Ketogenic diet

[kvn2013]

What is difference between LCHF and Ketogenic diet?

[SimoneHU HealthUnlocked]

Hi kvn2013

LCHF is a form of Ketogenic diet. The original Ketogenic diet was has been used in the treatment of epilepsy. LCHF has been studied for weight loss and diabetes control - but I could not find any scientific evidence of for adopting it...

An article from 2009, for example, review studies with a low-fat, high-carbohydrate [LFHC] diet and a high-fat, low-carbohydrate [HFLC] diet. Their conclusion:

"In conclusion, replacement of dietary fat with carbohydrate is not recommended for improvement of insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes under conditions whereby total energy and protein intake and the content of carbohydrate are similar and the proportion of carbohydrate to total energy is 30%.

We found that younger and leaner patients had higher fasting insulin responses with the LFHC diet, although the biological mechanism was not fully investigated. The LFHC diet also adversely affects triglycerides and HDL cholesterol compared with the HFLC diet. However, energy restriction and dietary fat quality seemed more important for lowering the triglyceride concentration than the proportion of carbohydrate and fat."

Source: care.diabetesjournals.org/c...