The Ketogenic Diet Increases In Vivo Glutathione Levels in Patients with Epilepsy

The Ketogenic Diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that has been utilized as the first line treatment for contrasting intractable epilepsy. It is responsible for the presence of ketone bodies in blood, whose neuroprotective effect has been widely shown in recent years but remains unclear....

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Main Authors: Antonio Napolitano, Daniela Longo, Martina Lucignani, Luca Pasquini, Maria Camilla Rossi-Espagnet, Giulia Lucignani, Arianna Maiorana, Domenica Elia, Paola De Liso, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, Raffaella Cusmai
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Metabolites
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/10/12/504