Recent aspects of ketogenic diet in neurological disorders
Abstract The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, in which fat is used as the primary energy source through the production of ketone bodies (KBs) in place of glucose. The KD was formally introduced in 1921 to mimic the biochemical changes associated with fasting and gained recog...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Acta Epileptologica |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42494-021-00053-1 |