Further Reading
Harvard Health Publication,
2020, Ketogenic diet: Is the ultimate low-carb diet good for you?

Recently, many of my patients have been asking about a ketogenic diet. Is a ketogenic diet safe? Would you recommend it? Despite the recent hype, a ketogenic diet is not something new. In medicine, we have been using it for almost 100 years to treat drug-resistant epilepsy, especially in children…

Further Reading
Harvard Health Publication,
2020, Ketogenic diet: Is the ultimate low-carb diet good for you?

Recently, many of my patients have been asking about a ketogenic diet. Is a ketogenic diet safe? Would you recommend it? Despite the recent hype, a ketogenic diet is not something new. In medicine, we have been using it for almost 100 years to treat drug-resistant epilepsy, especially in children…

Evidence Based
PubMed Central, National Library of Medicine,
2003: Metabolic syndrome and low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets in the medical school biochemistry curriculum

One of Robert Atkins contributions was to define a diet strategy in terms of an underlying metabolic principle (“the science behind Atkins”). The essential feature is that, by reducing insulin fluxes, lipids are funnelled away from storage and oxidized…

Further Reading
Harvard Health Publication,
2020, Ketogenic diet: Is the ultimate low-carb diet good for you?

Recently, many of my patients have been asking about a ketogenic diet. Is a ketogenic diet safe? Would you recommend it? Despite the recent hype, a ketogenic diet is not something new. In medicine, we have been using it for almost 100 years to treat drug-resistant epilepsy, especially in children…