Ashe About Your Health: What is a ketogenic diet?

The word “diet” is often used colloquially to refer to a regiment of strict foods with the aim to regulate weight. Ketogenic diets are a popular diet to lose weight by consuming high levels of fats with low levels of carbohydrates. Daily Bruin Radio spoke with Dr. David Baron from the Ashe Center to understand what ketogenic diets are and how they affect one’s metabolism, as well as to review the scientific basis of diets.