Rhonda Patrick· PhD
So in taking a step back, the classical ketogenic diet would be like a 4:1 or 3:1 diet, and that's, kind of, the ratios of the macronutrients. Four being fat and one being a combination of carbohydrates and protein together. So a pretty protein-restricted diet. And the ketogenic diet is not a high-protein diet. It's actually moderate to low protein diet. And most people don't understand that, they think, especially in the fitness community, if they go on a ketogenic diet...if they say they've been on a ketogenic diet, what they will describe to me would be a very low-carbohydrate, high-protein, moderate-fat diet, but the ketogenic diet as it is used classically for drug-resistant epilepsy, the original was, like, 90% fat, like 85% to 90% fat and maybe about 10% protein, typically, and 8% to 10% protein, and a very minimal amount of carbohydrates, and it was heavily based upon the used of dairy fat. So dairy was the primary, kind of, vehicle, yeah, to get calories into you.