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ketogenic
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ke·to·gen·e·sis  (kt-jn-ss)
n.
The formation of ketone bodies, as occurs in diabetes.

keto·genic adj.

ketogenic [ˌkiːtəʊˈdʒɛnɪk]
adj
(Medicine) Med forming or able to stimulate the production of ketone bodies a ketogenic diet


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It's called the Ketogenic diet - a carefully monitored, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that helps control seizures in some of the more than 2.
Ms Bicknell-Royle assisted in presenting a study of bone mineral density and the ketogenic diet at the recent Epilepsy Society of Australia's conference, and Ms Grimmer has been involved in a retrospective review of 12 patients who have been implanted with a VNS.
This ketogenic diet is more extreme than the high-protein Atkins diet, which produces ketones in urine but not necessarily in the blood, says Veech.
 
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