Acknowledgements
Thanks to Dan Duchaine and Dr. Mauro DiPasquale, and before them Michael Zumpano,
who did the initial work on the ketogenic diet for athletes and got me interested in researching
them. Without their initial work, this book would never have been written.
Special thanks to the numerous individuals on the internet (especially the lowcarb-l list),
who asked me the hard questions and forced me to go look for answers. To those same
individuals, thank you for your patience as I have finished this book.
Extra special thanks go out to my editors, Elzi Volk and Clair Melton. Your input has been
invaluable, and prevented me from being redundant. Thanks also goes out to everybody who has
sent me corrections through the various printings. Even more thanks to Lisa Sporleder, who
provided me valuable input on page layout, and without whom this book would have looked far
worse.
Finally, a special acknowledgement goes to Robert Langford, who developed the 10 day
ketogenic diet cycle which appears on pages 150-151.