Ketogenic diet. (vegetables, carbs, recipes, protein)

[Pikantari]

Has anyone been on the ketogenic diet? Either for medical or dieting purposes?

I have epilepsy and have been on it, modified, but I do not like the fact that you eat so much meat, so much fatty food.

Your fruit and vegetables are limited as well.

It reminds me maybe of Atkins.

Anyone?

[Briolat21]

Uh - atkins is essentially a modified version of it yes - any extremely low carb diet is.

there is a lot of conflicting data on the safety of high protein /fat diets. Most have not been able to prove that there is a major danger - as people who have lost weight on a high protein/fat diet end up having same type of health profile as those who lost weight on a low fat high whole grain/veg diet. The problem seems to be the extra weight. Not the food you eat.

That said if you are going to be on it long term ( to contain symptoms ) you will not have the main problem - regaining weight once you go back to eating carbs.

There's a lot of good info on the web on these types of diets, along with recipes that use flour alternatives!

good luck!

[Ohiogirl81]

High protein does not automatically equal high fat. If most of your protein choices are chicken, fish and occasional legumes, your fat consumption can remain relatively low.