title: The Ketogenic Diet and Sport: A Possible Marriage?
abstract: The ketogenic diet (KD) is used widely as a weight loss strategy and, more rarely, as therapy for some diseases. In many sports, weight control is often necessary (boxing, weightlifting, wrestling, etc.), but the KD usually is not considered. Our hypothesis is that KD might be used to achieve fat loss without affecting strength/power performance negatively.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova; and 2Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; and 3Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paoli
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D015992:Body Mass Index; D050528:Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted; D055423:Diet, Ketogenic / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose