The prime objective of the keto diet is to get into ketosis, so how do you know when you’re there? How long does it take to get into ketosis? How can you get into ketosis faster? How do you know if you’ve been kicked out of ketosis? These are all pretty natural questions after dramatically … Read more
Keto is a very low-carb diet designed to put the body into ketosis, a state where fat is being broken down to provide ketones as energy for the body. The ketogenic diet originated in the 1920s as a treatment for epilepsy (elevated blood ketone levels can reduce the occurrence of seizures), but in recent years … Read more
The short answer: ketosis occurs when the body burns fat for fuel as a result of insufficient carb intake. The long answer takes a bit more explaining, starting someplace that is not ketosis or even about ketones, but in how the body creates and uses energy on the typical carb-tasic diet common in our society. … Read more