The Ketogenic Diet Reexamined: Myth vs. Reality

This book contains seven chapters that present research on the ketogenic diet and its roles in neuroscience and cancer. Chapter one highlights the roles of the ketogenic diet in neuroprotection and biochemical processes involved in the control of epilepsy. Chapter two reviews the use of the ketogenic diet, a low-carb, high-fat regimen, as an adjuvant treatment for neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. Chapter three discusses how the antioxidant properties of the ketogenic diet ...