Health Benefits of the Ketogenic Diet

Dr. D'Agostino discusses mechanics and benefits of the ketogenic diet. Ketosis has many health benefits including increasing insulin sensitivity, enhancing brain metabolism, decreasing reactive oxygen species, spurring on mitochondrial biogenesis, and improvement of many health conditions. Ketosis is not to be confused with the Atkins Diet as the ketogenic diet does not recommend a high amount of protein as high protein levels lead to sugar spikes and an increase in insulin levels which many experts believe leads to the pathway of chronic diseases. One does not need to be in ketosis all the time in order to get its benefits. Periodic ketosis can be aided with certain dietary tricks such as MCT oils, bulletproof coffee. Ketosis has been shown to help with cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as seizures, ALzheimer's disease.