What is a ketogenic diet?

 The keto diet has a history of more than a hundred years. It was originally used to treat epilepsy and relieve symptoms of epilepsy.

It's just that in recent years, due to the rising awareness of health care, many people have begun to take the ketogenic diet to lose weight, and a small number of people believe that the ketogenic diet is healthier and choose this diet.

But you must have heard that many people strongly oppose the ketogenic diet, and even think that the ketogenic diet is harmful to health.

So does the ketogenic diet really help weight loss? Which are the advantages and disadvantages of health?

Today, Jamie wants to spend 5 minutes to talk to everyone about the advantages and disadvantages of the ketogenic diet, who is suitable for the ketogenic diet, whether the ketogenic diet can lose weight... etc. Let’s discuss this popular but controversial ketogenic diet!

1. What is a ketogenic diet?

The ketogenic diet originated in the 1920s and was a medical diet at that time. It was mainly used to treat intractable epilepsy. The main feature of the diet is very low carbohydrate intake, low to moderate protein and high fat.

"Ketogenesis" means the production of ketone bodies, because the ketogenic diet limits the intake of carbohydrates, and when the body cannot produce enough glucose to provide energy, the body will use the ketone bodies produced by breaking down fat instead. energy.

To put it simply, if you look at the common food nutrients in your daily diet, a ketogenic diet means that you can hardly eat carbohydrates such as rice, pasta, bread, etc., including sweets, desserts, and many kinds of fruits... etc.

Because in the ketogenic diet, high-fat meat, cheese, butter, oil, nuts... and other high-fat and protein foods must be the main intake.