Severe Hyperlipidemia With LDL Cholesterol of 393 Milligrams per Decilitre After 7 Months of High Fat Ketogenic Diet: A Rare Case Report

摘要

Introduction: Ketogenic diet (KD) is now a popular weight-loss diet with other proclaimed health benefits. KD is largely safe in the short-term especially if done under medical supervision to monitor for well-described side effects like hyperlipidemia among others. We report a case of KD-induced drastic elevation in LDL cholesterol.