URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371871/Journal: Canadian Family PhysicianPublication Date: 12/2018Summary: Ketogenic diets can help patients lose about 2 kg more than low-fat diets do at 1 year, but higher-quality studies show no difference. Weight loss peaks at about 5 months but is often not sustained. Individual weight change can vary from losing 30 kg to gaining 10 kg …
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081446/Journal: Indian Journal of PharmacologyPublication Date: 04/2011Summary: Presence of vitamin D receptors in noncalcemic tissues and subsequent identification of its involvement in growth factor(s)-mediated cellular function suggested its probable beneficial role in genesis, progression and survival of cancerous growths. Data collected from both in vitro and in vivo studies are highly optimistic regarding its …
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34299832/Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthPublication Date: 07/2021Summary: Ultra-processed food (UPF) can be harmful to the population’s health. To establish associations between UPF and health outcomes, food consumption can be assessed using availability data, such as purchase lists or household budget surveys. The aim of this systematic review was to search …
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URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34904160/Journal: International Journal of EpidemiologyPublication Date: 08/2022Summary: In total 2272 records were screened, of which 18 studies, including almost 1.1 million individuals, were included in this review and 72% showed a positive association between ultra-processed foods and the risk of diabetes. According to the studies included in the meta-analysis, compared with non-consumption, moderate intake …
URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492709/Journal: EMBO ReportsPublication Date: 10/2012Summary: An increasing body of evidence shows that chronic inflammation causes and advances many common diseases. This opens new possibilities for treatment and therapy by blocking the inflammatory processes. Key Takeaways Chronic inflammation is a major driver of disease. Especially in conditions associated with prolonged stress such as cardiovascular disease, …
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32987244/Journal: Epilepsy ResearchPublication Date: 09/2020Summary: The high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (KD) is an established treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy with a proven efficacy. The KD is being explored for Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES) and epileptic encephalopathies. There is growing evidence that KD works by targeting dysregulated adaptive and innate immunity that occurs in drug-resistant …
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31635247/Journal: NutrientsPublication Date: 10/2019Summary: Currently available pharmacological treatment of epilepsy has limited effectiveness. In epileptic patients, pharmacological treatment with available anticonvulsants leads to seizure control in <70% of cases. Surgical intervention can lead to control in a selected subset of patients, but still leaves a significant number of patients with uncontrolled seizures. Therefore, in …
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27470655/Journal: European Journal of Paediatric NeurologyPublication Date: 07/2016Summary: The resulting recommendations include patient selection, pre-KD counseling and evaluation, specific nutritional requirements, preferred initiation, monitoring of adverse effects at initiation and follow-up, evaluation and KD discontinuation. Key Takeaways This paper found that the ketogenic diet was highly effective for infants to remain seizure free. It …
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URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30760973/Journal: Frontiers in NeurosciencePublication Date: 01/2019Summary: The Ketogenic Diet (KD) is a modality of treatment used since the 1920s as a treatment for intractable epilepsy. It has been proposed as a dietary treatment that would produce similar benefits to fasting, which is already recorded in the Hippocratic collection. The KD has a high fat …
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URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898565/Journal: Current Treatment Options in NeurologyPublication Date: 11/2008Summary: The ketogenic diet is well established as therapy for intractable epilepsy. It should be considered first-line therapy in glucose transporter type 1 and pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency. It should be considered early in the treatment of Dravet syndrome and myoclonic-astatic epilepsy (Doose syndrome). Initial studies indicate that …
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