Could the ketogenic diet induce a shift in thyroid function and support a metabolic advantage in healthy participants? A pilot randomized-controlled-crossover trial

• Stella Iacovides ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Stella.Iacovides@wits.ac.za

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2807-9139

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• Shane K. Maloney,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5878-2266

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• Sindeep Bhana,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Zareena Angamia,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Rebecca M. Meiring

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, Movement Physiology Research Laboratory, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Exercise Sciences, University of Auckland, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand

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