A series of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pie_chart" class="extiw" title="w:pie chart">pie charts</a> depicting the calorific contributions from carbohydrate, protein and fat in four diets: the typical American diet; the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkins_diet" class="extiw" title="w:Atkins diet">Atkins diet</a> during the induction phase; the classic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ketogenic_diet" class="extiw" title="w:ketogenic diet">ketogenic diet</a> in a 4:1 ratio of fat to combined protein and carbohydrate (by weight); and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/medium_chain_triglycerides" class="extiw" title="w:medium chain triglycerides">MCT</a> oil ketogenic diet.
<p>Data values (carbohydrate, protein, fat (LCT) and fat (MCT). Percentage of calories:
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<ul><li>Typical American: 50, 15, 35, 0</li>
<li>Atkins (induction phase): 5, 35, 59, 0</li>
<li>Classic ketogenic: 1.6, 8.4, 90, 0</li>
<li>MCT ketogenic: 19, 10, 11, 60.</li></ul>
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<li><cite style="font-style:normal">Huttenlocher, P. R. (1971). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5166216/">Medium-chain triglycerides as a therapy for intractable childhood epilepsy</a>". <i>Neurology</i> <b>21</b> (11): 1097–1103. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" class="extiw" title="w:Digital object identifier">DOI</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.21.11.1097">10.1212/wnl.21.11.1097</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMID" class="extiw" title="w:PMID">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5166216">5166216</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number" class="extiw" title="en:International Standard Serial Number">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0028-3878">0028-3878</a>.</cite></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060127002028/http://www.shsna.com/pages/ketocal.htm">KetoCal</a>. <i>SHS North America</i> (<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2006-01-27">2006-01-27</span>). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shsna.com/pages/ketocal.htm">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2006-01-27">2006-01-27</span>. Retrieved on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2022-12-09">2022-12-09</span>.</li></ul></li></ul>