KETO DIET

The ketogenic diet, or keto diet, for short, is a low-carb, high-fat diet that offers various health benefits. many studies show that this type of diet can help you lose weight and improve your health. Ketogenic diets may even have benefits against diabetes, cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s disease

The ketogenic diet is a very low-carb, high-fat diet, it involves drastically reducing carbohydrate intake and replacing it with fat. This reduction in carbs puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis. When this happens, your body becomes incredibly efficient at burning fat for energy. It also turns fat into ketones in the liver, which can supply energy for the brain

There are several versions of the ketogenic diet, including the Standard ketogenic diet (SKD), Cyclical ketogenic diet (CKD), Targeted ketogenic diet (TKD), High protein ketogenic diet

Other than contributing to weight loss, Studies have now shown that the diet can have benefits for a wide variety of different health conditions: Heart disease, Cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Brain injuries.

Staying on the keto diet in the long term may have some negative effects, including risks of the following: low protein in the blood, extra fat in the liver, kidney stones, micronutrient deficiencies

You should base the majority of your meals around these foods- meat, fatty fish, eggs, butter and cream, cheese, nuts and seeds, healthy oils, avocados, low-carb veggies, and condiments.