A ketogenic diet is, essentially, a low-carb, ... like 20 or 30 grams a day,” says Dr. Eric Westman, director of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at Duke University.

But Dr. Westman said more research is needed into the specifics of the ketogenic diet to better understand the optimal ratio of macronutrients—fat, protein and carbohydrates—a person should ...

Don’t let its fancy name fool you. A ketogenic diet is, essentially, a low-carb, high-fat diet — albeit one taken to extremes. “In a clinical setting, a strict ketogenic diet would involve ...

How Dr. Westman's keto diet is different. According to Dr. Westman, if you’re carrying 20 or more extra pounds or if you have a health condition linked to weight, blood sugar, ...

Westman discussed a class where he taught several thousand participants about an “evidence-based, low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet,” in which people can daily consume as many meats, poultry ...

A small study conducted by University of Toulouse psychiatrist Dr. Albert Danan found that a whole-foods ketogenic diet was safe, feasible, and associated with unprecedented improvements in mental ...

The program he implemented limits total carbohydrate intake to a maximum of 20 grams per day, and was based on the ketogenic diet protocol used by Dr. Eric Westman in his metabolic research at ...