So what is the keto diet? What does keto even mean and how is it done? In this course you will learn all you need to know. First of all let's get this out of the way. What does the word “keto" mean? Basically the body can run on two different fuels. One is sugar from carbohydrates in the food we eat and that's what most people today primarily use. Let's say if they're eating bread, pasta, rice, potatoes etc. The other fuel is fat. The keto diet is a very low-carb diet. So low in carbs that the body has to switch to mainly using fat for fuel. For example from real foods like eggs, meat, avocados, butter, olive oil, nuts, etc. Even the brain can become fueled by fat. When the body is out of sugar, fat is converted in the liver into energy molecules called ketones that fuel the brain. And the diet that results in this is called ketogenic, meaning it produces ketones. And that's why the diet is called the keto diet. Being fueled mostly by fat, a state called
when it comes to fat loss there's no doubt that your diet is the most important factor that you have to get right even if your training is on point and consistent you're simply not going to see the results you want without a proper nutrition strategy but this is where most people fail and I honestly don't blame them we're constantly overwhelmed with new diets that are supposedly the new best way to lose fat so what becomes extremely difficult to know which approach to take but the real truth is every single diet or dieting method out there works the exact same way they all achieve fat loss by causing you to eat at a caloric deficit meaning that you're eating less calories and you're burning every day research has proven time and time again that whether it's keto intermittent fasting and so on although these diets may each have certain psychological and physiological benefits none of these diets or methods have any special fat loss effect the instead work.