Keto Diet and Burning Muscle

It is a very low-carb, high-fat diet. People on a ketogenic diet get 5 percent of their calories from carbohydrates, about 15 percent from protein, and 80 percent from fat. It’s this ratio that will force the body to derive much of its energy from ketones. 

That means eating ma...

The ketogenic diet is becoming a proven treatment for epilepsy. But there is also evidence that it may be helpful for other medical conditions such as Type 2 diabetes and glioblastoma multiforme, a type of aggressive brain cancer. Conditions such as metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liv...

• Cramps (and more specifically leg cramps) are a pretty common thing when starting a ketogenic diet.
• Constipation. The most common cause of constipation is dehydration.
• Heart palpitations. When transitioning to keto, you ma...