General Health References

Independent educational reading related to ketogenic diets.

Keto Meal Planner is a planning tool, not a medical service. Recipe nutrition values are source estimates and are not calculated from the publications below. These references discuss definitions, evidence limitations, possible adverse effects, and situations that may require clinical supervision; they do not validate the app's recipes or recommendations.

Independent reviews

  1. Ketogenic Diet: A Review of Composition Diversity, Mechanism of Action and Clinical Application — Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2024.
  2. Ketogenic diet in clinical populations—a narrative review — Frontiers in Medicine, 2024.
  3. Does a Ketogenic Diet Have a Place Within Diabetes Clinical Practice? — Diabetes Therapy, 2024.
  4. Ketogenic diet and cardiovascular risk—state of the art review — Current Problems in Cardiology, 2024.

When to seek professional guidance

Consult a qualified healthcare professional before starting a ketogenic diet, especially if you have diabetes or blood-sugar regulation concerns, are pregnant or breastfeeding, have kidney or liver disease, kidney stones, a history of disordered eating, take blood-pressure or heart medication, or have had your gallbladder removed.