Keto Diet

Ketone ester research highlights insights into athletic performance

12-Oct-2023 By Claudia Adrien

For Frank Llosa, it was an unlikely career transition from real estate professional to founder of a performance drink company focused on ketones.

Keto diet may aid neurological diseases, researchers say

09-May-2022 By Liza Laws

Changes in eating habits can have a beneficial effect on the condition of our body, but also on the development and course of many diseases, researchers say.

No dieting silver bullets, expert says

03-Mar-2022 By Hank Schultz

Sports nutrition products are often linked to certain diet plans, such as ketogenic diets, high protein/low fat approaches and others. A nutrition expert says the prosaic takeaway is that all of these have been shown to work, provided that consumers...

More fat means less hair, study suggests

04-Oct-2021 By Danielle Masterson

Heart disease, diabetes and sleep apnea are just a few of the conditions associated with unhealthy eating habits. New research suggests we can add hair loss to that list.

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Glanbia Nutritionals launches KetoSure MCT to support a ketogenic diet

29-Jul-2021

The new ingredient combines a coconut based MCT-C8 with whey protein for a clean label MCT solution for the ketogenic diet category.

Review points to effectiveness of keto diet, but also cites wide range of evidence quality

10-Jun-2021 By Hank Schultz

Do ketogenic diets work? A recently published review of scientific evidence on the subject came back with the answer: “Yes, but . . . “

RCT: Balance better than cyclical keto diet for athletic performance

17-Sep-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

A cyclical keto diet and a a nutritionally balanced diet are equally effective at reducing body weight but a balanced diet is better for improving anaerobic and strength performance, according to a recent RCT involving healthy young men.

Review suggests keto diets don’t boost endurance athletes’ performance

08-Jul-2020 By Hank Schultz

A review published in a sports science journal has found little support for the notion that ketogenic diets can improve performance for endurance athletes.

Will keto craze be among things that won’t survive pandemic?

16-Jun-2020 By Hank Schultz

The keto trend may have run its course, with the tumult caused by the pandemic crisis as a final push over the edge, a clinical nutritionist says.

Keto diet helps female athletes drop more fat, but not gain strength

15-Apr-2020 By Hank Schultz

A new study has found that a ketogenic diet helped trained female subjects lose fat while maintaining muscle. But it concluded the diet was ‘suboptimal’ for building additional muscle during a training regimen.