The very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) represents an opportunity to attain clinically relevant weight loss in obese patients. Functional hypogonadism represents a frequent hormonal disorder associated with obesity and visceral fat accumulation characterised by low testosterone levels and subnormal luteinising hormone (LH) levels.

Very low-calorie ketogenic diet rapidly augments testosterone levels in non-diabetic obese subjects

Cignarelli, Angelo;Genchi, Valentina Annamaria;Giordano, Fiorella;Di Leo, Simona;Natalicchio, Annalisa;Laviola, Luigi;Giorgino, Francesco;Perrini, Sebastio
2022-01-01

Abstract

The very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) represents an opportunity to attain clinically relevant weight loss in obese patients. Functional hypogonadism represents a frequent hormonal disorder associated with obesity and visceral fat accumulation characterised by low testosterone levels and subnormal luteinising hormone (LH) levels.
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