Question 1

how dangerous is the ketogenic diet for the type 2 diabetic?

Accepted Answer

Not dangerous: People get 'ketosis' mixed up with 'keto-acidosis'.  Ketosis is the process of burning fat for energy instead of sugar or muscle.  This is definitely a GOOD thing for type 2 diabetics.  Keto-acidosis is a very dangerous condition that occurs in type 1 diabetics when they are not taking in enough insulin.  I have had MANY diabetic 2 patients do with with ketogenic eating plans (sensible)

Question 2

i would like a checklist for a intermittent fasting diet, combined with a ketogenic diet?

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Not healthy: You need to modify your lifestyle, eating habit etc to achieve weight loss in a more healthy way. Both regular exercise and carb restriction will be needed.  Drastic fasting or ketogenic diet does not confer long term benefits since you can be sure that you will gain even more weight after that,

Question 3

i am an endomorph, is a cyclic ketogenic diet the best choice for someone that gains fat easily?

Accepted Answer

Lifestyle change: Your physician can give you better advice. "endomorph" is a subscientific term rather than a true body type, let alone a destiny. I suspect that even healthtap members who are sympathetic to various "pop" diets will mostly agree that in the long-term, you help will come from reprogramming yourself about fitness activities & healthy eating. If you are very obese, consider bariatric surgery early.

Question 4

what is the health benefits of the ketogenic diet? lots of buzz, interested in trying it out. thank you!

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Ketosis is a state: in which you use the energy from and burn calories from your own fat.  Low carb and higher protein intake does this   It can be helpful but needs to be done under the guidance of your doc for safety reasons. The very best to you.

Question 5

what is a ketogenic diet?

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No carbs: A strict ketogenic diet is one in which you will release ketones which can be measured in the urine. This occurs when carbohydrates are avoided completely and only protein and fats are eaten.

Question 6

what is a great ketogenic diet?

Accepted Answer

Diet without carbs!: The fewer carbs, in absolute amount, with greater percent protein and fat, will put you into dietary ketosis! the old atkin's standard to induce ketosis in "ketosis" resistance dietars was to eat cream cheese and macadamia nuts. This always works (few days). I have been on a low carb diet since 1995. I do not count calories at all. Weight is college weight.

Question 7

are ketogenic diets safe & healthy?

Accepted Answer

Depend.: Ketogenic diets are used to lose weight and is basically 1 portion of fat to protein and also used to treat epilepsy. To be safe, anyone on this diet has to drinks a lot of fluids due to the resulting ketoacidosis. Make sure you are physically healthy and see your pcp first before you launch on this diet. Many people swear that it is effective for weight loss especially with people with diabetes.

Question 8

what is part of a strict ketogenic diet?

Accepted Answer

FAT: Lots of fat, moderate protein, low carb (under 20gm).

Question 9

who is familliar with the ketogenic diet?

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Ketogenic diet: Is high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate diet used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refrectory) epilepsy in children. It mimics starvation by forcing the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. This results in accumulation of ketones from breakdown of fats by liver, and this increase ketones leads to decrease frequency of seizures.

Question 10

are there any good books about ketogenic diets?

Accepted Answer

Yes: For information, look at eatingacademy.Com by peter attia, md. Search for "videos peter likes"  and watch them all. The book, "why we get fat" is excellent by gary taubes.

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