Table 1 Summary of the gut microbiota changes induced by the ketogenic diet

From: Ketogenic diet for human diseases: the underlying mechanisms and potential for clinical implementations

Year

Model

Treatment

Increase

Decrease

Olson et al.78

Mice

4-day KD

Akkermansia, Parabacteriodes, Sutterella, Erysipelotrichaceae

Allobaculum, Bifidobacterium, Desulfovibrio

Kong et al.20

Mice

16-week KD

Akkermansia muciniphila, Lactobacillus, Roseburia

Desulfovibrio, Turicibacter

Xie et al.83

Epileptic and healthy infants

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Bacteroidetes

Escherichia, Salmonella, Vibrio

Zhang et al.85

Seizure patients

6-month KD

Bacteroides, Clostridiales, Ruminococcaceae, Rikenellaceae, Lachnospiraceae, Alistipes

Firmicutes, Actinomycetes

Olson et al.86

Mice

7-day KD

Bilophila wadsworthia

Clostridium cocleatum