Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy Quiz

The Ketogenic Diet is a high fat diet which appears to benefit some people with ______

The basic aim is to switch the body’s primary fuel source from carbohydrates (like bread and ______) to fats

The real difficulty is that the diet is so restrictive, that all foods eaten must be weighed out to a tenth of a gram during meal preparation, and a participant may not eat anything which is not “______” by the dietician

The level of carbohydrates allowed is very low so that even the small amount of sugar in most liquid or chewable medications will prevent the diet from ______

The ketogenic diet offers the advantage of improved seizure control for some children, and in some cases, improved mental alertness with fewer ______

Types of Ketogenic diet: 1. Standard Ketogenic diet (SKD): This is high fat, moderate protein and very low carbohydrate diet. It contains 70-75% fat, 20% protein, and ______ carbohydrates.

The production of ketones bodies include fat from fatty acids of diet as well as of adipose tissue. The process of ketone body formation is known as ______ occurs in the mitochondrial matrix of liver cells.

Acetyl-CoA enters the citric acid cycle, where it undergoes an aldol condensation with oxaloacetate to form citric acid; citric acid then enters the krebs cycle, which brings in the original fatty acid per carbon high energy yield. Acetyl-CoA can be metabolized through the krebs cycle in any cell, but it can also undergo ______ in the mitochondria of liver cells.

This diet includes regular periods of high carbohydrates days in Ketogenic diet. For example: 5 days ketogenic diet followed by 2 high carbohydrate day as a ______.

The adipokine by signaling messages to high glucagon, epinephrine and lower insulin lead to action of fatty acids release. High glucagon and low insulin correspond to times of low glucose availability such as fasting or ______.