i am a meat eater.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Normally, the carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is particularly important in fueling brain-function. However, if there is little carbohydrate in the diet, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies. The ketone bodies pass into the brain and replace glucose as an energy source. An elevated level of ketone bodies in the blood, a state known as ketosis, leads to a reduction in the frequency of epileptic seizures. Almost half of children, and young people, with epilepsy who have tried some form of this diet saw the number of seizures drop by at least half, and the effect persists even after discontinuing the diet. There is some evidence that adults with epilepsy may benefit from the diet, and that a less strict regimen, such as a modified Atkins diet, is similarly effective. The most common adverse effect is constipation, affecting about 30% of patients\u2014this was due to fluid restriction, which was once a feature of the diet, but this led to increased risk of kidney stones, and is no longer considered beneficial.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "How familiar are you with the Ketogenic diet?  Is that something you've tried? "}, {"role": "user", "content": "My husband and I actually did some research on it a couple weeks ago. We have tried other diets that are similar. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Was it successful?  I have some friends who tried it, but I can't tell if it's just a fad diet or if it really works. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I would say it's very effective. Mostly because you're cutting sugar and secondly because you're cutting carbs. Those were the two things we did with the other diet and the results have been great so far. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I tried the Elimination Diet, but that backfired after a couple days of drinking weird green liquids. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Haha! That sounds like a lot of fun! I really wanted to try the keto diet but I hated the fact that you can't have fruit. Is keto something you've wanted to try?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I've thought about trying it.  I mostly want one that pushes me a little, but doesn't make me feel miserable. ha. No weird liquids!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I would check out Trim Healthy Mama. I liked it because you get to eat carbs and fat. You just time them so that your body is digesting one fuel source at a time. And it's all about healthy carbs. It also cuts sugar which does wonders. "}]