Category Archives: Ketogenic Diets

Ketosis: Mood Elevating Effects?

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Robert Barrington

A ketogenic diet is one that eliminates food sources of carbohydrate, forcing the body to adapt to the changes by producing ketones. When ketone production is accelerated a state of ketosis exists, and the purpose of ketones are to facilitate … Continue reading →

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Ketosis and Mood

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Robert Barrington
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Ketones, Ketogenic Diets and Mood

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Robert Barrington

Evidence suggests that ketogenic diets have particular mood elevating properties. In particular ketogenic diets have been consistently shown to stabilise convulsions, including epilepsy. It is not fully understood why ketogenic diets can stabilise convulsions but it is thought that the … Continue reading →

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Ketogenic Diets Improve Memory

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Robert Barrington

It has been known since the 1920’s that ketogenic diets have beneficial effects on patients who have seizures. Epilepsy, particularly in children, responds well to a ketogenic diet. It is unclear why ketosis is beneficial at reducing the frequency of … Continue reading →

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High Carbohydrate Diets That Are Healthy

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Low carbohydrate diets are beneficial to the health. In this regard they have been shown to cause weight loss, improve insulin sensitivity, reduce fasting blood glucose levels, reduce fasting triglyceride levels and have beneficial effects on blood lipoprotein cholesterol. The … Continue reading →

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Ketogenic or Non-Ketogenic Low Carbohydrate Diets for Fat Loss?

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Low carbohydrate diets show beneficial effects on weight loss, fat loss, inflammation and cardiovascular risk, when compared to traditional low fat diets. The low carbohydrate diets have been discussed for many decades, but were more recently, popularised by Atkins and … Continue reading →

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Atkins Versus Zone Diet

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Low Carbohydrate Diets Improve Insulin Sensitivity

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Why Does The Atkins Diet Cause Weight Loss?

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Robert Barrington
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Low Carbohydrate Diets: No Energy Restriction Required

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The general consensus amongst mainstream medicine is that weight loss is only possible through forced energy restriction. The proponents of such diets also sometimes suggest the use of forced physical activity to further increase the energy deficit. However, even in … Continue reading →

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