SCR-LIP-000114 · Claim · machine-readable JSON →
A modified Mediterranean-ketogenic diet (<30g carbohydrates/day, 70% lipids) over 10 weeks produced significant reductions in body weight, total fat mass, and leg fat mass (including by DXA) in women with lipedema, with lean mass preserved, and the combination with carboxytherapy additionally reduced pain and improved quality of life.
Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31
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- Modified Mediterranean-Ketogenic Diet and Carboxytherapy as Personalized Therapeutic Strategies in Lipedema: A Pilot Study — Di Renzo et al. (2023) — supporting · rct · 2023
This is a small pilot RCT (n=30, 26.7% dropout) with short follow-up (10 weeks) and no control group receiving standard diet, but it directly tests a ketogenic/low-carbohydrate diet in lipedema patients and reports significant improvements
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- 2026-05-31 — created