You can check out my post here to see more about
health effects of ketogenic diets with links to relevant research.
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri's special guest Ellen Davis talks about the positive
health effects of a ketogenic diet.
Not exact matches
A study done on the
effects on the
Ketogenic diet had shown a great increase in
health for both women and men not just in weight but in other elements
of health too, in fact this particular study examined more women than men, (44 to 39 accordingly).
In one representative country, chronic pain takes up one - fifth
of the entire
health care expenditure, whereas in another it is three times as costly as all types
of cancer together.59 One strategy which remains unexplored and could yield important insights is to combine a
ketogenic diet with a known hypoalgesic pharmacological agent (e.g. amitriptyline) and note additive or synergistic
effects, as have been noted for seizure control but only for some drugs.60
If you are eating a
ketogenic diet and have experienced the side
effect of hunger loss, then fasting may be a natural and easy approach to shedding body fat and improving your
health.
From these studies, we know with confidence that long term ketosis may pose substantial risk for
health complications due to the side
effects experienced by the thousands
of children who have followed
ketogenic diets over the years as a means
of suppressing seizures unresponsive to drugs and procedures.