Ketogenic Diet Example

food and the parallel increase of ketone bodies in the blood. It is essential to remember that we refer exclusively to A ketogenic diet (in a generic sense) and not TO THE ketogenic diet (more or less specific method that can be claimed by some professionals); this small clarification is intended to safeguard the author of the article and my-personaltrainer.it from any claim on the intellectual property of the ketogenic diet or from any conceptual-methodological disputes.

The ketogenic diet is an unbalanced diet that NEEDS CONSTANT MONITORING BY THE SPECIALIST DOCTOR (through the analysis of ketone bodies, for example by testing the urinary pH). The ketogenic diet can be useful for the treatment of two totally different clinical conditions:

• Overweight and metabolic pathologies WITHOUT complications (kidneys and liver must be perfectly healthy)
• Drug-resistant epilepsy, especially in children (see article: Diet for epilepsy)

Below we will present an example of a ketogenic diet for weight loss and not a ketogenic diet to reduce the symptoms of epilepsy.