Diet Protocol
Very low-carbohydrate dietary pattern designed to sustain nutritional ketosis.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Superscript reference numbers link to the Sources bibliography.
Composite Rating
Blends evidence depth, community direction, safety friction, and completeness.
Evidence Intensity
100/100
High depth from human/RCT/meta counts
Community Direction
45
Positive Lean • confidence Low
Safety Friction
100/100
High signal from adverse/interaction markers
Data Completeness
100%
Studies 16 • mentions 20 • links 25
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Best fit: Users with high adherence capacity and clear metabolic targets..[406,1229,2750, etc.]
Goal alignment: Metabolic Health, Body Composition, Brain Health.[406,1229,2750, etc.]
Protocol Type
Diet Plan
Evidence Tier
HIGH
Best Fit
Users with high adherence capacity and clear metabolic targets.
Primary Focus
Metabolic Health, Body Composition
Clinical Depth
Humans: 3,726 • RCTs: 208 • Meta: 98
Cohort / Real-World
Cohort signals: 411
Safety Markers
Adverse signals: 654 • Interactions: 0
Freshness, trend, and study timeline for this item
Status
Trend
↑ Growing evidence base
Depth
3726 total studies · 4 recent
Timeline
Total indexed
3,726
Human studies
3,726
Safety adverse signals
654
Cohort signals
411
Mechanistic signals
319
Adherence/dropout signals
316
Weighted direction score: 45 (Positive Lean)
High when large human trial/meta/cohort volume exists for the named dietary protocol.
Total indexed
3,726
Human studies
3,726
Safety adverse signals
654
Cohort signals
411
Mechanistic signals
319
Adherence/dropout signals
316
Randomized trials
208
Meta-analyses
98
Distribution of evidence by study design strength
Evidence Strength: High
PMID 36012064 • 2022 Aug 22
Ketogenic Diet Benefits to Weight Loss, Glycemic Control, and Lipid Profiles in Overweight Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trails.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Open PubMedPMID 35027683 • 2022 Sep
Ketogenic diet for epilepsy: an overview of systematic review and meta-analysis.
Eur J Clin Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 33882506 • 2021
European Guidelines for Obesity Management in Adults with a Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Benefit reports: 4
Adverse reports: 1
No-effect reports: 0
Mixed reports: 1
Unclear reports: 14
Signal confidence: 0.37
Benefits
Adverse
No Effect
Community confidence 0.37 with mentions: benefit 2, adverse 0, no-effect 0.
Subreddit coverage: keto.
post • r/keto • unclear
Doing keto diet for several years and just got diagnosed with pre diabetes …. WTF! I’m perplexed as to how this is possible. I don’t consume very many carbs or sugars. A1C 5.8 Also LDL at 120 they want me back on statins. Not sure if I’m c…
Open mentionpost • r/keto • benefit
Husband's on a keto diet. What are some good side dishes as alternatives to rice, chips, or mashed potato? Hi everyone, while I am not personally on a keto diet, my husband is and I like to cook. I'm basically asking what it says in the ti…
Open mentionpost • r/keto • mixed
Is the keto diet actually effective for long-term weight loss, or is it mostly short-term results? I’m considering keto mainly for weight loss, but I keep seeing mixed opinions. Some people say it helped them lose fat and control hunger, w…
Evidence Sources
PUBMED • Human diet protocol literature
Counts from structured PubMed protocol-specific query set.
Outcome: Humans 3726, RCT 208, meta 98, cohort 411.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 36012064 from Int J Environ Res Public Health.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,, etc.]
Composite of study volume, RCTs, and meta-analyses
Obes Facts
PMID 38006799 • 2023 Dec
The effects of the ketogenic diet for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of recent studies.
Diabetes Metab Syndr
Open PubMedPMID 35144527 • 2022 Feb
Ketogenic diet in pediatric seizures: a randomized controlled trial review and meta-analysis.
Expert Rev Neurother
Open PubMedPMID 35243868 • 2022 Aug 25
Effects of very low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet on lipid metabolism in patients with type II diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis.
Nutr Hosp
Open PubMedPMID 35641199 • 2022 Sep 2
Effect of a ketogenic diet versus Mediterranean diet on glycated hemoglobin in individuals with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The interventional Keto-Med randomized crossover trial.
