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

2. What is a Ketogenic Diet? What is a Ketogenic Diet?Typical meal includes:AAlow carb, high fat diet Moderate protein A very low carbohydrate intakesmall 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 : Freshherbs and dry spices Most oil, butter and cream Mayo & oil based salad dressings Artificial sweeteners 5. A Ketogenic diet is healthy: Eliminatescarbohydrates and replaces them with healthy fats and proteins Causesyou to lose weight quickly, efficiently and safely Youll Canhave more energyreduce many serious health issues 6. The Ketogenic Diet is used: Asa 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 ketonescancer cells are not able to use ketones as an alternative energy sourceBy cutting the carbohydrates out of your diet the cancer cells starve 8. Current cancer Treatments: TheKetogenic 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 lossRadiation: Diarrhea Hair loss in treated area Mouth Problems Swelling Urinary and bladder changesThe 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/Epilepsys 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