half of children, and young people, with epilepsy who have tried some form of this diet saw the number of seizures drop by at least half, and the effect persists even after discontinuing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet "The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. [...] Almost half of children, and young people, with epilepsy who have tried some form of this diet saw the number of seizures drop by at least half, and the effect persists even after discontinuing…
Definitely not a fad per se. They way it is packaged (Keto) and delivered to the masses makes it seem fad-ish as all quickly ramped-up-to-make-money deals tend to be. I've used keto myself several times though only as short-term diet change. I myself never fully seemed to recover from the Keto-flu even after months of eating strict keto. Adding back natural complex carbs helped me immensely in that regard.
The problem with basically all of the keto science (this study included) is that it doesn't adequately differentiate between the effects of a ketogenic diet and simple caloric restriction: > In rodents, ketogenic diets – and caloric restriction, in general – are known to reduce inflammation, While there is some science showing differences in calorically balanced diets that vary in macronutrient composition, the truth…
Another problem is keto seems difficult to sustain over the long term. People drop off and regain all of their weight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet "The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. [...] Almost half of children, and young people, with epilepsy who have tried some form of this diet saw the number of seizures drop by at least half, and the effect persists even after discontinuing…
Definitely not a fad per se. They way it is packaged (Keto) and delivered to the masses makes it seem fad-ish as all quickly ramped-up-to-make-money deals tend to be. I've used keto myself several times though only as short-term diet change. I myself never fully seemed to recover from the Keto-flu even after months of eating strict keto. Adding back natural complex carbs helped me immensely in that regard.
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Definitely not a fad per se. They way it is packaged (Keto) and delivered to the masses makes it seem fad-ish as all quickly ramped-up-to-make-money deals tend to be. I've used keto myself several times though only as short-term diet change. I myself never fully seemed to recover from the Keto-flu even after months of eating strict keto. Adding back natural complex carbs helped me immensely in that regard.
As trevyn says, you need to make sure you get enough sodium. Ketogenic diet accelerates excretion of sodium ("natriuresis of fasting"). Look up Steve Phinney's videos or books if you want more info -- he recommends drinking a few full-sodium stock cubes every day. Another common issue during adaption seems to be not eating enough fat.
Can someone explain me what does "extreme low-carbohydrate" mean exactly? Is it 10% 20% of the daily intake?
The problem with basically all of the keto science (this study included) is that it doesn't adequately differentiate between the effects of a ketogenic diet and simple caloric restriction: > In rodents, ketogenic diets – and caloric restriction, in general – are known to reduce inflammation, While there is some science showing differences in calorically balanced diets that vary in macronutrient composition, the truth…
Another problem is keto seems difficult to sustain over the long term. People drop off and regain all of their weight.