Ketogenic Diet Research Paper

Chapter 1: Know all about the Ketogenic Diet

Ketogenic diet is one of the easiest ways to lose weight and remain healthy for life. The Ketogenic diet consist high fat, medium protein and low carbohydrate. This diet will gradually train your body to burn fat instead of carb to generate energy. Following this diet will provide your body more fuel to burn throughout the day and remain active. Ketogenic diet will help you to safely lose weight. To understand the ketogenic diet, you have to know what ketosis is and how it works.

Ketosis

Ketosis is basically the essence of the ketogenic diet. The fat rich food you consume through ketogenic diet is transformed into fatty acids. The liver process these fatty acids and send them back to the bloodstream

Many athletes believe that following a ketogenic diet enhances endurance.

Type 2 Diabetes and ketogenic diet

Obviously you want to avoid any health problem and remain healthy in life. Type 2 Diabetes is a major health problem for both children and adults. Most of us are used to consume a carb rich food. With the exception of fiber, our body breaks down most of the food items into glucose. Glucose presence in the bloodstream triggers the release of insulin. Regularly consuming foods that are high in carb and processed sugar, surges glucose and insulin levels in our body. This surge of insulin increases the risk of developing insulin tolerance in the body and the end result is type 2 Diabetes.

This is why ketogenic diet is so important. Unlike carbs and refined sugars, consuming fat doesn’t cause any spike in glucose or insulin levels in your body. In this diet, you gradually train your body to generate energy from fat instead of glucose. So your glucose or insulin problem is gone and no risk of type 2 Diabetes.

The importance of ketogenic

In this diet plan you simply train your body to burn fat to produce energy instead of glucose. And this is why there will be no excess glucose or insulin problem in your body and you will remain diabetic free for life.

Useful advices for the beginners who want to follow the ketogenic diet plan: o The main aim of the ketogenic diet is to limit the carbohydrate rich foods. Ideally, your aim should be to consume less than 20g carbohydrate daily. Make a plan, measure your carb intake and don’t worry about eating too much carb. o A ketogenic diet contains 10% - 5% carbohydrate, 30%- 15% proteins and 75%-60% fat. If you are not sure how you can calculate these measurements, the internet is a great tool and I’m going to write about it in the next chapter. o Ketogenic diet is about consuming less carb, but don’t consume excess protein. Consuming excess protein also causes higher levels of insulin. o Strictly maintain the ketogenic diet plan and don’t break the plan even for a day. If you break it, you have to start from the beginning. o Before eating any food check if first. o Avoid root vegetables because they are loaded with