The ketogenic diet is a highfat, adequateprotein, lowcarbohydrate diet that in medicine is used mainly to treat hardtocontrol (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates.. Normally carbohydrates in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is important in fueling brain function.A ketogenic diet is a diet in which most of the calories come from fat.Only a small number of the calories come from carbohydrates.. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates for energy. Normally, the carbohydrates you eat are turned into glucose in the body, which is used for energy around the body and in the brain. But, if you dont eat enough carbohydrates, your body ...
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