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The benefits of a ketogenic diet
The science behind the ketogenic diet
The potential risks of a ketogenic diet
The function of ketones
Ketones aren’t just a form of energy, they’re powerful signaling molecules. They regulate the expression of genes and dampen inflammatory processes.
Your body is always producing a very low level of ketones, irrespective of your diet. You start producing more of them when following a diet that’s high in fat and low in carbs.
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Ketosis benefits and short term side-effects
Benefits
- Fat loss
- Decreases insulin levels
- Improves cardiovascular health
- Mood stabilization
- Improves cognitive function
- Increases metabolic flexibility
Short term side-effects
- T...
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Getting in ketosis
- The stricter you restrict carbs (or total calories), the quicker you will be in ketosis.
- Restricting your carb intake to 20g per day is a good heuristic (loose rule) for entering ketosis. It will generally get you into ketosis within a few days.
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Goals of the ketogenic diet
- Lower insulin levels
- Increase insulin sensitivity
- Normalize body composition (% fat, % muscle)
- Normalize blood pressure
- Lower chronic inflammation
- Improve immune function
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6 benefits of ketosis for medical conditions
- Epilepsy. Keto has been proven to be very beneficial and highly successful in treating epilepsy
- Metabolic syndrome. Being in a state of nutritional ketosis helps to improve markers of metabolic disease.
- Alzheimer’s disease.
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Ketosis
Is a metabolic state. Think of being in or out of ketosis like the settings in a hybrid car; you can rely on gas or electricity to different degrees.
In ketosis, we rely on fat instead of carbs for energy and do so to such an extent that we start ...
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The Keto diet
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.
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Benefits Of Keto Diet
Burning of stored body fat instead of blood sugar (Ketosis) has the following claimed benefits:
- Anti-ageing and anti-inflammatory benefits
- Lower risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes, if done with Doctor’s supervision.
- Reducing seizures in people with epilepsy....
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