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With a rise in ketotogenic-friendly product launches to a recently launched low-carb front-of-pack logo, Brazil's keto market may be small but it interest is growing.

The Keto-focused restaurant will build on their existing business, Keto2Go, but add quick-serve and meals to go to an already established offering of pre-packaged ketogenic meals.

Taking place Wednesday, December 11, at Cvltvra Restaurant at the Gabriel Hotel in downtown Miami, Chefs Cook Keto promises plenty of eating, drinking, and live music, as well as an educational component for guests looking to learn more about the ketogenic diet and how to make keto-friendly food at home. More a lifestyle than a fad, the keto diet is high in fats and low in carbohydrates, forcing the body into a state of ketosis, in which fat instead of glucose is burned.

Introduced about 100 years to treat drug-resistant epilepsy, and incorporated into a phase of the Atkins diet in the 1970s, the ketogenic diet could have a new role: boosting the immune system. This possibility emerged when research indicated that a ketone metabolite could inhibit inflammatory secretions from immune cells. Since production of this metabolite is induced by the ketogenic diet, which causes ketones to be released into the bloodstream, researchers reasoned that the diet could affect the immune systems response to pathogens such as the flu virus.

DessertCrazy claims to be Philadelphia's first keto, low carb, gluten-free bakery. Owner Candace Conway, a scientist with a sweet tooth, is the creative mind behind this array of delectable sweet treats. Conway, who was diagnosed as pre-diabetic, couldn't imagine a life without sugar. So she put her chemistry background to work, developing delicious desserts that wouldn't cause her sugar to spike.

The keto diet amounts to a strict Atkins diet, and people often turn to it in an attempt to lose weight. The scientific evidence on its effectiveness is limited, but enthusiasts swear by the diet’s power to ward off hunger, increase mental alertness, and boost athletic endurance. Meanwhile, scientists have known for decades that the keto diet can prevent epileptic seizures even when pharmaceutical treatments have failed.

Food is closely linked to health, yet federal nutrition research is underfunded, even as the costs of diet-related diseases are skyrocketing. Does Washington hold the key to solving the obesity crisis?

In group medical visits for diabetes, adding intensive weight management with low-carbohydrate diets was as effective in improving blood sugar levels as conventional medication management, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The keto diet has gained a lot of popularity recently, and Barbara Cook and Alyssa Gorospe have created what they consider “a game changer” when it comes to sweets.

Before Elon Musk sends people to Mars, he might want to consult Dr. Stephen Phinney about what the space explorers should eat. Phinney, a nutritional biochemist and chief medical officer of diabetes-reversal company Virta Health, has been studying nutrition, and particularly ketosis, for decades.