Am J Clin Nutr
Open PubMedPMID 38473723 • 2024 Feb 20
The Effect of a Ketogenic Diet versus Mediterranean Diet on Clinical and Biochemical Markers of Inflammation in Patients with Obesity and Psoriatic Arthritis: A Randomized Crossover Trial.
Int J Mol Sci
Open PubMedPMID 30098269 • 2018 Aug
Low-fat versus ketogenic diet in Parkinson's disease: A pilot randomized controlled trial.
Mov Disord
Open PubMedPMID 39617882 • 2024 Dec 2
The effects of portfolio moderate-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets on anthropometric indices, metabolic status, and hormonal levels in overweight or obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.
Nutr J
Open PubMedPMID 39771001 • 2024 Dec 19
Development and Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Healthy Ketogenic Diet Versus Energy-Restricted Diet on Weight Loss in Adults with Obesity.
Nutrients
Open PubMedPMID 33622392 • 2021 Feb 23
Randomized crossover trial of a modified ketogenic diet in Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimers Res Ther
Open PubMedPMID 38547601 • 2024 May
Ketogenic Diet Intervention on Metabolic and Psychiatric Health in Bipolar and Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial.
Psychiatry Res
Open PubMedPMID 34032648 • 2021
Diet and Mental Health.
Mod Trends Psychiatry
Open PubMedPMID 36293616 • 2022 Oct 11
Mediterranean Diet versus Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet: Effects of Reaching 5% Body Weight Loss on Body Composition in Subjects with Overweight and with Obesity-A Cohort Study.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Open PubMedPMID 28178565 • 2017 Feb 7
Multi-dimensional Roles of Ketone Bodies in Fuel Metabolism, Signaling, and Therapeutics.
Cell Metab
Open PubMedpost • r/keto • unclear
Why do you need high fat for the keto diet? I literally don’t understand why you need to have fats in your diet for the keto diet. Isn’t the whole point that the fat that’s already in your body is what’s getting burned for energy? Why can’…
Open mentionpost • r/keto • unclear
What's your favorite meal that doesn't feel like it's "made to fit a Keto diet?" What's your go-to or favorite meal that you eat while on Keto, which doesn't feel like you're cutting corners or "eating something restrictive," so to speak? …
Open mentionpost • r/keto • unclear
Keto diet and high LDLs. Think I have to call it quits... Posting because I don't know what to do. I adopted a keto diet about 2 months ago due to a diabetes diagnosis about year ago, and really wanted to reverse my insulin resistance. I'v…
Open mentioncomment • r/keto • unclear
As someone who was a longtime Keto eater and later in life diagnosed diabetic ill give you two pieces of advice (please stop reading after this): 1. Get a second opinion and demand a full and complete blood panel for both T1 and T2 (along …
Open mentioncomment • r/keto • unclear
Ohhhhh...I wonder... I've been pre diabetic for YEARS, despite many of those years being keto. But I put two drops of sucralose into my large cup of tea. Which I drink about six of a day. I'll have to look into this.
Open mentioncomment • r/keto • unclear
sucralose doesn't spike blood sugar, that's not physiologically possible. it can create a very small and short *insulin* (not blood sugar) burst from the sweet taste but even that is orders of magnitudes smaller than a meal. lots of artifi…
Open mentioncomment • r/keto • unclear
This! \[ETA: it will show you definitely whether your blood glucose level is responding to your "keto" food and give you an actual average blood glucose level (A1c only estimates that). Also, one elevated A1c is NOT sufficient to diagnosis…
Open mentionCommunity Sources
PUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 35027683 from Eur J Clin Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2021 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 33882506 from Obes Facts.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2023 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38006799 from Diabetes Metab Syndr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 35144527 from Expert Rev Neurother.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 35243868 from Nutr Hosp.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 35641199 from Am J Clin Nutr.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38473723 from Int J Mol Sci.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2018 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 30098269 from Mov Disord.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 39617882 from Nutr J.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 39771001 from Nutrients.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2021 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 33622392 from Alzheimers Res Ther.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2024 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 38547601 from Psychiatry Res.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2021 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 34032648 from Mod Trends Psychiatry.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2022 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 36293616 from Int J Environ Res Public Health.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open sourcePUBMED • 2017 • Human evidence curation set
PMID 28178565 from Cell Metab.
Outcome: See linked PubMed abstract for methods and outcomes.[2750,3078,3948, etc.]
Open source