human
I've heard a lot about the ketogenic diet. What's it all about?
assistant
The ketogenic diet is a very low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet that has been used to treat epilepsy in children since the 1920s. It involves drastically reducing carbohydrate intake and replacing them with fat, which causes your body to burn fat for energy instead of carbohydrates. This can help reduce seizures in people with epilepsy by providing an alternative source of energy for their brain.