![]() One of most common mistakes coming off keto is related to the misunderstanding of the essential principles of this diet. Whether you decide to come off keto because you have hit your weight loss goal, or you just discovered restrictive diets are not for you, transitioning off of a ketogenic diet can be really challenging. It is well known that the regaining weight post keto is a common issue. Once you have reached your fitness or weight loss goal, what happens when you want to (or need to) stop eating Keto? The biggest challenge in going off the keto diet is that you drastically change your macronutrient intake. However, a recent systematic review has confirmed that this restrictive diet “is not physiologically or clinically superior” in the long term to diets with a higher carbohydrate recommendation, for achieving weight loss or fat loss. One plus of the keto diet is that it naturally cuts down on sugar intake, one of the leading causes of obesity today, because of the lack of recommended carbs. When the keto diet is supervised by a healthcare professional, it can be a safe and effective tool for achieving a weight loss goal. Whenever adhering to a keto diet, it is important not just to limit carb intake, but to eat the proper fats and proteins as well. If not done properly, a high protein diet can also be rough on the heart, elevating triglycerides and hypercholesterolemia. In rare cases, extended carbohydrate deprivation can cause issues with elevated liver enzymes, weakened immune health, and weakened gut health from an insufficient diversity of nutrients. This is especially concerning when someone has been on a no-carb diet for an extended period of time. ![]() Second of all, it is important to highlight that a long term carb restricting diet could potentially lead to micronutrient deficiency (like selenium, magnesium, vitamins B, among others), if the nutrition plan does not include enough variety of vegetables, fruits, and grains. Additionally, a lack of sustainability is key to understanding why restrictive diets usually fail in the middle and long term. Keto is a very restrictive diet that can be challenging to keep up for extended periods of time (or indefinitely). First of all, the success of any nutrition plan is based on how well individuals can follow the recommendations long term. However, in terms of losing weight and improving health, the answer is more complex. The efficacy of this diet for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy is unquestionable. Interestingly, you can still be in fat burn, even when the body is not producing ketones, as ketones require an extended deprivation of carbohydrates. Because of that, the keto diet has gained massive popularity in recent years. ![]() These substances provide energy for the body, and indicate you are running on fats. When done for an extended period of time, the body produces byproducts of this process called ketone bodies: Beta-hydroxybutyrate, acetone, and acetoacetate. When the body does not have carbs to burn, the glucose stored in the body, also known as glycogen, gets depleted, forcing the body to shift to finding energy from fats. We are not talking low-carb, we are talking under 50g of carbs a day. When the body is deprived of carbs for a sustained period of time, the body enters a catabolic state. It was popularized as a treatment in the 1920s and 30s, and dubbed the “Ketogenic” diet by Russel Wilder in 1921. Although Keto is now used by many big names in Hollywood and other industries, before becoming a “fashionable” diet for weight loss, the keto diet was used specifically for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy due to the substances the body produces when on a ketogenic diet (ketones). For example, the American Dietetic Association, recommends a minimum of 50% of carbs for achieving healthy and balanced nutrition. Additionally, the diet requires drastically decreasing (5-10% of total calories) the carbohydrate intake.Ĭompared to the traditional nutrition guidelines, this diet is vastly different in its recommendations. The ketogenic (or “keto”) diet is defined as any diet that increases fat consumption at approximately 60% of the total calories consumed, while also increasing moderately the protein intake. So what is the difference between Lumen’s method and the keto diet? Let’s take a closer look at each: The original ketogenic diet Lumen is a device that tracks your metabolism and helps you do the same. Today, ketogenic diets are skyrocketing in popularity because they shift the body into a state of fat burn.
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