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Ketogenic Diet: an Endocrinologist Perspective
- Source :
- Current nutrition reports. 8(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Obesity and its related comorbidities make up a large part of healthcare expenditures. Despite a wide array of options for treatment of obesity, rates of sustained weight loss continue to be low, leading patients to seek alternative treatment options. Although the first medically utilized ketogenic diet was described nearly 100 years ago, it has made a resurgence as a treatment option for obesity. Despite increased popularity in the lay public and increased use of ketogenic dietary strategies for metabolic therapy, we are still beginning to unravel the metabolic impact of long-term dietary ketosis. There are a number of recent trials that have highlighted the short- and long-term benefits of ketogenic diet on weight, glycemic control, and other endocrine functions including reproductive hormones. This review is a summary of available data on the effectiveness and durability of the ketogenic diet when compared to conventional interventions. Ketogenic dietary strategies may play a role in short-term improvement of important metabolic parameters with potential for long-term benefit. However, response may vary due to inter-individual ability to maintain long-term carbohydrate restriction.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Blood Glucose
medicine.medical_specialty
Thyroid Hormones
Diet, Reducing
medicine.medical_treatment
Psychological intervention
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Clinical nutrition
Ketone Bodies
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Weight loss
Diabetes mellitus
Weight Loss
medicine
Dietary Carbohydrates
Humans
Insulin
Testosterone
Obesity
Intensive care medicine
Glycemic
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Body Weight
Ketosis
medicine.disease
Endocrinologists
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glycemic Index
medicine.symptom
business
Diet, Ketogenic
Food Science
Ketogenic diet
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21613311
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current nutrition reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d638efe98fec7d2fb014a0a85fc328b9