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

epilepsy

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

sugar

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

prescribed

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 ______

<p>working</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>medications</p> Signup and view all the answers

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.

<p>5-10%</p> Signup and view all the answers

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.

<p>ketogenesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

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.

<p>ketogenesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

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 ______.

<p>cycle</p> Signup and view all the answers

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 ______.

<p>starving</p> Signup and view all the answers

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