veintiocho - 2018-01-18 9:33 AM Just out of curiosity, I’ve done a little research on the Ketogenic diet and wasn’t impressed with what I found. Yes, it does help you lose body weight quickly, but it does not help you lose FAT. The point of the ketogenic diet is to keep the body in a state of ketosis by eating low carb/high fat diet and when this happens your body supposedly becomes super-efficient at burning fat for energy and you can quickly drop 5-7lbs… What you need to understand, is that after eating carbs, your body breaks them down to glucose, which enters the bloodstream and what isn’t used for energy is stored as glycogen in your liver and muscles. Glycogen is stored with 3-4 parts water, so every gram of glycogen stored in your liver and muscles comes with 3-4 grams of water. Depending on your diet and exercise levels, your body can store 300-700grams (or more) glycogen, add 2000g water with that and you get roughly 5.5lbs. Going on a keto diet and reducing carb intake reduces the whole body glycogen levels, which would flush out the large amount of water as well. This accounts for the rapid drop of body weight in first week or two – but it is NOT a rapid reduction in body fat. The keto diet is basically just another low carb/high fat fad diet, which is totally unrealistic for long term use, unless you enjoy feeling like sh!t, depriving yourself, and not having any energy. Contrary to what is on Pinterest, you don’t turn into a keto fat blasting machine, and unfortunately, there are a lot of disadvantages to low carb/high fat diets: It is easier to overeat on a low carb diet. Carbs have a significant impact on satiety, whereas dietary fats don’t. Eat a bunch of fibrous carbs and you will feel full for a quite a while. Eat a bunch of dietary fat and you won’t. Dietary fat is really energy dense too; it contains about 9 calories per gram compared to carbs 4 calories. So it is easy to see how you can over eat on a high-fat diet. Low carb dieters have more hunger issues and struggle more with controlling calorie intake vs high carb dieters. They also have problems with low energy levels as well. It is well known that low carb diets increase fatigue and perceived effort during exercise. You build less muscle on a low carb diet because you reduce the amount of glycogen stored in the muscles and building muscle is the best way to lose weight! Also, when glycogen levels are low, post workout muscle repair is impaired. If you look at professional sports, there are no low-carb diets - it’s because they suck for athletic performance. And I’m not just talking about just high performance athletes, it’s anyone that is involved in periods of low intensity and high intensity activity, which horse riding/training totally falls under.

Dodge629 - 2018-01-18 10:41 AM This is all based on which "keto diet" you choose to follow.  I don't follow a high fat diet period.  And I've gone from needing to eat on a regular basis to "forgetting" to eat or unconsciously intermittent fasting because I feel satisfied 90% more than I ever did eating carbs.  And I actually take in way less calories without feeling hungry.  The Keto way of eating I do follows the science that if you have body fat to lose you do NOT need to eat more fat.  You restrict carbs, eat adequate protein to maintain your muscle mass, and use fat as needed while eating at a healthy calorie deficit.  More energy, no brain fog, no afternoon slump...

Dodge629 - 2018-01-18 10:41 AM This is all based on which "keto diet" you choose to follow.  I don't follow a high fat diet period.  And I've gone from needing to eat on a regular basis to "forgetting" to eat or unconsciously intermittent fasting because I feel satisfied 90% more than I ever did eating carbs.  And I actually take in way less calories without feeling hungry.  The Keto way of eating I do follows the science that if you have body fat to lose you do NOT need to eat more fat.  You restrict carbs, eat adequate protein to maintain your muscle mass, and use fat as needed while eating at a healthy calorie deficit.  More energy, no brain fog, no afternoon slump...