"Ketogenic Diet" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A course of food intake that is high in FATS and low in CARBOHYDRATES. This diet provides sufficient PROTEINS for growth but insufficient amount of carbohydrates for the energy needs of the body. A ketogenic diet generates 80-90% of caloric requirements from fats and the remainder from proteins.
| Descriptor ID |
D055423
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.642.249.245.500 G07.203.650.240.245.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Diet, Ketogenic- Diet, Ketogenic
- Ketogenic Diet
- Diets, Ketogenic
- Ketogenic Diets
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