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The benefits of a carbohydrate-free diet

Among the various dietary strategies aimed at fat loss, the one that in recent years, in the clinical practice of many physicians but also at the level of international scientific literature, has shown the greatest effectiveness is definitely the VLCD (Very Low Carbohydrate Diet). VLCDs have proven to be better in weight loss than classical "balanced" diets, while improving many hematochemical parameters such as triglyceridemia, glycemia and cholesterolemia.

What is the ketogenic diet?

The ketogenic diet is a particular type of diet known for decades that is based on a drastic reduction of carbohydrates. This metabolic condition, known as ketosis (physiological ketosis, which allows survival in times of famine, not to be confused with the pathological ketoacidosis of decompensated diabetes), causes the body to use fats almost exclusively for energy. To be implemented there have always been two methods: either fasting or a fat and protein diet.

The ketogenic diet

Prof. Antonioli Paoli - University of Padua
It is a regimen in which carbohydrates are almost completely excluded, relying on protein and fat intake and inducing ketosis. The body is forced to use storage fats for energy, and for a number of complex biochemical reasons ketone bodies are formed, which are used by the brain for energy. This dietary regimen works because it forces the body to use storage fats. It is the physiological mechanism that has allowed the human race to survive through periods of fasting in our evolutionary history enabling its survival.

Difference between ketosis and ketoacidosis

Prof. Antonioli Paoli - University of Padua
Ketosis is a physiological mechanism of the body in the absence of sugar that, in healthy individuals, does not create any problems. Ketoacidosis is a pathological condition related to decompensated diabetes.

Nutritional Advice

An important issue in the application of the ketogenic diet is the problem of palatability of foods, especially compared with a typical Mediterranean diet. This issue becomes even more pronounced in individuals who have to maintain such a diet for many years or a lifetime, such as in the dietary management of Glut1 glucose transporter deficiency syndrome.

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