Ketogenic diet (generic)

A ketogenic diet is a carbohydrate-restricted diet that induces a state of ketosis.

Description
A ketogenic diet includes foods high in protein and/or fat, and heavily restricts carbohydrate intake. As fats and/or protein become the body's primary source of metabolic energy, a state of ketosis occurs.

Epilepsy
The Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy is the most established ketogenic diet prescribed to treat a specific medical condition. It is a very high fat ketogenic diet prescribed primarily to pediatric Epilepsy patients.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Suggesting that a calorically dense diet may slow ALS, a ketogenic diet in the ALS mouse model has been shown to slow the progress of disease. Additional research is being conducted in adult humans.

Autism

 * Autism - There is some evidence that a ketogenic diet may be used to treat autistic behavior as an additional or alternative therapy.

Bipolar disorder

 * Bi-polar disorder

Type 2 diabetes

 * The low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet (LCKD) may be effective for improving glycemia and reducing medications in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Cancer

 * Cancer