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Ketogenic Diet & Constipation

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Emily Barr

The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet used to treat intractable epilepsy. The diet has been used as far back as biblical times, although it became a medically recognized therapy for epilepsy in 1921.

A registered dietitian who began freelancing in 2008, Emily Barr's work focuses on nutrition and metabolism for the Skinny Gene Project, a non-profit organization for diabetes prevention. Barr has been working in the medical/health field since 1999, after completion of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in nutrition from Central Missouri State University and the University of Kansas, respectively.