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What is ketogenic diet? And how does it promote weight loss?

What is ketogenic diet? And how does it promote weight loss?
What is ketogenic diet? And how does it promote weight loss?

Very low carbohydrate ketogenic diets have long been used to reduce seizure frequency and recently have been promoted for a variety of health conditions, including diabetes, obesity, and liver disease. Ketogenic diets may provide short term improvement and aid in symptom management for some chronic diseases.

Obesity and metabolic diseases are major health problems. The Obesity is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome, a group of metabolic abnormalities that include type 2 diabetes, high BP, a high waist-to-hip ratio, and low HDL cholesterol.

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What is ketogenic diet?


The ketogenic diet is high in fat, moderate in protein and low in carbohydrates eon hydrate. It primarily works by lowering insulin levels, producing ketones, and increasing fat burning.

How does ketogenic diet promote weight loss?

Some ketogenic diets lead to increaseprotein intake, which offers many weight loss benefits. The body converts the fats and proteins into carbohydrates for fuel. This process can burn additional calories each day.

 It  improves the insulin sensitivity, which can help improve fuel use and metabolism. Reduce fat storage.

The ketogenic diet can reduce the  lipogenesis, the process of converting sugar into fat.

The ketogenic diet can help you burn fat, reduce calories, and increase satiety compared to other weight loss diets.

Staple foods on a ketogenic diet include:

·         Meat

·         Fish

·         Butter

·         Eggs

·         Cheese

·         Heavy cream

·         Oils

·         Nuts

·         Avocados

·         Seeds

·         Low carb vegetables

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