CATALYSE FAT BURNING WITH THE KETOGENIC DIET

By restricting sugar intake, your body achieves ketosis, this occurs when your metabolic system shifts to burning ketones from fat based sources (consumed fat and stored body fat) instead of glucose. This metabolic state is also referred to as ‘Fat’ or ‘Keto’ Adapted. Ketosis increases fat oxidation and catalyses the breakdown of fats in the body, i.e. you burn fat quicker! Ben Greenfield brilliantly details how ketones are superior to glucose:

‘Our bodies were meant to burn ketones. We have a parallel system within us designed to use ketones as an energy source. Ketones are faster and more efficient than the way our bodies use glucose. Ketones give you 38% more energy than you can get from glucose. We as a society are following a deceptive food pyramid.We’re operating in a high carb world where food is abundant and it is destroying our brains and bodies. And that’s dumb.’

Once you are Fat Adapted, a high-fat diet trains your body to burn even more fat during exercise as ketones are produced and released faster from your body’s own fat stores, and these are transported more quickly into your muscles and mitochondria that can have long lasting effects.

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