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Greater Weight Loss

When choosing to go on a ketogenic diet instead of another type, weight loss is faster and usually more sustainable. Unlike with a low-fat diet where calorie restriction doesn’t satiate the appetite because the body needs fat to function properly, reducing carbohydrates doesn’t cause the same reaction in the human body. Instead, it causes a state of ketosis, which burns fat stores instead of sugar, promoting greater weight loss.
Excess water weight is dropped on a low carb diet. Reduced salt through the kidneys helps cut weight in the first few weeks due to less insulin within the body. Please go to this link to learn more about the weight loss benefits of ketogenic diets.

Reduction in Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes

Ordinarily, sugar is pulled inside the digestive tract, but from there, things start to go very wrong for people with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes happens when the cells are not able to absorb the sugar, which causes the level of sugar in the blood to reach excessive levels. The insulin hormone is normally released into the body to help the body avoid being overwhelmed with too much sugar in one go. The cells see the insulin and respond accordingly. However, with diabetic people, the insulin isn’t acknowledged, leading to unmanaged levels of sugar in the bloodstream.

On a normal diet, a sugar spike with meals or desserts that have a good deal of sweetness to them overloads a person with diabetes unless they’re taking medication to lower their blood sugar level from dangerous levels.

A ketogenic diet that’s low in carbohydrates substantially reduces the amount of sugar taken in by the body. The higher fat levels in the diet cause the body to burn more fat. For diabetic and pre-diabetic people, reduced sugar meals act to reduce blood sugar levels. So much so that some people can get off diabetic-management medication when under the correct supervision of their physician, while avoiding getting hypoglycemic. In fact, a low-carb diet is often recommended by doctors treating diabetic patients for this very reason.

Higher HDL Cholesterol

There are two kinds of cholesterol. The bad kind and the good kind. HDL cholesterol is the good kind and when on a ketogenic diet, HDL levels are increased. HDL acts to transport cholesterol; collecting it around the body and bringing it to the liver for processing and removal. LDL cholesterol, the bad kind, acts the opposite way, essentially polluting the body from the liver, out. With lower HDL, heart disease is believed to be far less of a concern.

When preparing new recipes to try out, consider whether they can be made to follow a ketogenic meal plan. It’s not that difficult to adjust the types of meals you create to give the ketogenic diet a real try for a month or so, to see how your body feels when you’re on it.