Source: timesnownews.com
New Delhi: A keto diet is one of the most popular diets for weight loss. Recently, with bloggers and social media influencers talking a lot about their experiences with a keto diet, many people have been wanting to try it. Though slightly restrictive, the diet sounds way more practical and convenient in practice than other diets.
While most people are aware that you are supposed to cut down on carbs on a keto diet and increase the intake of fats, very few people are aware of how exactly does that help in losing weight. It is important to understand what a certain diet or workout routine is doing to your body, to know if it suits your routine and lifestyle and if you should actually practice it or not.
Ketosis a process that occurs in your body when there are not enough carbohydrates provided to the body to burn them for energy. It is a metabolic state which increases the levels of ketone bodies in the body tissues. When the body is on the process of ketosis, it burns fat and makes ketones in the body, which it then uses for fuel. Ketosis is often used in relation to diabetes and weight loss.
Not only does the keto diet help you burn fat for energy, but it also helps in making you feel less hungry, which helps in losing weight. It also helps to maintain muscle, as the consumption of protein in a keto diet is considerably high.
How do you know your body is in ketosis and the keto diet is working?
It can be very difficult to understand if your body is actually in the process of ketosis or not and if the keto diet for weight loss is really working, especially if you are new and trying the diet for the first time. You should know that for healthy people, who do not have conditions like diabetes, and for women who are not pregnant, the process of ketosis should begin in 3-4 days when it is not receiving more than 50 g carbs a day. The body can also be put on a process of ketosis by fasting.
The ketogenic diet and the process of ketosis can prove beneficial to people who suffer from health conditions like metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, etc. It helps to increase the levels of good cholesterol in the body, better than any other moderate carb-intake diet. The keto diet also helps lose weight, which could be the real reason behind the positive effect of the diet on these health conditions.