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#1: WATCH OUT FOR HIDDEN CARBS Carbs are everywhere. From dressings to sauces to stewed meats — flours and high-carb thickeners hide everywhere. The best thing you can do when you’re just starting out on keto is: • Read every nutrition label: don’t assume you know the carb count or that you can guess. Read your labels. And if it’s not labeled, like squash or a banana, google the food name + carb content. • Find your “go-to” keto snacks: find snacks with low carb counts and high-quality, nutrient-dense ingredients, then keep these handy at all times. • Consider tracking your carb intake: you might want to track your carb intake for the first week or so to get familiar with what 20-50 grams of carbohydrates looks like. Even a small amount of carbs can spike your blood sugar, raise your insulin levels, and kick you out of ketosis. It’s not worth a few bites of something delicious. #2. USE 28-DAY KETO CHALLENGE The 28-Day Keto Challlenge is a step-by-step ketogenic diet ...

How does the keto diet work? The keto diet will make your body enter a state of ketosis. By doing this, your body will start to take its energy from fats rather than carbohydrates. If you want to learn more about the ketogenic diet, you should read this: How to start a keto diet As Silicon Valley trendsetters, famous actors, and online health sites tout the low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic, or “keto,” diet, scientists are working to study it – from how it impacts inflammation in the brain to its effects on weight and heart health, as well as any other potential health risks. Among the researchers studying the diet’s effectiveness and safety are Ethan Weiss, MD, and Raymond Swanson, MD, two UC San Francisco physician-scientists who have studied different aspects of the ketogenic diet. The ketogenic diet tries to bring carbohydrates down to less than 5 percent of a person’s daily caloric intake – which means eliminating most grains, fruit, starchy vegetables, legumes and swee...

TOP 10 KETO TIPS FOR BEGINNERS! Below are best tips for you. I hope you enjoy it. #1: WATCH OUT FOR HIDDEN CARBS Carrbs are everywherre. From dresssings to saucces to stewed meatts — flourrs and high-carrb thickkeners hide everywherre. The besst thiing you can do when you’re just starting out on keto is: • Read everry nutritiion label: don’t assume you know the carb count or that you can guess. Read your labels. And if it’s not labeled, like squash or a banana, google the food name + carb content. • Finnd youur “go-to” keto snacks: find snacks with low carb counts and high-quality, nutrient-dense ingredients, then keep these handy at all times. • Consiider trackiing your carb intake: you might want to track your carb intake for the first week or so to get familiar with what 20-50 grams of carbohydrates looks like. Even a small amount of carbs can spike your blood sugar, raise your insulin levels, and kick you out of ketosis. It’s not worth a few bites of something de...

The Ketogenic Diet might be relatively new to the dieting scene, but advocates claim that following this meal plan is great for dropping pounds, boosting mood, and helping improve your energy levels and focus. And while only some of these claims are backed up by hard proof, there are actually a number of benefits that both the dieting and scientific communities can agree on. The effects below are a few of the most notable upsides of this trending new diet and more often than not, are some of the main reasons many people turn to Keto. • Effective at Weight Loss – Studies have shown that the Ketogenic Diet does, in fact, promote weight loss over time. A study from Dr. Gianfranco Cappello found that dieters using Keto lost on average 20 pounds – though study participants were fed a liquid diet via a feeding tube (an unrealistic and unattractive option for many). Beyond that, the study lasted for around 5 years total. Another study put weight loss over the course of a six-week Ke...

Ketosis is a metabolic state in which the body uses dietary and bodily fats as its primary energy source. Traditionally, the body operates in a state of glycolysis, deriving its energy from blood glucose. When in a state of ketosis, however, the body’s energy instead comes from ketone bodies, produced when the body burns fat for fuel. The adoption of the ketogenic diet, then, forces the body to adapt to using ketones for energy through dietary deprivation of glucose/sugar, which causes glycogen stores to deplete. Once these stores deplete, the body switches to burning fats for fuel, and the trace amounts of glycogen required for brain function are acquired from stores in the liver. A study in Obesity Reviews also shows that a keto diet is a proven way for dieters to lose weight safely and effectively. Used with proper understanding and research, a ketogenic diet is appropriate for almost anyone, as it helps promote cardiovascular health, stable cholesterol levels, and mental focu...

When I began my journey with keto, I had slowly been gaining weight and suffering from headaches, gastrointestinal issues, mood swings, loss of concentration, and low energy levels for more than two years. I went through every diet fad or supplement there was, consulted multiple doctors to find out why I had these issues, and continued to gain weight despite following a “healthy diet.” When my blood work came back as normal, they shrugged their shoulders and said, “Maybe you should eat more fruits and vegetables.” Despite my experience, I knew another answer had to be out there. Eventually, I discovered keto. Like most dieters, I found the idea of using fat as a main fuel source for my body completely foreign. I had no idea what a macronutrient was or why one macronutrient may be better for me to utilize for energy than another. I believed that “good food” was anything with a low amount of fat or sugar, and “bad food” was everything else. It was very enlightening to go through ...

Most of the time, people fail on the ketogenic diet because they just aren’t prepared. You see, Keto is really unlike any other way of eating.   Typically, with most diets, you can “cheat” on the diet and many times, it’s actually encouraged. However, with most forms of Keto (minus those used by athletes), the whole idea is to be ketogenic the whole time.   It’s actually a requirement. And almost everyone has to test themselves in the beginning to know what “ketosis feels like”, otherwise, you statistically will have more carbs and protein than needed and never actually get into ketosis… which feels horrible. Because of this, we encourage new Keto’ers (this means you!) to pick up an intro or starter program on Keto… one that has daily step by step “do this, not that”.   You really only need something that’s 14 to 30 days long and then you’re in your groove and are set to go at it alone. Fortunately, our starter kit is a 28 day kit that solves al...