Elevating ketones through keto diet or supplements may restart stalled menstruation

Medical Xpress / The Ohio State University / PLOS ONE ^ | Oct. 30, 2024 | Emily Caldwell / Madison L. Kackley et al

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Increasing ketones in blood through a keto diet or supplements may help put irregular menstrual cycles back on schedule or even restart a period that appears to have stalled for good.

In a study comparing weight loss results on low-fat and ketogenic diets with and without the addition of ketone supplements, 11 of 13 pre-menopausal participants who achieved nutritional ketosis reported at least one change in menstrual frequency, intensity—or both—during the intervention.

Women on low-fat diets did not report any change to their periods. All women had lost the same relative percentage of weight. Their average age was 34, and all were healthy but overweight.

"There were six women who hadn't had a period in over a year—who felt like their typical cycles were over. And their periods actually restarted on the diet," said Madison Kackley.

"Our hypothesis after seeing these results is that the presence of ketones may help regulate women's health in regard to endocrine, cognitive and metabolic influences."

The keto diet converts fat into ketones used by cells in the body and brain as an alternative to glucose. Supplements also elevate blood ketones without a change in eating habits. All are designed to put the body in nutritional ketosis—the human body's state when it has greater access to ketones as both fuel and a signaling molecule.

Nineteen women participated in the weight-loss diet trial—seven on a ketogenic diet alone, six on a keto diet combined with ketone salt supplements, and six on a low-fat diet. Researchers provided all of the food for the six-week study.

Both interventions resulted in clinically significant weight loss, less body fat, healthier cholesterol levels and better insulin sensitivity.

The two women who reported no change to their cycles were taking oral contraceptives. Women who reported menstrual changes were not using birth control.

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A Keto diet or taking ketones can help women’s cycles.

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