ReviewNutrients2021
The Potential Health Benefits of the Ketogenic Diet: A Narrative Review.
Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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125 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 228 citations in OpenAlex.
- Relationship between Aging and Ketogenic Diet: A Bibliometric Analysis (1995-2025)Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of the ketogenic diet on the health of patients with metabolic syndrome: a scoping review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Hypocaloric low-carbohydrate versus low-fat diets on flow-mediated dilation, blood pressure, cardiovascular biomarkers, and body composition in individuals with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Does the ketogenic diet improve neurological disorders by influencing gut microbiota? A systematic review.Nutrition journal · 2023Pooled it
- The role of lipid metabolic reprogramming in tumor microenvironment.Theranostics · 2023Pooled it
- MCT-modified ketogenic diet as an adjunct to standard treatment regimen could alleviate clinical symptoms in women with endometriosis.BMC women's health · 2025Trial
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- A Novel Multiphase Modified Ketogenic Diet: An Effective and Safe Tool for Weight Loss in Chinese Obese Patients.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022Trial
- Ketogenic Diet: A Metabolic Key to Overcoming Cancer Therapy Resistance.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2026Review
- Effect of long-term use of very low-carbohydrate Ketogenic diet on the thyroid gland and adipose tissue of adult male albino rats (biochemical and histological study).Journal of molecular histology · 2026Article
- Sex-specific systemic and brain metabolic responses to a standardized ketogenic diet in mice.Lab animal · 2026Article
- β-Hydroxybutyrate elicits divergent metabolic responses between MCF-7 and T47D ER+ breast cancer cells under glucose restriction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Ketogenic diet exacerbates DSS-induced colitis through a β-hydroxybutyrate-Thomasclavelia spiroformis-γδ17 T cell axis in mice.Nature communications · 2026Article
- [Research progress on the effects of time-restricted eating on metabolic associated fatty liver disease].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026Review
- Towards Metabolomics-Guided Healthy and Anti-Aging Nutrition.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Neuronal metabolism role in ketogenic diet improvements in bortezomib-induced painful peripheral neuropathy mouse model.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Ketogenic Diet and Brain Health: Cerebrovascular Mechanisms, Neuroprotection, and Translational Implications.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Carnivore and Animal-Based Diets in Sport: A Critical Evaluation of Current Evidence and Future Perspectives for Precision Nutrition.Nutrients · 2026Review
- The Ketogenic Diet in Obesity Management: Friend or Foe?Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2026Review
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Considering the lack of a comprehensive, multi-faceted overview of the ketogenic diet (KD) in relation to health issues, we compiled the evidence related to the use of the ketogenic diet in relation to its impact on the microbiome, the epigenome, diabetes, weight loss, cardiovascular health, and cancer. The KD diet could potentially increase genetic diversity of the microbiome and increase the ratio of
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