Ketogenic diet

A ketogenic diet is a diet high in fat and protein, and virtually no carbohydrate. Any diet that has less than 100 grams of carbohydrates per day with a usual ratio of the fat/protein and carbohydrate is 4:1 is known as a Ketogenic diet

By limiting the intake of carbohydrate, this diet forces the liver to finish its stored glycogen very fast. When the glycogen is over, the fat starts burning to add the fuel. This diet forces the body into a state of ketosis whereby ketones are used as a fuel source – rather than glucose. Due to the process of ketosis, the insulin production in the body is lowered which increases the production of glucagon by pancreas, and in turn the ability of the body to burn fat increases.

Ketogenic diet started as a diet to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. It is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that gets the body to burn carbohydrate instead of fat to release energy. The diet mimics aspects of starvation by forcing the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates.

Purpose of Ketogenic diet
The ketogenic diet provides just enough protein for body growth and repair, and sufficient calories to maintain the correct weight for age and height

Drawback of Ketogenic diet
- Reported side effects include dehydration, constipation, and, sometimes, complications from kidney stones or gall stones.
- Adult women on the diet may have menstrual irregularities. Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas), decreased bone density and certain eye problems have also been reported.

Review of Ketogenic diet
The diet lacks several important vitamins which have to be added through supplements. Sometimes high levels of fat build up in the blood can lead to heart diseases if followed for a long time.

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