A ketogenic diet is basically a low carbohydrates diet that is linked with high fat and good protein intake. Such a diet is usually used in order to treat epilepsy that is really hard to control in children. We are basically faced with a diet that will mimic starvation to the point in which the body will start burning fat and not carbohydrates. When our body has little carbohydrates to burn the liver will start turning fat right into ketone bodies and fatty acids. Ketone bodies will eventually replace glucose in the brain and will be used as energy sources. If the human body starts producing ketone bodies we are faced with ketosis.
The Ketogenic Diet only includes as much protein as needed when talking about body repair and growth. It is also built so that we have enough calories to meet with the requirements brought in by the patient’s height and age. In most cases this diet has a ratio of fat to carbohydrates and combined protein of 4 to 1. Read more »
There is currently a very big debate going on about the Atkins Diet. All web sites are talking about it and the popularity of the subject needs to be taken a look at. We are faced with something impressive: a promise that you can reach your weight loss goals while not avoiding everything you would have to avoid with different diets out there. All is based on low intake of carbohydrates but as you might already know, a low carb diet is very debatable. The Atkins Diet starts with a very simple principle: People that are overweight simply take in too many carbs. The human body will burn carbs and fat in order to obtain energy. The problem is that carbs are the first nutrients that are burned. If we reduc carbs and increase fat and protein intake we basically help the body lose weight because fat that is stored will be burned faster. At the end of the day, it has been shown that most people that are on an Atkins Diet do so in order to stay healthy and not really to lose weight.