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What is the Keto Diet? The simple answer, it’s just a diet. And like any other diet, it has restrictions for what you can and can’t eat. What exactly is it though that you can no longer eat? The answer is actually surprising. It’s not to limit your fat intake, actually, it’s to increase it. Essentially, the keto diet reduces your carbohydrate intake, until the smell of your favourite baguette fresh out the bakery turns into a vague memory, and replacing it with fat, delicious, mouth watering, succulent fat. Your diet should consist of 60 to 80 percent of your calories coming from juicy and fatty foods, like everyone’s favourite breakfast crispy bacon, 20 percent coming from every muscle heads favourite thing, PROTEIN, and only a small 10 percent should come from carbs. This is all to achieve ketosis. Only when you reach ketosis is when you start to lose weight. But, what is ketosis? Ketosis is like a hybrid car. When it runs out of gas, it switches to electricity. When you reduce the amount of carbs you intake, your main energy source is gone, so your body utilizes your reserves of ketones instead, which are compounds the liver creates from fat when the blood is low on insulin.
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Imagine you look at yourself in the mirror. You see all your flaws staring right back at you. Maybe you gained only a bit of weight and you’re not as skinny as you used to be, but you can’t ignore it. It commands your attention. Now you’re insecure. The more you try to ignore it, the more attention it begs for. You don’t want to look like this anymore.You start to think maybe there’s wrong with you. You’ve had enough. You want change. You want better. You look at yourself in the mirror one more time. This time not with disgust, but with determination, determination to strive for change, to strive for better. That’s how you started your new diet, the keto diet.
Sources:
Matthews, Melissa, et al. “Thinking of Trying Keto? Here’s What to Know.” Men’s Health, 21 Oct. 2019, www.menshealth.com/nutrition/a19530409/ketogenic-ketosis-diet-for-beginners/.
Campos, Marcelo. “Ketogenic Diet: Is the Ultimate Low-Carb Diet Good for You?” Harvard Health Blog, 30 July 2019, www.health.harvard.edu/blog/ketogenic-diet-is-the-ultimate-low-carb-diet-good-for-you-2017072712089.
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