i am on a keto diet.
[{"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": "user", "content": "I've been thinking about getting on a Ketogenic diet lately and getting my body into a state of Ketosis.  Have you ever tried it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Is that similar to Atkins ? If so, yes i have "}, {"role": "user", "content": "It's another kind of diet that's different than Atkins."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh ok, well i am familiar with ketosis which forces the body to burn its own fat for fuel and i did get good results when i did that"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Right, whereas the Atkins diet works in phases.  The Ketogenic diet is a high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb diet."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I am definitely interested. I have only ever thought of ketone diets as either Atkins or Southbeach etc, so i would like to learn some more. Sounds good to me"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It's a great diet.  Basically it's well known for being a low carb diet where the body produces ketones in the liver to be used as energy."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "i just hear so much bad things regarding low carb diets now a days about high fat etc that i would be concerned about high cholestoral. Is that common?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "As long as you're getting your cholesterol from healthy sources such as eggs."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "i am going to research more into it, i am obese and i very much want to begin a healthy diet"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Along with your healthy diet, try getting some exercise each day.  Start with just a few minutes and work your way up to 30 minutes or an hour.  Even if it takes a long time."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Could you tell me if the ketone diet is recommended if you are diabetic and follow a diabetic diet?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Indeed.  A Ketogenic Diet can have a positive effect on glucose levels, while reducing the need for insulin!  It's a diet that is becoming known for easing the symptoms of diabetes."}]