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.

Dynamics of 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone in winter wheat : Effects of photoperiod and temperature.

6-Methoxybenzoxazolinone (6-MBOA), a compound derivable from some freshly growing plants, is known to stimulate reproduction in some mammals and birds. Winter wheat was studied under controlled laboratory conditions to determine the effects of photoperiod and temperature on derivable 6-MBOA content. Longer photoperiods decrease the amount of derivable 6-MBOA per gram of fresh material in 4-day-old wheat seedlings.

Seasonal variations in activity rhythms of male voles: mediation by gonadal hormones.

Adult male Microtus montanus were castrated or sham-castrated and housed under 16 hours of light (LD 16:8). Castrates showed increased preference for diurnal and decreased preference for nocturnal activity compared to shams. Castrates showed a trend toward increased crepuscular preference.

Diel plasma testosterone rhythms in male Microtus montanus, the montane vole, under long and short photoperiods.

Diel plasma testosterone rhythms were examined in adult male Microtus montanus, a seasonal breeder which displays nocturnal locomotor activity under long photoperiod and diurnal activity under short photoperiod. Under 16 hr light:8 hr dark (16L:8D), plasma testosterone levels peak during the light at 11.8 ng/ml.