We should pay attention to some possible problems when implementing ketogenic diet, such as drowsiness and dehydration caused by hypoglycemia when hungry. Excessive ketone bodies and acidosis can cause vomiting. After a period of observation in the hospital, you can leave the hospital and continue to use ketogenic diet at home. If the effect is good, you can first treat it with a 4:1 ketogenic diet for 1 ~ 2 years, then switch to a 3:1 diet for half a year, if it still hasn't broken out, switch to a 2:1 diet for half a year, and finally stop the ketogenic diet and return to a normal diet.

The ketogenic diet should be started in the hospital, and fasting (usually 48 hours) is needed to detect the changes of ketone bodies and blood sugar in the body, and then the ketogenic diet should be started. The ketogenic diet is dominated by fat, and the ratio with other nutrients is 4:1 (namely, 4 parts of fat, 1 parts of carbohydrate and protein). The daily heat supply is 251.2 ~ 334.9 kilojoules/kg body weight (61~81 kilocalories/kg body weight), and the protein is calculated as 1 ~ 2 grams/kg body weight.

Precautions for Ketogenic Diet

Ketogenic diet is a high-fat and low-carbon hydrate diet. protein accounts for 21%-25% of the functional ratio, while carbohydrates account for only 5%-11%, and fat accounts for the vast majority, accounting for 71%-81%.

The concept of ketogenic diet was first put forward by American doctors in 1921. It was originally used to treat epilepsy, but now it is also used to treat various diseases such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, autism, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, polycystic ovary syndrome and brain spinal cord injury.