Prevention of obesity using low carbohydrate ketogenic diet

Kuwait Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-12

  Dashti, Hussein M ^a   Mathew, Thazhumpal C ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Coronary diseases; Diabetes; Hyperlipidemia; Ketogenic diet; Obesity

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; 3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; ACETONE; FATTY ACID; GLYCOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; KETONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ATHEROGENESIS; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONSTIPATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; LOW CALORY DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 68549099946     PISSN: 00235776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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