To Do or Not To Do? The Ketogenic Diet
First thing first what is “keto”? This diet makes the body produces small fuel molecules called “ketones”. When sugar (glucose) is in short supply in your blood then “ketones” is an alternative fuel source for the body, In ketogenic diet the body is force to burn fats rather than carbohydrates, normally the carbohydrates contained in food are converted into sugar (glucose) which is then transported around the body which is particularly important in fueling brain function properly. Ketogenic diet is a high-fat adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet. If there are less carbohydrates in the diet the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies, so then the ketone bodies pass into the brain to replace the sugar (glucose) as the energy source. On a ketogenic diet, your entire body switches its fuel supply to run mostly on fat, burning fat 24-7. Insulin levels become very low, and fat burning increases dramatically. It becomes easy to access your fat stores to burn them ...