Analysis of Ketogenic Diet: Myth or Miracle for Health and Nutrition

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“KETOGENEIC DIET: Myth or Miracle" An analysis of Health and
Nutrition Industry
Ketogenic diet is considered as high fat, adequate protein and low carbohydrate diet that functions in
the body in manner that forces to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Many researches show that
Ketogenic diet is proved beneficial in loosing weight and improving health. Yet these are some
limitations and cons associated with it. The question here arise weather the ketone diet is beneficial
or not for better health.
STATEMENT PROBLEM
Ketogenic diet is usually considered to be beneficial for the followers but
there are some side effects being admitted with these diets known as
ketone flue including symptoms like poor energy and mental function,
sleep issues, nausea, increased hunger etc.
The aim of this poster is to highlight the argument with evidences
weather the ketone diet is beneficial or harmful for the consumer.
BACKGROUND
According to Bala et al, (2018) Ketogenic diet has beneficial effects on weight loss and
are well known by the population in current times. The diet is full of protein and fats
that are essential elements for human body and ketone diet provides both these
elements in appropriate composition. The study also stated that there is some evidence
of kidney function harm due to ketone diet. For years it was misunderstood that dietary
fat consumption enhances the risk to diabetes, heart diseases and other diseases. The
current evidence provides overview that the carbohydrate rich diet are more off to be
held responsible for these risk factors and high in fat diet is beneficial for human system
(Ludwig et al, 2018). Some researches argue that the relevance of fat or carbohydrate in
diet is less but the type of fat or carbohydrate consumption plays major role in the
health benefits. Consumption of high fat diet has been in controversy since ages and
regulations based on low scientific consensus has been passed in order to reduce the
dietary fat intake by the population for better health. Result of these regulations were
that the diet of average population in USA reduced fat consumption from 42% in 1970
to 34% currently (Ludwig et al, 2018). Current scenario have turned the tables and
awareness regarding the high fat diet and its benefits on health of an individual by
cutting down the carbohydrate intake has been proved that is promoted by majority of
weight control programmes and diet plans.
It is seen that human body metabolized carbohydrate over fat in order to produce
glucose as part o energy unit for the body. Increased fat diets are considered to have
adverse effects such as high fat metabolism induced tumor activity in cells, regulate
inflammatory mediator (Kiens and Astrup, 2015.). In the study by Women’s Health
Initiative Dietary Modification Trial, a low fat intervention proved to be less beneficial in
reducing body mass index as well controlling the diabetes in patient. Studies prove that
ketone diet are proved to be beneficial in reducing the prevalence of obesity and type 2
diabetes, the mechanism is defined by the additional ketosis in body by cutting down
carbs and increase uptake of fat (Burke ET AL, 2017).
Some basic side effects of ketone diet includes changes in mineral and water
composition of body, changes in lifestyle and sleep pattern difficulties (Ludwig et al,
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Ketone diet are proved to be beneficial for
weight loss and controlling endocrine
diseases related to metabolic dysfunction
such as diabetes. It should be indicated in
case of excessive metabolic dysfunction
and obesity (Wu et al, 2018).
• Side effects of the ketone diet can be
overcome by adding extra salt to the food
and balancing the levels of minerals, also
adding supplements of vitamins and other
minerals like sodium, potassium to the
diet.
• Beginners diet plan should have low carb
diet with low fat diet that will help body to
learn how to burn fats. It will also reduce
in the symptoms of ketone flu.
• Include a ketone diet in the lifestyle
modification with use of fatty diet
components and low carbohydrate diet
helps in controlling risk factors for severe
Azar et al, (2016) provides
evidence based research proving
that Ketogenic diet helps in
reducing the prevalence of type 2
diabetes and reducing the
complications of diabetes like
nephropathy and dyslipidemia.
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• Bala, S.S., Gayathri, R. and Priya, V.V., 2018.
Evaluation of effects of ketogenic diet among
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• Ludwig, D.S., Willett, W.C., Volek, J.S. and
Neuhouser, M.L., 2018. Dietary fat: From foe to
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• Azar, S.T., Beydoun, H.M. and Albadri, M.R.,
2016. Benefits of ketogenic diet for
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• Wu, K., Chen, J., Yin, W.C., Xie, F.J., Zheng, Y.P.,
Huang, H.C., Li, S.F. and Sun, C.H., 2018.
Ketogenic diets may provide neuroprotective
benefits after unilateral chronic sciatic nerve
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for fat loss and exercise performance: benefits
and safety?. Exercise and sport sciences
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Welvaert, M., Heikura, I.A., Forbes, S.G.,
Mirtschin, J.G., Cato, L.E., Strobel, N., Sharma,
A.P. and Hawley, J.A., 2017. Low carbohydrate,
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