The Effects of a 6-Week Controlled Hypocaloric Ketogenic Diet With and Without Exogenous Ketone Salts on Body Composition Responses

Double-blind randomized trial in 37 overweight and obese adults on hypocaloric ketogenic or low-fat diets, with about 24 g per day racemic BHB salts or placebo in the keto arms. The ketogenic diets produced nutritional ketosis above 1.0 mM. Body composition outcomes did not differ between the keto groups or versus low fat.