ReviewOpen access journal of sports medicine2019
Impact Of Ketogenic Diet On Athletes: Current Insights.
Review in Open access journal of sports medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Low-Carbohydrate and Ketogenic Diets on Anaerobic Performance in Competitive Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2026Pooled it
- Database Analysis of Application Areas and Global Trends in Ketogenic Diets from 2019 to 2024.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- The Effects of Concurrent Training Combined with Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat Ketogenic Diet on Body Composition and Aerobic Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Influences of Ketogenic Diet on Body Fat Percentage, Respiratory Exchange Rate, and Total Cholesterol in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Do Lower-Carbohydrate Diets Increase Total Energy Expenditure? An Updated and Reanalyzed Meta-Analysis of 29 Controlled-Feeding Studies.The Journal of nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- A review of the ketogenic diet for endurance athletes: performance enhancer or placebo effect?Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- The effect of the ketogenic diet on resistance training load management: a repeated-measures clinical trial in trained participants.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Trial
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- Reliability and diagnostic performance of a new blood ketone and glucose meter in humans.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2021Trial
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- Effects of a ketogenic diet on body composition and strength in trained women.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2020Trial
- Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Muscle Fatigue in Healthy, Young, Normal-Weight Women: A Randomized Controlled Feeding Trial.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Fuelled or Fooled? Examining the Evidence and Mechanisms Behind Ultra-High Carbohydrate Intake in Endurance Athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Does a low-carbohydrate diet impede endurance sports performance? No.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Exercise and Diet Reshape Athletes' Gut Microbiota: Countering Health Challenges in Athletes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Biochemical Aspects That Lead to Abusive Use of Trimetazidine in Performance Athletes: A Mini-Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Changes in the chronic and postprandial blood lipid profiles of trained competitive cyclists and triathletes following a ketogenic diet: a randomized crossover trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
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- Low and high carbohydrate isocaloric diets on performance, fat oxidation, glucose and cardiometabolic health in middle age males.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The impact of a ketogenic diet (KD) (<50 g/d carbohydrate, >75% fat) on athletic performance has sparked much interest and self-experimentation in the past 3-4 years. Evidence shows 3-4-week adaptations to a KD in endurance-trained athletes were associated with maintenance of moderate (46-63% VO
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