ketogenic diet

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ketogenic diet

noun ketogenic diets

A very high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children.
broadly Any diet plan that involves low carbohydrate consumption, especially fad diets advertised mainly for weight loss in adults.
Similar: keto diet, ketodiet, keto

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@misc{ketogenic_diet_2026,
  title = {ketogenic diet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ketogenic%20diet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}