Keto is everywhere; it’s the new buzzword, the new favorite among those looking to shed pounds, and the new hate victim of the food-pyramid-spouting-eat-your-whole-grains mainstream medical industry. The keto diet, while it is not the magic cure-all for every single disease on the planet, does a pretty dang good job at being the potential causer of healing many horrible conditions. So let’s cut through the science, separate fact from fiction, and look at the benefits of the keto diet.

What exactly is a ketogenic diet?

The keto program recommends a diet that is low on carbs, moderate on protein and high in fat. The idea is to fine-tune nutritional intake in order to send the body into the metabolic state known as ketosis.

It might seem counterintuitive that adding more fat to your diet can lead to weight loss. Normally, your diet is high in carbohydrates, which are broken down into glucose, or blood sugar, for use as energy. As glucose enters your bloodstream, your body releases insulin to store excess glucose as fat. The more carbohydrates, the more glucose. The more glucose, the more insulin, and the more insulin, the more fat.

The keto diet takes advantage of the fact that when your meals are high-fat and low-carbohydrate, there is no insulin spike, and you don’t add to your fat reserves. Instead, fat from diet and stored fat are broken down to ketones (“keto” is short for “ketogenic” producing ketones). Like glucose, ketones can be used for energy, keeping your body running without increasing blood sugar or putting on excess fat.

The body enters a state of ketosis when it no longer has stores of glycogen sugar to fuel its energy needs. With sugar out of the way, the body has no choice but to tap its stores of fat to get by. The liver converts fat reserves into ketones to present to the body as an energy source. This is why the keto program is a good way to lose fat.

Furthermore, the keto diet can be pretty delicious too, since, as you can see, it’s not your typical diet.

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Still not convinced? If you wish to know more, don’t worry, here at DreamDay we have lot’s of info and goodies:

If you want to know more about the Ketogenic diet and/or are interested in giving it a shot, check out Custom Keto Diet, they’re a brand new product that allows someone to create their very own keto diet plan based on their food preferences, daily activity levels, height, weight and target weight goals.

There, you’ll get:

• An eight-week meal plan created based on the expertise of certified nutritionists, personal trainers, and chefs.
• Meals that have calorie and macro-nutrient content tailored to their specific situation and goals.
• A nutrition plan with food variety to ensure they will get a wide range of nutrients and boost the likelihood of sticking to their diet.
• Meals that are based on personal food preferences to make their diet enjoyable and help them stay on track with their plan.
• Detailed recipes with step-by-step instructions to make meal preparation super simple (no prior cooking experience needed).
• A downloadable shopping list each week that details every needed ingredient they will need in the upcoming seven days.
• Options on how they can customize every meal even more to suit your taste buds.
• We’ll show them what to eat every day to reach their goals in the fastest and most enjoyable way.

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You can also read another article here at DreamDay about The Benefits of a Keto Diet, and hint, it’s not only weight loss, it can change your life:

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Last, but not least. We have a Keto Recipes eBook, courtesy of Rachel Roberts from Custom Keto Diet. It’s a nice gift to those of you who are interested in learning more.
Click on the cover image below to download the PDF to
“Deliciously Easy Keto Recipes”:

Rachel Roberts

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