Ketogenic Diets For Managing Type 2 Diabetes

Ketogenic diets have been used since 1924 in pediatrics as a treatment for epilepsy. A ketogenic (keto) diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. The goal of the ketogenic diet is to shift the body's metabolic fuel from burning carbohydrates to fat. On a keto diet, the body metabolizes fat instead of sugar for energy. Over the years, ketogenic diets have been used to treat diabetes. One reason is that it treats diabetes from its root cause by reducing carbohydrate intake, which leads to lower blood sugar levels, reducing the need for insulin, which minimizes insulin resistance and the associated metabolic…