The Effects of Ketogenic Diet on Human Health and Disease
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sport nutrition; ketogenic diet; body composition; exercise physiology
Interests: resistance training; metabolism; fat loss; skeletal muscle physiology; fitness; muscle hypertrophy; fasting; ketogenic diet; time-restricted eating; ketones; low carbohydrate diet
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Dear Colleagues,
The ketogenic diet was originally used for treatment of refractory epilepsy. After several decades, the ketogenic diet is now considered a popular strategy for losing weight and improving metabolic disorders as well. However, beyond “simple” weight loss, many other applications are emerging, including neurodegenerative disorders, fatigue, and cancer. At the same time, although it is considered generally safe, more research should explore the relationship between the keto diet and blood pressure, kidney stones, and increased risk of heart disease. Furthermore, several symptoms, such as an upset stomach, dizziness, decreased energy, and mood swings caused by your body adapting to ketosis, are also common.
Thus, the aim of this Special Issue is to gather high-quality evidence on the potential role played by ketone bodies and their impact on health and medical conditions.
Original research as well as literature reviews and meta-analyses are welcome. Based on this, the primary goal of the work should be to explore the effects of a ketogenic diet and, consequently, ketosis (achieved through a ketogenic diet or exogenous ketones) on various aspects of human health, ranging from athletic performance to aging, and medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, palliative care, autoimmune conditions, neurodegenerative disease, and cancer, among others.
Dr. Giuseppe Cerullo
Prof. Dr. Antonio Paoli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nutritional ketosis
- obesity
- fatigue
- exogenous ketosis
- metabolic syndrome
- body composition
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