Ketogenic Diet

A course of food intake that is high in FATS and low in CARBOHYDRATES. This diet provides sufficient PROTEINS for growth but insufficient amount of carbohydrates for the energy needs of the body. A ketogenic diet generates 80-90% of caloric requirements from fats and the remainder from proteins.

Also Known As:

Diet, Ketogenic; Diets, Ketogenic; Ketogenic Diets

Therapeutics: 1158551
- Nutrition Therapy: 931
  - Diet Therapy: 4938
    - Carbohydrate-Restricted Diet: 1004
      - Ketogenic Diet: 2957
Physiological Phenomena
- Diet, Food, and Nutrition
  - Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
    - Diet
      - Carbohydrate-Restricted Diet: 1004
        Ketogenic Diet: 2957

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