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ketogenic
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adjective
- med forming or able to stimulate the production of ketone bodies
a ketogenic diet
Example Sentences
He is a proponent of using the ketogenic diet, a diet low in carbohydrates and high in fat, to treat cancer.
In 1994, Abrahams and his wife, Nancy Cocuzzo, founded the Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies — an organization that advances awareness of the diet to treat epileptic seizures — in honor of his son Charlie, who as an infant was diagnosed with severe epilepsy.
Many influencers, athletes, and regular folks swear by ketogenic diets—skimping on carbs and feasting on fats to quickly shed pounds and improve their metabolism.
Mice fed a particular type of ketogenic diet accumulated so-called senescent cells in their organs, researchers report today in Science Advances.
The results don’t prove that ketogenic diets are harmful in people, stresses W. H. Wilson Tang, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic who wasn’t involved in the work.
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