The most googled diet of 2017. How not to do it.

Ketogenic diet, keto, ketosis, high fat diet - these term are used to describe the most googled diet of 2017.

It’s not a new diet. It was first mentioned and used almost a century ago!

Everyone these days seems to be getting into ketosis,out of ketosis or wanting to learn more about it.

Why?

Some benefits of properly implemented ketogenic diet include:

No cravings and hunger

Stable increased energy levels, no ups and downs, no crashes, no mood swings

Better digestion

Effortless weight loss

Improved mental and physical performance

Decreased inflammation and faster recovery

Improved metabolism

Decreased, stable blood sugar levels

Reduced belly fat

Stabilized hormones

Helps with any autoimmune, neurogenerative, inflammatory conditions

And so much more…

But all of this goodness you get ONLY when you do it right. Otherwise you might just end up feeling the worst you felt in years, adding to what you already have very low energy levels and a lot of crankiness :)

So how NOT to do it?

1. Eating high fat diet (75% and more calories come from fat) combined with high carbohydrate content. It’s not just about eating most of your calories from good quality fats. It’s also about not consuming excess amount of carbohydrates overall. For most people ketogenic diet means no more than 50g of carbohydrates total per day.

2. Consuming the wrong kind of carbohydrates. The carbohydrates you eat should come ideally and entirely from your non starchy and leafy green and colorful vegetables, from nuts and seeds, from avocadoes. NOT from fruits, potatoes or (the worst) simple sugars like honey or plain sugar (brown or not). The wrong carbohydrates can raise your blood sugar and kick you out of ketosis never letting your body burn fat for energy, meaning no ketosis with all the benefits, and no energy for you.

3. Eating too much protein. Especially from shakes and protein bars - those are fast proteins that can easily be converted into blood sugar, glucose, again kicking you out of ketosis. But even eating too much protein from whole foods like your favorite meats, fish or eggs will do the same.


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