<p>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><p>Sources: 
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<ul><li>Last AR, Wilson SA. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aafp.org/afp/20060601/1942.html">Low-carbohydrate diets.</a> Am Fam Physician. 2006 Jun 1;73(11):1942-8. <a class="external mw-magiclink-pmid" rel="nofollow" href="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16770923?dopt=Abstract">PMID 16770923</a>.</li>
<li>Huttenlocher PR, Wilbourn AJ, Signore JM. Medium-chain triglycerides as a therapy for intractable childhood epilepsy. Neurology. 1971 Nov;21(11):1097-103. <a class="external mw-magiclink-pmid" rel="nofollow" href="//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5166216?dopt=Abstract">PMID 5166216</a>.</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shsna.com/pages/ketocal.htm">SHS KetoCal.</a> Cited 18 March 2008.</li></ul><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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