With so many different diet plans and conflicting advice, it may be difficult to determine the right way to eat.

Both low-carb and keto diets restrict how many carbohydrates you can consume per day, emphasizing high-protein foods and healthy fats instead. Keto is a more restrictive diet so it's often associated ...

A keto fast may help you shift into a fat-burning state faster than following a keto diet or regular fasting alone. Benefits may include weight loss, more stable blood sugar, and improved energy, but ...

This month’s publication in JAMA Psychiatry, by researchers from the University of Toronto, Canada, shows small to moderate improvements in depressive symptoms when people are on a ketogenic diet ...

When she was 3 years old, Alana "Lani" Silverberg was eating a cookie when she started turning blue. Her mom, Sara, thought her daughter was choking and called 911. Lani was taken to Johns Hopkins ...

Researchers led by St Michael's Hospital in Toronto report that ketogenic diets are associated with modest reductions in depressive symptoms in adults, while evidence for anxiety remains uncertain.

The ketogenic diet (KD) is unique in improving symptoms for many conditions, from epilepsy to addiction, according to a recent JAMA Psychiatry article. It’s a high-fat, very-low-carbohydrate ...

A ketogenic diet may improve symptoms of depression, according to a new review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry. Effects were strongest overall in trials that confirmed a state of ...

Mizzou scientists are exploring how a ketogenic diet may protect the brain and prevent Alzheimer’s in people genetically predisposed to it. Their study found that female mice with the APOE4 gene ...

Research in mice shows dangerous consequences of a very high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet. Keto was associated with fatty liver disease and harmed blood sugar regulation, with some changes happening ...

Young rats given a ketogenic diet were largely protected from the mental and behavioral issues caused by prenatal stress. The high-fat, low-carb diet appeared to safeguard brain development and ...

Being on the keto diet for a long time may does more harm than good to metabolic health. A yearlong study in mice showed that although the diet initially reduced their weight, over time it led to ...