The ketogenic diet focuses on eating very low amounts of carbohydrate and high amounts of fat and has gained the public’s interest for its potential role...
A new study shows that Ketogenic Diet may help in mediating heart failure problems. Affecting about 6.2 million adults in the United States, heart failure is a serious condition that occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood and oxygen. (www.cdc.gov)
The ketogenic diet involves the consumption of very low amounts of carbohydrate and high amounts of fat,1 whereas intermittent fasting prescribes caloric restriction over various intervals of time.2 In essence, one approach specifies what to eat (ie, ketogenic diet), whereas the other specifies when to eat (ie, intermittent fasting).3
The ketogenic diet, a very-low-carbohydrate and high-fat diet, has been shown to effectively promote weight loss and improve metabolic profiles, gaining increasing attention among the diabetic community.1,2 This article will focus on the current understanding of the effect of ketogenic diet on insulin resistance.
Hunger or increased feeling of appetite is often a big hurdle in weight loss. In this regard, ketogenic diet has become a popular way to lose weight over the recent years, partially due to the satiety that it can provide. In fact, various research studies have shed light on ketogenic diet’s potential to suppress appetite.
