Why am I not losing weight on the keto diet?
Here's what I learned about the keto diet:
You essentially swap a high-carb diet, which most Americans tend to eat, for a
diet that's very high in fat (the healthy kinds), moderate in protein, and very
low in carbohydrates. The idea is that you change the source from which your
body gets its energy (and burns calories) from glucose (from carbohydrates) to
ketones (from fat). This shift doesn't happen after one bulletproof
coffee, though. It usually takes a few days of eating this way for your body to
reach ketosis-where it's looking to fat as its first source of fuel. Once
there, though, your body "will be burning fat all the time," says Dr.
Axe. "It doesn't matter if you're working out or sleeping, or what you're
doing, your body continues to burn fat in ketosis." Armed with the 411 on
how the keto diet works, I felt encouraged and relieved. The concept is rooted
in nutrition- and weight-loss science. And from my initial conversations with
Dr. Axe, I liked knowing that ketogenic diet results are always meant to be
time-bound-eating this way is not a lifestyle and that makes sense. You may
have heard that the keto diet was ranked last in the U.S. News & World
Report's 2018 list of the best and the worst diets.
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