Extra credit presentation

1. Ketogenic
Diet
By Nicole Harpster
Stephen Lewis for The New York Times; Food
Stylist: Brett Kurzwei

2. What is a Ketogenic Diet?
What is a Ketogenic Diet?
Typical meal includes:
A
A
low carb, high fat
diet
 Moderate protein
 A very low
carbohydrate intake
small amount of
protein
 Source of natural
fats
 Some green leafy
vegetables

3. What you can eat:
 Meat
 Poultry
 Fish
& Shellfish
 Eggs
 Cheese
 Vegetables
 Nuts

4. Continued,
More of What You Can Eat :
 Fresh
herbs
and dry spices
 Most oil, butter
and cream
 Mayo & oil based
salad dressings
 Artificial sweeteners

5. A Ketogenic diet is healthy:
 Eliminates
carbohydrates and replaces
them with healthy fats and proteins
 Causes
you to lose weight quickly,
efficiently and safely
 You’ll
 Can
have more energy
reduce many serious
health issues

6. The Ketogenic Diet is used:
 As
a drug free cancer treatment
 To improve Epilepsy treatment
 To help people with Alzheimer's disease
 To provide mitochondrial support for many
different types of neurological disorders
 To give diabetics control over their blood sugar
 To eliminate gluten allergy symptoms
 To relieve symptoms of other allergic conditions

7. How Ketogenic Diet is a Drug
Free Cancer Treatment:



Cancer cells need
glucose to thrive
carbs turn into
glucose, which then
feed all cells
including cancer
cells
Instead of the cells
using glucose for
energy they absorb
ketones

cancer cells are not
able to use ketones
as an alternative
energy source

By cutting the
carbohydrates out of
your diet the cancer
cells starve

8. Current cancer Treatments:
 The
Ketogenic diet can be used to assist
in the patients existing cancer treatment
 It has also been used as the patients only
cancer treatment
 Two of the most common cancer
treatments are Chemotherapy and
Radiation.
 Although they can be quite effective the
side effects can be very extreme

9. Side effects of:
Chemotherapy
 Nausea
 Vomiting
 Hair loss
 Fatigue
 Extreme weight loss
Radiation:
 Diarrhea
 Hair loss in treated
area
 Mouth Problems
 Swelling
 Urinary and
bladder changes
The Ketogenic Diet has very few side effects including
weight loss, constipation, menstrual irregularities.

10. The Ketogenic Diet:
The Ketogenic
Diet is becoming
more and more
popular with its
many uses from
diets to serious
treatments
The End

11. Works Cited:
Ketogenic Diet May Be Key to Cancer Recovery. March 10, 2013
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/03/10/ketogenicdiet.aspx
Starving Cancer: Ketogenic Diet a Key to Recovery. Lorie Johnson. June 21,
2013
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/healthscience/2012/december/starvingcancer-ketogenic-diet-a-key-to-recovery/
What To Eat on a Ketogenic Diet. Anthony Mangia. February 16, 2012
http://www.theketogenicdiet.org/what-to-eat-on-a-ketogenic-diet/
Epilepsy’s Big Fat Miracle. FRED VOGELSTEIN. Published: November 17, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/magazine/21Epilepsyt.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
About Epilepsy. Ketogenic Diet.
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/aboutepilepsy/treatment/ketogenicdiet/
History and Origin of the Ketogenic Diet. James W. Wheless.
www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda.../9781588292599-c2.pdf