New 'keto pill' mimics popular diet without giving up carbs

Will it be the best thing since sliced bread? Keto is a high-fat, moderate-protein and low-carb diet designed to plunge the body into ketosis, where it burns fat instead of carbs for fuel. Dieters often shed up to 10 pounds the first two weeks — mainly water weight — while long-term loss is typically one or two pounds a week. Now, researchers at Bloom Science have developed an experimental drug they say reproduces the metabolic effects of the...