The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children and adults.
There is also claims that it can help with cancer.
Research is still controversial about its role in cancer treatment.
Evidence do show the benefits of a ketogenic diet for insulin resistance, curbs appetite, weight loss, positive effect in cholesterol (bad cholesterol decrease and good cholesterol increase), Reduced Blood Sugar and Insulin Levels, With a Major Improvement in Type 2 Diabetes, decrease in blood pressure, Are The Most Effective Treatment Known Against Metabolic Syndrome, Are Therapeutic For Several Brain Disorders andA Greater Proportion of the fat loss Comes From The Abdominal Cavity.