The researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York used mice with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Once kidney damage had developed, half the mice were put onto the ketogenic diet for eight weeks.
Graphic: Louis Turner
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Once kidney damage had developed, half the mice were put onto the ketogenic diet for eight weeks.
It is also questionable whether the diet used in this model would be sustainable for humans, even in the short term.”
The highly controlled diet, which is 87% fat, mimics the effect of starvation and should not be used without medical advice.
After eight weeks the researchers noted that kidney damage was reversed.
Graphic: Louis Turner
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