Ketogenic diet as a potential intervention for lipedema.

Lipedema (LI) is a common yet misdiagnosed condition, often misconstrued with obesity. LI affects women almost exclusively, and its painful and life-changing symptoms have long been thought to be resistant to the lifestyle interventions such as diet and exercise. In this paper, we discuss possible mechanisms by which patients adopting a ketogenic diet (KD) can alleviate many of the unwanted clinical features of LI.

Lifestyle Modification Group for Lymphedema and Obesity Results in Significant Health Outcomes.

This study investigated whether a lifestyle modification program that encouraged a ketogenic diet (KD) for participants with lymphedema and obesity would reduce weight and limb volume and improve quality of life. A total of 12 participants with lymphedema and obesity (mean body mass index = 38.38; SD = 7.

Activity of castrated male voles: rhythms of responses to testosterone replacement.

Male Microtus montanus are reported to decrease nocturnality in the absence o testosterone (T). Castrated male voles, housed in activity wheels under LD 16:8, received 21 daily injections of either 0, 30, 60, or 120 micrograms T at either 2 hours after lights on midlight, 2 hours before lights off, or middark. Significant increase in both nocturnality and total activity occurred only in response to T administration at midlight and 2 hours before lights off.

Hormonal regulation of preputial gland function in male Microtus montanus, the montane vole.

1. Preputial gland function in male Microtus montanus is androgen-dependent, both in terms of preputial weights and in the production of a series of lipids which are present in M. montanus and absent from Microtus pennsylvanicus.

Effect of 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone on sex ratio and breeding performance in Microtus montanus.

The plant derivative, 6-mathoxybenzoxazolinone (6-MBOA), which has been demonstrated to initiate reproduction in field populations of the montane meadow vole (Microtus montanus), was administered via feeding or Silastic capsule implants to mated pairs of laboratory bred M. montanus. The animals remained paired for 120 days, and the number, size, and sex ratios of the resulting litters were recorded.