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The role of the ketogenic diet in the treatment and prevention of diseases: A literature review

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In recent years the ketogenic diet (KD) has become more and more popular. This diet is used not only to reduce weight but also there are an increasingly amount of new researches with multiple possitives effects in some diseases, such as prevention in cardiovascular conditions, diabetes mellitus, obs...

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Main Authors: Dawid Barański (Author), Piotr Węgrzyn (Author), Konstancja Węgrzyn (Author), Agnieszka Góra (Author), Anna Salińska (Author), Marcin Wasilewski (Author), Julia Skwara (Author), Maciej Nowicki (Author), Gustaw Laskowski (Author), Natalia Dąbrowska (Author)
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Published: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:In recent years the ketogenic diet (KD) has become more and more popular. This diet is used not only to reduce weight but also there are an increasingly amount of new researches with multiple possitives effects in some diseases, such as prevention in cardiovascular conditions, diabetes mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, some types of cancers and psoriasis. This paper offers an overview of these various medical conditions in which ketogenic diet can be used. Furthermore we describe the mechanism and potential efficacy of the KD. The PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched.
Item Description:10.12775/QS.2024.34.55222
2450-3118

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