Banish Body Fat After Eid With Keto Diet

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JAKARTA - You must be familiar with the name of the keto diet. Yes, over the last few years, the name of the keto diet or keto diet became famous because it was able to lose weight effectively.

Keto diet is a little different from the diet strategy that has existed before. The keto diet is not only effective at losing weight but also promises health benefits. If other diet programs can harm health, keto diet is precisely good for health. However, the question is is this diet really effective?

The keto diet follows a diet that is very low in carbohydrates and high in fat. This means the carbohydrate intake consumed should be less than about 5-10 percent of the total caloric intake per day.

This makes the body enter a state of ketosis, which is when our body switches from using carbohydrates as a source of energy to using fat, which triggers the start of weight loss. Reduced carbohydrate intake serves to increase fat intake to about 70-90 percent of calories.

"That's why the keto diet is becoming so popular with the general public because once you're in a state of ketosis, it's easy to lose weight," said Dr. Mackenzie C. Cervenka, medical director of Johns Hopkins Hospital's Adult Epilepsy Diet Center, as reported by Medical News Today, Tuesday, May 11.

In addition, Dr. Mackenzie also explained that each person will have different periods of time to get into the condition of ketosis, all depending on the level of daily activity.

"Usually, it takes between one to four days to enter the period of ketosis, but it depends on many factors such as the level of activity."