Keto Diets. Do They WORK?

As  a friend of mine said.

For me the decision to transition into ketogenic diet was a tough one. I had a gut feeling that I needed keto therapy. However, many doctors told me that it was a bad idea.

They say the same now, even though they see the results.

· Anxiety and depression gone

· 10 kg of fat gone

· Cognitive function increased

· Physical and mental energy levels increased

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The results are here, and medical experts still repeat their mantras.

Like most of people I respect professionals and their opinions. That is why I asked medical experts for an advice on how to get into ketosis in a safe and painless manner.

Unfortunately, many doctors have extremely outdated views on nutrition. They live in old myths and stereotypes.

Here is my favorite myth about ketogenic diet.

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Ketosis is dangerous.

• This I heard from several doctors who confused nutritional ketosis with diabetic ketoacidosis.
• Nutritional ketosis is a natural state that our body uses to survive during inadequate food supply. This is an evolutionary adaptation mechanism. It is very simple. When we do not have supply of carbohydrates our body starts producing ketones. Blood sugar (glucose) goes down, insulin goes down, and then stored fat is released with ketones level going up.

Here is how deep ketosis looks like.

• This is happening for one reason. Our brain needs energy. There are only two types of energy sources for the brain. They are glucose and ketones. Ketones can be used only when glucose if very low. When we lived in caves we did not have abundance of food so we learned to store energy as body fat.

Carbohydrates is an investment type of food.

• If you do not burn them immediately it becomes fat. Your liver makes fat out of bread, pasta, cola, rice, etc. for future consumption.

Fat is a consumption type of food.

• It is utilized immediately without any transformation. It goes directly into the blood stream and breaks down into glycerol and fatty acids. It is called lipolysis.

So what is dangerous about ketosis?

Ketosis is dangerous when it is accompanied by the high level of blood glucose.

1. Again, healthy ketosis is when blood glucose goes down as ketones go up.
2. Bad ketosis is when blood glucose is high and ketones are high.

It is diabetic ketoacidosis.

• Especially in type 1 diabetes when insulin level is very low the body starves. Why? Because it does not have access to glucose from carbohydrates. There can be a lot of glucose circulating in blood.
• However, because cells need insulin to use glucose they just are in the panic mode. They have fuel that cannot be used. So the body goes into reserve fuel which is ketones. They rise to extreme levels of 15 mmol and above. This event changes acidity of blood and can be life-threatening.

So here is the point.

• Nutritional ketosis is a great tool for metabolic therapy. It is healthy. Just make sure your blood glucose goes down as your ketones go up.

This is how a healthy fasting level of blood glucose looks like.

Have a good trip into ketosis!

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