title: Should the ketogenic diet be considered for enhancing fertility?
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.
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. DKulak@montefiore.org
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kulak
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Polotsky
mesh_terms: D031204:Caloric Restriction; D055423:Diet, Ketogenic; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000178:diet therapy; D005260:Female; D006019:Glycolysis; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000178:diet therapy*; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000378:metabolism; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D007657:Ketone Bodies