human
I've been hearing a lot about the ketogenic diet. What is it?
assistant
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that has been used to treat epilepsy since the 1920s. It involves drastically reducing your carbohydrate intake and replacing them with fat and protein. This forces your body to burn fat instead of carbohydrates for energy, which can help reduce seizures in some people.