It’s all about ketosis. Get it and manage it.
First of all, the ketogenic diet plan is similar to many low-carb, high-fat diets. But there is a difference. The difference is that food intake is deliberately reduced to put your body into a state of ketosis. No other low-carb, high-fat meal plan does this.
Ketosis is a normal process that the body does every day, regardless of the number of carbs you eat. Your body processes different types of nutrients into the fuels that it needs. Proteins, fats, and carbs are all processed for use. The ketogenic meal plan, which is a low carb, high fat meal plan, ramps up this process.
When in ketosis, your body is in a metabolic state where most of the body’s energy comes from ketone bodies in the blood. Ketones are molecules that occur when your body burns fat as an energy source.
This is in contrast to a glycolysis state where blood glucose provides most of the energy. So this means your body is burning fat for energy instead of carbohydrates.
Why does this happen? Our body always needs sugar for energy. We cannot produce glucose and only store glucose in our muscles and liver for 24 hours. When sugar is no longer available, we begin to burn stored fat. Therefore, a ketogenic diet plan eliminates glucose and causes the body to burn stored fat.
Ketogenic Diet Plan
Ketogenic Diet Plan is low carb, high fat and high protein and the daily intake is as follows: At least 65% of food intake comes from fats. This leaves you with about 30% proteins and the last 5% can be an additional 5% of fat or 5% of dark green low carb vegetables like dandelion leaves, kale, spinach, Swiss chard, etc.
Understanding what can and cannot be eaten is vital to making keto works as a weight loss meal plan. Macronutrient, and tracking the intake of those nutrients, become part of the process of attaining and maintaining ketosis. Macronutrients are the largest class of nutrients the body requires for energy. They include protein, carbohydrates, and fats. When we refer to macros we are referring to these major nutrients. Since “macros” means large, macronutrients are those nutrients we need in large amounts.
There are three major macronutrients important to health and energy:
1 Carbohydrates
2 Healthy Fats
3 Protein
Remember, the Keto meal plan is low-carb, not no-carb. So there will be carbohydrates in the daily food that is eaten, just a much lower number than the average person eats. And, to replace the lost carbs there is an increase in protein and fat intake. This is why monitoring and tracking macronutrients each day helps to achieve success while on the keto meal plan.