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Ketogenic diet : what you need to know about it

Ketogenic or keto diet means- high fat, moderate protein and low carbohydrate/carb diet. Keto diet is not like other low-carb, high protein diet that significantly helps in weight loss. A keto diet is majorly based on fat, the fat provides as much as 80% of the daily calories The objective of keto diet is to provide a different type of fuel for the body in lieu of glucose (sugar) that we get from the carbohydrates. An alternative fuel known as "ketone" is produced from fat. Therefore, your body is forced to convert fat rather than sugar to energy. This is known as ketosis. When your body experience this ; your metabolism speed up. Fat would not make your insulin rise as carbohydrate or even protein will. It should be noted that ketogenic diet is a "therapeutic diet", that is only of advantage to people with certain medical conditions. Ketogenic diet is NOT meant for everyone. If you are on keto diet, then, you must eat fat at each meal. The keto diet re...