3 Techniques to Create Ketosis and Make You Lean

In this article, we’re going to look at a few ways you can employ the ketogenic diet to help you lose weight.

It’s important to note that most people will find that they’ll have to go through a period where the body tries to adapt to the diet.

Most of us get a major chunk of our calories from carbs and protein. With the keto diet, most of your calories will come from fat.

Because of this, you may experience carb withdrawal symptoms such as mood swings, nausea, drowsiness, lethargy, etc.

In industry terms, this is known as the ‘keto flu’ and is par for the course because your body is adapting. Stick with the keto diet and in 2 weeks, you’ll be just fine.

1. Fat fast

One of the best techniques to seeing fat loss will be to eat natural high-fat foods for 1 week.

No carbs, no sugar. The key is to eat mindfully. You must be attuned to your body. Eat only when you’re hungry and stop when you aren’t.

For this fat fasting protocol to work, you MUST be very strict. The smallest deviation will thwart your attempts to reach ketosis.

This is an extreme method that requires total adherence and dedication. Even a small sip of soda can undo the entire process. It’s that sensitive.

The rewards for all this effort are fantastic. You’ll be able to see 8 to 10 pounds of weight loss in a week.

While a lot of it will be water weight, you’ll lose fat too. From here on, you can get started on the keto diet, because your body would have adapted.

2. Normal fasting

Even if you’re not on the ketogenic diet, fasting can still help you reach a state of ketosis. That’s why intermittent fasting is so potent. It gets the body to produce ketones too.

Fasting for 16 hours a day will create a state of ketosis that will help your body to burn fat for fuel instead of carbs.

If you can fast for 20 to 24 hours, that will be even better. When you’re first starting off, you may wish to start with a 10 hour fast and slowly work your way up.

3. 5/6 small meals a day

Another way to reach ketosis will be to consume 5 or 6 small meals spread throughout the day. This is like ‘grazing’… and it’s different from gorging on 3 large meals.

The 5 or 6 small meals you have will contain no more than 200 calories each. Ideally, you should be getting most of your calories from natural fats and a very small amount from protein. It’s best to avoid carbs totally.

The beauty of the ketogenic diet or achieving a state of ketosis is the fact that it focuses on fat loss and not weight loss. Losing weight is not the goal.

You can lose weight and still be skinny fat. Always remember that your goal should be to reduce your bodyfat percentage and not just the numbers on the scale.

*Other considerations
Do note that if you wish to lose weight, exercise is still important to boost your metabolic rate and burn more calories.

You’ll also need to be at a caloric deficit. It’s tricky to be on a ketogenic diet because 1 gram of fat contains 9 calories.

So, it’ll be easy to overconsume calories if you’re not careful. Pay close attention to your caloric consumption.

You should have a daily deficit of about 500 calories, and most of your calories should come from fat.

If you can balance both these objectives, your body will enter a state of ketosis and the fat will melt off faster than you ever thought possible.

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Will the Ketogenic Diet Make Me Fatter and Increase My Cholesterol?

Weight gain and a higher cholesterol level are two of the biggest misconceptions about the ketogenic diet.

To truly understand why the ketogenic diet will help you lose weight and lower your cholesterol level, you need to know what cholesterol is, and how the body burns fat.

* Here’s why you’ll not get fatter

The ketogenic diet will not make you fat or clog up your arteries.

When you’re trying to lose weight with the ketogenic diet, you must be at a daily caloric deficit of about 500 calories. This is the basic rule of all weight loss.

You must consume less calories than you expend. Since you’re at a caloric deficit, even a ketogenic diet that’s high in fat will not cause you to gain weight.

However, since you’re constantly feeding your body a fat rich diet that’s low in carbs, ketosis will set in.

That means, your body will be in a state where it burns fat for fuel instead of glycogen.

This is the ideal place to be in. Now your body will tap into the stubborn fat stores and burn the fat there. As a result, you’ll actually see your bodyfat percentage drop.

Other diets like the Atkins diet, paleo diet, etc. don’t really create a state of ketosis. Fat loss with those diets usually revolve around a caloric deficit and exercise, whereas the ketogenic diet transforms the way your body gets its source of fuel. That’s why the keto diet is so powerful.

* Here’s why your cholesterol level will improve
It’s time to set the record straight. Bad cholesterol is caused by inflammation within the body.

Eating simple carbs such as white flour products, processed foods and sugary foods, inflames the body. In response, the body creates cholesterol to act as a form of protection for the cells.

Eating natural, healthy fats does not raise your blood cholesterol levels. A common misconception is that the arteries get clogged because they’re filled with hardened plaque due to too much dietary cholesterol. This condition is known as atherosclerosis.

The truth of the matter is that atherosclerosis occurs when the arteries are inflamed and damaged due to oxidized lipoproteins getting through the arterial wall.

Once again, this is due to sugar, processed foods and other detrimental foods – NOT natural healthy fats.

The ketogenic diet encourages you to consume natural fats such as olive oil, coconut oil, oily fish (such as salmon, tuna, mackerel), avocados, olives, eggs, walnuts, etc.

All the natural fat sources recommended by the keto diet will benefit the body in many ways.

These foods are rich in fats and nutrients that the body craves. Common sense will tell us that our ancestors would have eaten these foods.

Hydrogenated food oils, sugary doughnuts, French fries, etc. were not part of their diet. That’s why our ancestors were not obese.

If your bad cholesterol levels are high, the first thing you should do is reduce the inflammation in your body.

The best way to do that is by getting on a ketogenic diet. The omega-3 fatty acids from the fatty fish, etc. will reduce the inflammation.

So, what that really means is that the ketogenic diet is the answer to the problem and not the cause.

You can cast all your worries aside about this diet making you fat or raising your bad cholesterol levels. Quite the opposite holds true.

Many people all over the world have lost weight and improved their health after adopting the keto diet. You can join them too. Once you give it a try, you’ll wish you had done it sooner.


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