KETO DIET: YES OR NO? By Jules Bruchez You will lose more fat on a keto diet, or will you? The ketogenic diet is widely used around the world and marketed as the best diet that is superior for losing body fat over other methods. WHAT IS THE KETOGENIC DIET? Better known as KETO, it is a diet that excludes carbohydrates leaving you only to eat protein and mostly fats. Carbohydrates lend themselves to be the preferred fuel source in our bodies when both carbohydrates and fats are both present in the bloodstream. This simply means that our body will burn off carbohydrates (glucose) before using fat for fuel. WHY IS IT SO POPULAR? Keto became very popular during the same time as the demonization of carbohydrates took light. In 1992, Atkins published an update from his 1972 book, Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, and other doctors began to publish books based on the same principles. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, low-carbohydrate diets became some of the most popular diets in the US. It was at this time the Ketogenic Diet really began to take off.
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