There ketogenic diet it is not new in recent years and the benefits of this diet, characterized by a very low carbohydrate content, moderate quantity of proteins and rich in fats, have been ascertained by numerous studies. In the same way, however, studies that warn against have also increased possible risks of this type of food plan to be followed under the strict supervision of your nutritionist. The latest one highlighted the possible negative consequences on the heart and kidneys.
To reveal that following a ketogenic diet for prolonged periods, without any breaks, could promote cell aging was a study conducted by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in collaboration with other universities and research institutes in the United States and published in the journal Science Advances.
The study was carried out in the laboratory, using mice as guinea pigs to understand the possible unexplored effects of the ketogenic diet in the long term. As often happens in these studies, US researchers administered two different types of ketogenic diet to two groups of mice of different ages.
By analyzing the effects of the different eating style, it was discovered that, in the long term, the ketogenic diet would favor the aging of cells, the so-called senescenceand their accumulation in the tissues with negative consequences on cardiac and renal functions.
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The same study, however, also gave us some good news: it was enough interrupt the diet for short periods ketogenic to eliminate this possible side effect and thus avoid faster cellular aging with all the cascading consequences, in particular on the heart and kidneys.
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The discovery coming from the United States is actually the confirmation of something that is already applied in the ketogenic diet, with nutritionists generally predicting a phase of this special 3-week diet followed by a one-week break, the so-called diet break.
