Dr R K Sanghavi

   # RKS: KETO DIET - A DARK HORSE TO FIGHT OBESITY 1st February 2023 KETO DIET -  AN ENIGMA CELEBRATED 100 YEARS Dear Reader, The Keto diet was first conjured in 1825 based on the recommendation of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), a French lawyer and a politician, who is considered the father of low carbohydrate (carb) diet and who laid foundation of the future Ketogenic Diet (KD) therapy.  Dr. Russell Morse Wilder (1885-1959), a physician, diabetologist, epileptologist and medical researcher at the Mayo Clinic, built on this research and coined the term "Ketogenic Diet" which meant production of ketogenic bodies through an excess of fat and a lack of carbohydrates (carbs). KD is derived from the word ketogenesis, a Greek-based noun dating way back in 1910-1915. In 1994, the Hollywood producer Jim Abrahams, whose son's severe epilepsy was effectively controlled by the Keto diet, created the 'Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies' to further promote...