Abstract
The ketogenic diet was first developed in the 1920s as a treatment for epilepsy in
an attempt to create a prolonged physiologic starvation state. Since that time, the
diet has been found to have other therapeutic effects, most of which are neurologic.
Other diets, mostly based on the principals of caloric restriction, have been shown
to improve fertility in certain populations. We explore the data, both clinical and
laboratory, for potential fertility enhancing benefits of the ketogenic diet, beyond
just caloric restriction or weight loss.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: October 24, 2012
Accepted:
October 2,
2012
Received:
September 27,
2012
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