A lot of my friends are on the Ketogenic diet.
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. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Normally, the carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is particularly important in fueling brain function. However, if little carbohydrate remains in the diet, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies
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External links.
- Diet Review: Ketogenic Diet for Weight Loss, from the Harvard University School of Public Health
- Matthew's Friends, a UK charity and information resource
- The Charlie Foundation, a US charity and information resource
- Epilepsy.com: Dietary Therapies & Ketogenic News, information and regular research news updates
- A Talk with John Freeman: Tending the Flame, an interview discussing the ketogenic diet that appeared in BrainWaves