Sam Dickinson
As the epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes continue to worsen around the globe, a thorough evaluation of the evidence of the risks and benefits of popular diets becomes increasingly important over time.Interest in the ketogenic diet and its potential to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes has been steadily growing in recent years. With a minimal amount of calories coming from carbohydrates and the majority of calories coming from fat, this diet leads to a state of physiological ketosis, in which ketone bodies replace glucose as the primary source of energy.