ketogenic diet

American  

[kee-toh-jen-ik dahy-it] / ˌki toʊˈdʒɛn ɪk ˈdaɪ ɪt /

noun

1. a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet that causes the breakdown of fats into ketone bodies, which consequently replace carbohydrates as the body’s main source of energy: used as a regimen for weight loss, the ketogenic diet is also used to control certain medical disorders or episodes, especially epileptic seizures in children.

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Etymology

Origin of ketogenic diet

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The team found that mice fed a high fat ketogenic diet experienced a drop in high blood sugar, also known as hyperglycemia.

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"After one week on the ketogenic diet, their blood sugar was completely normal, as though they didn't have diabetes at all," said Lessard, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Center for Exercise Medicine Research.

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The ketogenic diet gets its name from ketosis, a metabolic state in which the body switches from using sugar as its main fuel to burning fat.

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This led her to explore whether a ketogenic diet could help restore the body's ability to adapt to exercise.

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She also points out that following a ketogenic diet can be difficult.

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