KETO DIET: FAB OR BAD?

This trendy diet is the most recent one to gain popularity because of it’s celebrity and athlete followers and it’s promises to loose extreme weight in a small amount of time…

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE KETO DIET?

It aims to force your body into ketosis using a different type of fuel called ketone bodies. This type of fuel is produced in the liver from stored fat instead of relying on sugar that comes from carbohydrates. It’s an extremely low carbohydrate, very high fat diet that originated as a treatment for pediatric epilepsy.

CONS

  • Keto “flu”
  • High in saturated fat
  • linked to heart disease
  • nutrient deficiency
  • constipation
  • mood swings

PROS

  • Weight loss
  • Increased energy
  • Mental clarity
  • Steady insulin levels for diabetics
  • Decreased inflammation
  • Increased endurance
  • Reduces fat without touching muscle

WHAT’S THE MEDIA SAYING?

Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels calls the Keto diet a fad trendy diet that is not good for you and is pretty much the atkins diet.  Jillian does not agree with the methods of the Keto diet and set out to inform everyone why. However Dr. Berg addresses everyone of Jillian’s concerns regarding the diet.

In this video professional athlete Tim Tebo explains his keto diet and why it works for him. He talks about some of the benefits and his 7 year success on the diet.

HERE’S THE DEAL…

According to studies conducted there is evidence to back up the benefits of the keto diet and the said risks of the keto diet. There has been people that have had success on the diet and are in perfectly good health and there are people who have tried the diet and have had medical complications. The keto diet Is a personal choice and appears to be winning over people that would like to loose weight  and not so much to reduce medical complications like diabetes to control insulin levels. Below are some references to peer reviewed articles that go more in depth of both the risks and benefits of the keto diet.

References:

Should you try the keto diet? (2018). Harvard Health Letter, 43(12), 4. Retrieved from http://library.neit.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=132296021&site=ehost-live

Ruscigno, M. (2018). The Keto Diet: More Fad than Long Term. Environmental Nutrition, 41(3), 3. Retrieved from http://library.neit.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=127811310&site=ehost-live

Narins, E. (2018). Curious About Keto? Cosmopolitan, 265(4), 124. Retrieved from http://library.neit.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=131390148&site=ehost-live