Hello Everyone, We are here to announce that we are modifying the name of our institution from ‘Asian institute of Ketogenic diet’ to “Asian Institute of Ketogenic therapy”. As you can see it is just one word change but very important change as now a days term “Diet” is taken casually by Patients and […]
Ketogenic diet for weight loss is making headlines these days. There is a sudden, rising interest in the role of Ketogenic diet in weight loss. It’s the most controversial topic / debating point in the newspaper. Some says its best for weight loss and a few say a big ‘NO’. Confusing? So here is the […]
Team effort, dedication and patient belief co-operation will lead to successful set up of ketogenic diet clinic in any part of world. For KD center, we need multi-disciplinary team which is as follows:- MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM But do they all need to learn ketogenic diet in detail- the answer is NO’. Then who needs the […]
As mentioned in our earlier post, there is lot more in store for you in terms of Ketogenic diet (KD) and exercise in neurological conditions. So let us understand how exercise creates a myriad effects. Last week we explained you one of the most important factors, namely, BDNF. Now let us examine other mechanisms:- First […]
Exercise is a hot favourite recently with gyms sprouting in every locality and every lane. Today on our website we are going to talk about exercise and keto diet, but not for weight loss or muscle building purposes, but as an adjuvant therapy for medical disorders. Yes you heard it right!! – for medical disorders. […]
Diwali teaches us the importance of Diyas. The way one diya can lighten up hundreds of diyas similarly our centre has endeavoured to spread the light by training other keto centres all over ASIA through workshops spread over the last ten years. Since two years the Asian Institute of Ketogenic Diet (AIKD) started an online […]
The Ketogenic diet is a low carbohydrate, high fat normal protein diet. It is a therapeutic diet that has been used since the 1920s for treating uncontrolled epilepsy. Recently it is being tried in other medical conditions like cancers, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and progressive MS. So can you ‘cheat’ for just one or a few […]
Ketogenic Diet is a high fat low carbohydrate normal protein diet that was first introduced for uncontrolled epilepsy. One of the important absolute restriction is that ‘NO SUGAR’ is allowed. This is because natural sugar is an obstacle to the production of Ketones. Ketosis or formation of Ketones in body is the main ingredient in […]
Hello everyone, We would like to share Dr. Nathan’s poster presentation at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) July 16-20, 2017, London, England. Topic presented as follow:- Use of Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) – Pilot Trial. For more detail, please check the attached link:- Poster AD and KD London final
The ketogenic diet is a high fat low carbohydrate and sufficient protein diet. It mimics the fasting effect on the body metabolism namely, forcing the body to use fat (either stored in the body or from the food ingested) as the primary energy source. Normally in a fed state the body uses carbohydrate from the […]