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Ketogenic Diet Summary

Description: 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

Networked: 1014 relevant articles (206 outcomes, 124 trials/studies) for this Therapy

Key Diseases for which Ketogenic Diet is Relevant

  1. Epilepsy (Aura) : 116 outcomes 52 studies in 522 results
  2. Seizures (Seizure) : 52 outcomes 33 studies in 305 results
  3. Weight Loss (Weight Reduction) : 7 outcomes 5 studies in 48 results
  4. Infantile Spasms (West Syndrome) : 7 outcomes 5 studies in 24 results
  5. Ketosis : 5 outcomes 4 studies in 62 results
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Drugs Related to Ketogenic Diet

  1. Glucose (Dextrose)
  2. Anticonvulsants (Antiepileptic Drugs)
  3. Lactic Acid
  4. Facilitative Glucose Transport Proteins (Glucose Transporter)
  5. Insulin (Novolin)
  6. topiramate (Topamax)
  7. Valproic Acid (Valproate, Semisodium)
  8. Vigabatrin
  9. lamotrigine (Lamictal)
  10. Pyruvic Acid (Pyruvate)
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Therapies Related to Ketogenic Diet

  1. Carbohydrate-Restricted Diet (Low Carbohydrate Diet)
  2. Caloric Restriction
  3. Ketogenic Diet
  4. Gastrostomy
  5. Enteral Nutrition (Feeding, Tube)
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