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ReviewCurrent nutrition reports2019

Ketogenic Diet: from the Historical Records to Use in Elite Athletes.

Matthew B Kaspar, Kerstin Austin, Martin Huecker, Menaka Sarav

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Review in Current nutrition reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew B KasparDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 1200 East Broad Street, P.O. Box 980509, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA. matthew.kaspar@vcuhealth.org.
Kerstin AustinDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
Martin HueckerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Menaka SaravDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, NorthShore University Health System, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
University of Chicago · USUniversity of Louisville · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USVirginia Commonwealth University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo review the available literature/evidence on low carbohydrate/high fat (LCHF) and low carbohydrate ketogenic (LCKD) diets' effects on human athletic performance and to provide a brief review of the physiology and history of energy systems of exercise. RECENT

findingsMultiple studies have been conducted in an attempt to answer this question, many within the last 3-5 years. Studies are heterogenous in design, intervention, and outcome measures. Current available data show that LCHF and LCKD do not significantly enhance or impair performance in endurance or strength activities. However, there is a trend towards improved body composition (greater percent lean body mass) across multiple studies. While this may not translate to enhanced performance in the primarily laboratory conditions in the reviewed studies, there could be a benefit in sports in which an athlete's strength-to-weight ratio is a significant determinant of outcome.

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AthletesAthletic PerformanceDiet, KetogenicBody CompositionDiet, Carbohydrate-RestrictedHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansNutritional StatusPhysical EnduranceSportsAthletic performanceEndurance sports: Ketogenic dietLow carbohydrate dietStrength sports

Identifiers

PMID31713719
OpenAlexW2984856766

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.