ArticleReviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders2020
Confusion in the nomenclature of ketogenic diets blurs evidence.
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- Mediterranean Diet versus Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet: Effects of Reaching 5% Body Weight Loss on Body Composition in Subjects with Overweight and with Obesity-A Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
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- Ketogenic and Low-Carbohydrate Diets in Prostate Cancer: Metabolic Rationale, Preclinical Evidence, and Preliminary Clinical Data.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Ketogenic diets and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a literature review.Cell & bioscience · 2025Review
- Medical nutrition therapy for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2025Review
- A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Semaglutide Treatment and Medical Nutrition Therapy in Obesity Management.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Ketogenic diets in chronic kidney disease patients: a review for skeptics by skeptics.Journal of nephrology · 2025Review
- Nutritional ketosis modulates the methylation of cancer-related genes in patients with obesity and in breast cancer cells.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2025Article
- Advancing Obesity Management: the Very Low-Energy Ketogenic therapy (VLEKT) as an Evolution of the "Traditional" Ketogenic Diet.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Ketogenic diet and cancer: multidimensional exploration and research.Science China. Life sciences · 2025Review
- Nutritional Strategies in Major Depression Disorder: From Ketogenic Diet to Modulation of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- The Influence of Physical Exercise, Ketogenic Diet, and Time-Restricted Eating on De Novo Lipogenesis: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- A ketogenic diet regulates microglial activation to treat drug addiction.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- A New Nomenclature for the Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD): Very Low-Energy Ketogenic Therapy (VLEKT). Ketodiets and Nutraceuticals Expert Panels: "KetoNut", Italian Society of Nutraceuticals (SINut) and the Italian Association of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition (ADI).Current nutrition reports · 2024Review
- Obesity and Obesity-Related Thyroid Dysfunction: Any Potential Role for the Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD)?Current nutrition reports · 2024Review
- Eu- or hypoglycemic ketosis and ketoacidosis in children: a review.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2024Review
- High Fat Diet and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in Adolescence: An Overview of Nutritional Strategies.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The impact of ketogenic diet on some metabolic and non-metabolic diseases: Evidence from human and animal model experiments.Food science & nutrition · 2024Review
- Ketogenic nutritional therapy (KeNuT)-a multi-step dietary model with meal replacements for the management of obesity and its related metabolic disorders: a consensus statement from the working group of the Club of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE)-diet therapies in endocrinology and metabolism.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2024Article
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Abstract
Ketogenic diets have been proposed as a non-pharmacological strategy for the management of several chronic conditions. Their efficacy and safety have been evaluated in the field of neurology, oncology and endocrinology for disorders including cancer, dementia, drug-resistant epilepsy, migraines, obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The nutritional requirements of these subjects are expected to differ significantly. Indeed, although all ketogenic diets restrict carbohydrates, each intervention is characterized by a specific daily calorie intake, macronutrient composition and duration. However, the adopted nomenclature was often unclear to the general reader; also, the same abbreviations for different protocols were used. This possibly resulted in mistakes in the interpretation of the available evidence and limited the impact of studies on the topic in the clinical practice. Adopting a clear and consistent vocabulary is key in any context. Here, we present a practical and clinically-based proposal for the classification and abbreviation of ketogenic diets.
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