Quote by Eric Westman MD

“A purely ketogenic diet is one that derives 80 to 90 percent of calories from fat, and the rest from carbohydrate and protein.”

— David Perlmutter

“Many chronic symptoms and health conditions—such as fatigue, sleepiness, mood disorders, insomnia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, lipid disorders, high blood pressure, headaches (including migraines), gas,…

— Eric Westman MD

“Dr. Pescatore sees the ketogenic diet as a way to “enjoy life to the fullest and eat really well along the way.”

— Eric Westman MD

“Keto is different from other low-carb diets because the goal is not only to restrict carbohydrate intake, but also to enter and maintain a…

— Celby Richoux

“Humans went into ketosis every winter for thousands of generations. Being in a low level of ketosis is the more natural state for our…

— Eric Westman MD

“To quote Gary Taubes, “In fact, we can define this mild ketosis as the normal state of human metabolism when we’re not eating the…

— David Perlmutter

“Confusion about the difference between ketosis and ketoacidosis is a major issue.”

— Eric Westman MD

“the ADA makes no mention of the therapeutic use of ketogenic diets in controlling blood sugar and improving health—including”

— Eric Westman MD

“so-called ketogenic diet has been a treatment for epilepsy since the early 1920s”

— David Perlmutter

For some reason, people are so afraid of carbs. They're really the building block for what we do, especially if you're active and you…

— Billy Gunn

“Carbohydrates are not required in a healthy human diet. Another way to say this (as proponents of carbohydrate restriction have) is that there is…

— Gary Taubes

I think the Keto Diet - no offense to those who like it - I think it's kind of dumb. Physiologically... as a doctor...…

— Terry Dubrow