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ketogenic diet

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ketogenic diet
n.
A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that includes normal amounts of protein.
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It's called the Ketogenic diet - a carefully monitored, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that helps control seizures in some of the more than 2.
WHILE LEARNING, DEVIN TAUGHT OTHERS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Ms Bicknell-Royle assisted in presenting a study of bone mineral density and the ketogenic diet at the recent Epilepsy Society of Australia's conference, and Ms Grimmer has been involved in a retrospective review of 12 patients who have been implanted with a VNS.
Epilepsy nurse coordinators make a difference by Australian Nursing Journal
This ketogenic diet is more extreme than the high-protein Atkins diet, which produces ketones in urine but not necessarily in the blood, says Veech.
Ketones to the rescue: fashioning therapies from an adaptation to ... by Harder, Ben / Science News
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