Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the Risks
Very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets have been long been used to reduce seizure frequency and more recently have been promoted for a variety of health conditions, including obesity, diabetes, and liver disease. Ketogenic diets may provide short-term improvement and aid in symptom management for som...
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| description | Very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets have been long been used to reduce seizure frequency and more recently have been promoted for a variety of health conditions, including obesity, diabetes, and liver disease. Ketogenic diets may provide short-term improvement and aid in symptom management for some chronic diseases. Such diets affect diet quality, typically increasing intake of foods linked to chronic disease risk and decreasing intake of foods found to be protective in epidemiological studies. This review examines the effects of ketogenic diets on common chronic diseases, as well as their impact on diet quality and possible risks associated with their use. Given often-temporary improvements, unfavorable effects on dietary intake, and inadequate data demonstrating long-term safety, for most individuals, the risks of ketogenic diets may outweigh the benefits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b09a465ec864657bcd10b8d23fc2ec62022-12-21T22:07:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2021-07-01810.3389/fnut.2021.702802702802Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the RisksLee Crosby0Brenda Davis1Shivam Joshi2Shivam Joshi3Meghan Jardine4Jennifer Paul5Jennifer Paul6Jennifer Paul7Maggie Neola8Neal D. Barnard9Neal D. Barnard10Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC, United StatesBrenda Davis Nutrition Consulting, Kelowna, BC, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, New York City Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, New York, NY, United StatesPhysicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC, United StatesPhysicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC, United StatesCollege of Liberal and Professional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesSchool of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, United StatesPhysicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC, United StatesPhysicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC, United StatesAdjunct Faculty, Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United StatesVery-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets have been long been used to reduce seizure frequency and more recently have been promoted for a variety of health conditions, including obesity, diabetes, and liver disease. Ketogenic diets may provide short-term improvement and aid in symptom management for some chronic diseases. Such diets affect diet quality, typically increasing intake of foods linked to chronic disease risk and decreasing intake of foods found to be protective in epidemiological studies. This review examines the effects of ketogenic diets on common chronic diseases, as well as their impact on diet quality and possible risks associated with their use. Given often-temporary improvements, unfavorable effects on dietary intake, and inadequate data demonstrating long-term safety, for most individuals, the risks of ketogenic diets may outweigh the benefits.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.702802/fullketogenic dietvery-low-carbohydrate dietlow-carbohydrate dietobesitydisease prevention |
| spellingShingle | Lee Crosby Brenda Davis Shivam Joshi Shivam Joshi Meghan Jardine Jennifer Paul Jennifer Paul Jennifer Paul Maggie Neola Neal D. Barnard Neal D. Barnard Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the Risks Frontiers in Nutrition ketogenic diet very-low-carbohydrate diet low-carbohydrate diet obesity disease prevention |
| title | Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the Risks |
| title_full | Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the Risks |
| title_fullStr | Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the Risks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the Risks |
| title_short | Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against the Risks |
| title_sort | ketogenic diets and chronic disease weighing the benefits against the risks |
| topic | ketogenic diet very-low-carbohydrate diet low-carbohydrate diet obesity disease prevention |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.702802/full |
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