What is KETO?
In a nutshell keto diet is basically a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carb diet. The main purpose of Keto diet is to force the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates as body fuel. Keto try to eliminate the processed carbs like sugar, high fructose corn syrup and minimise the starch in diet. Today’s highly processed foods aren’t a good match for humans and lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart problems. Simpler natural diet, like older generations used to eat, could be better for your health. The diet was first introduced as a therapy in 1920s to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. Carbohydrates present in food are converted to glucose. Carbs are then transported around the body for fuelling brain function . However, if only a little carbohydrate remains in the diet, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies, the latter passing into the brain and replacing glucose as an energy source. An elevated level of ketone bodies in t