THE KETOGENIC DIET: IS IT FOR YOU? Recently, the ketogenic diet has become very popular for folks wanting rapid weight loss—which includes many of us seniors. It involves slashing the carbs you consume and replacing it with fat. This puts your body in a state of ketosis. The ketogenic diet typically contains 75% fat, 20% protein and only 5% carbohydrates. This is more carb restrictive and fat favorable than the Atkins Diet which is 60-70% fat, 20-30% protein and 10% carbohydrates (although it begins with a strict 2-week ketogenic phase). Here’s a more detailed description by Marcelo Campos, MD in...