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;Why doesn't this article talk about weight-loss or bodybuilding diets? Bodybuilders call their diets " |
;Why doesn't this article talk about weight-loss or bodybuilding diets? Bodybuilders call their diets "ketogenic". |
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:Any diet that metabolizes any fat at all is "ketogenic", because ketones are the natural, unavoidable metabolic byproduct of eating fat. Even everyday, normal diets are "ketogenic" at some level. This article is not about weight loss or body building, which produce higher levels of ketones than typical diets, but far lower levels than this medically supervised treatment for epilepsy. The ''average'' diet for epilepsy usually produces 150% of the ketones that even an ''extreme'' diet for weight loss or bodybuilding does. If you are interested in those diets, please read [[ |
:Any diet that metabolizes any fat at all is "ketogenic", because ketones are the natural, unavoidable metabolic byproduct of eating fat. Even everyday, normal diets are "ketogenic" at some level. This article is not about weight loss or body building, which produce higher levels of ketones than typical diets, but far lower levels than this medically supervised treatment for epilepsy. The ''average'' diet for epilepsy usually produces 150% of the ketones that even an ''extreme'' diet for weight loss or bodybuilding does. If you are interested in those diets, please read [[Low-carbohydrate diet]]. |
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;Why doesn't this article talk about Inuit dietary practices? They ate a lot of fat during part of the year. |
;Why doesn't this article talk about Inuit dietary practices? They ate a lot of fat during part of the year. |
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:This article is not about the [[Inuit diet]]. This article is ''only'' about the medical diet for treating epilepsy. The diet for epilepsy eats far more fat than even the highest estimates for the Inuit diet. The Inuit diet is estimated to have included high levels of fat, amounting to 25% to 35% of the food by weight. A typical diet to treat epilepsy is 80% fat by weight, which is more than double the amount in the Inuit diet. |
:This article is not about the [[Inuit diet]]. This article is ''only'' about the medical diet for treating epilepsy. The diet for epilepsy eats far more fat than even the highest estimates for the Inuit diet. The Inuit diet is estimated to have included high levels of fat, amounting to 25% to 35% of the food by weight. A typical diet to treat epilepsy is 80% fat by weight, which is more than double the amount in the Inuit diet. |
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Revision as of 05:50, 20 October 2018
- Why doesn't this article talk about weight-loss or bodybuilding diets? Bodybuilders call their diets "ketogenic".
- Any diet that metabolizes any fat at all is "ketogenic", because ketones are the natural, unavoidable metabolic byproduct of eating fat. Even everyday, normal diets are "ketogenic" at some level. This article is not about weight loss or body building, which produce higher levels of ketones than typical diets, but far lower levels than this medically supervised treatment for epilepsy. The average diet for epilepsy usually produces 150% of the ketones that even an extreme diet for weight loss or bodybuilding does. If you are interested in those diets, please read Low-carbohydrate diet.
- Why doesn't this article talk about Inuit dietary practices? They ate a lot of fat during part of the year.
- This article is not about the Inuit diet. This article is only about the medical diet for treating epilepsy. The diet for epilepsy eats far more fat than even the highest estimates for the Inuit diet. The Inuit diet is estimated to have included high levels of fat, amounting to 25% to 35% of the food by weight. A typical diet to treat epilepsy is 80% fat by weight, which is more than double the amount in the Inuit diet.