ArticleJournal of human kinetics2019
Ketogenic Diet and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy: A Frenemy Relationship?
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- Effects of the Ketogenic Diet on Strength Performance in Trained Men and Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
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- Effects of 30 days of ketogenic diet on body composition, muscle strength, muscle area, metabolism, and performance in semi-professional soccer players.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2021Trial
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- Effects of a ketogenic diet in overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome.Journal of translational medicine · 2020Trial
- Does a low-carb, high-fat diet change muscle insulin receptor concentration and body composition in a swine biomedical model?Physiological reports · 2026Article
- Aerobic Exercise Delays Age-Related Sarcopenia in Mice via Alleviating Imbalance in Mitochondrial Quality Control.Metabolites · 2025Article
- Longitudinal NMR-based Metabolomics Analysis of Male Mountain Ultramarathon Runners: New Perspectives for Athletes Monitoring and Injury Prevention.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
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- Very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) in the management of hidradenitis suppurativa (Acne Inversa): an effective and safe tool for improvement of the clinical severity of disease. Results of a pilot study.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- Ketogenic diet preserves muscle mass and strength in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes.PloS one · 2024Article
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- The Effects of Ketogenic Diet on Insulin Sensitivity and Weight Loss, Which Came First: The Chicken or the Egg?Nutrients · 2023Review
- A Ketogenic Diet in Combination with Gemcitabine Mitigates Pancreatic Cancer-Associated Cachexia in Male and Female KPC Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Impact of a Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD) on Changes in Handgrip Strength in Women with Obesity.Nutrients · 2022Article
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- Ketogenic Diets in Pancreatic Cancer and Associated Cachexia: Cellular Mechanisms and Clinical Perspectives.Nutrients · 2021Review
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- Low Carb and Ketogenic Diets Increase Quality of Life, Physical Performance, Body Composition, and Metabolic Health of Women with Breast Cancer.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
Ketogenic diet (KD) is a nutritional regimen characterized by a high-fat and an adequate protein content and a very low carbohydrate level (less than 20 g per day or 5% of total daily energy intake). The insufficient level of carbohydrates forces the body to primarily use fat instead of sugar as a fuel source. Due to its characteristic, KD has often been used to treat metabolic disorders, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. Skeletal muscle constitutes 40% of total body mass and is one of the major sites of glucose disposal. KD is a well-defined approach to induce weight loss, with its role in muscle adaptation and muscle hypertrophy less understood. Considering this lack of knowledge, the aim of this review was to examine the scientific evidence about the effects of KD on muscle hypertrophy. We first described the mechanisms of muscle hypertrophy per se, and secondly, we discussed the characteristics and the metabolic function of KD. Ultimately, we provided the potential mechanism that could explain the influence of KD on skeletal muscle hypertrophy.
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