Science of Low Carb Keto Diet for Dogs

The Science is Clear...

Humans should be powered by fat and protein - not carbs. And the same goes for our dogs!

Every day, more and more research supports a low carb diet for optimal nutrition and health. Ketogenic and low carb diets are being researched as nutritional strategies to optimize health in many ways, including: Longevity, Improved Cognition, Cancer Prevention & Treatment, Seizure Control, and more.

You can find many of these powerful studies below. And as more research is published, we'll continue to update this list.

Longevity / Life Extension

A ketogenic diet extends longevity and healthspan in adult mice

A high-fat diet reverses metabolic disorders and premature aging by modulating insulin and IGF1 signaling in SIRT6 knockout mice.

Low-carb diet may reverse age-related brain deterioration

Obesity / Diabetes

Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base

Benefits of Ketogenic Diet for Management of Type Two Diabetes: A Review

Very Low-Calorie Ketogenic Diet: A Safe and Effective Tool for Weight Loss in Patients With Obesity and Mild Kidney Failure.

Cancer Treatment / Prevention

Significance of low-carbohydrate diets and fasting in patients with cancer

Suppression of insulin feedback enhances the efficacy of PI3K inhibitors

Ketogenic diet in cancer therapy

Epilepsy

Ketogenic diet for epilepsy treatment.

Seizure control by ketogenic diet-associated medium chain fatty acids

Ketogenic diets and protective mechanisms in epilepsy, metabolic disorders, cancer, neuronal loss, and muscle and nerve degeneration.

Cognitive Function

A Ketogenic Diet Improves Cognition and Has Biochemical Effects in Prefrontal Cortex That Are Dissociable From Hippocampus

Ketone Bodies Promote Amyloid-β1-40 Clearance in a Human in Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model.

Dietary ketosis enhances memory in mild cognitive impairment.

Neuroprotective effects of the ketogenic diet.