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What Exactly Is the Keto Diet? - Chowhound
The Keto Diet is essentially a low-carb diet that tricks the body by taking advantage of its own natural processes. The process of ketosis is the breakdown of fats that are stored in the liver. Back in the olden days when food was a lot harder to come by, ketosis was the process that kept humans alive and energized until they found a food source.
Nowadays, we tend to take in a LOT of carbohydrates. The thing about eating carbohydrates is that the body produces glucose (which is essentially sugar) when the carbs break down. That glucose is super easy for our bodies to convert to energy, so the body uses glucose for energy and stores our fats away.
The Keto Diet is essentially a low-carb diet that tricks the body by taking advantage of its own natural processes. The process of ketosis is the breakdown of fats that are stored in the liver. Back in the olden days when food was a lot harder to come by, ketosis was the process that kept humans alive and energized until they found a food source.
Nowadays, we tend to take in a LOT of carbohydrates. The thing about eating carbohydrates is that the body produces glucose (which is essentially sugar) when the carbs break down. That glucose is super easy for our bodies to convert to energy, so the body uses glucose for energy and stores our fats away.
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