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The keto diet has strict guidelines - say goodbye to bread.
- The keto diet is the latest diet to captivate health professionals, celebrities, and the tech workers of Silicon Valley.
- Not only can the keto diet help you shed a few extra pounds, but it can potentially help treat symptoms of conditions like depression and PCOS.
- Despite the benefits, the low-carb, high-fat keto diet has strict guidelines and can even result in "keto flu" transition symptoms.
- If you're looking to start the keto diet without driving yourself crazy, here are 8 tips to help you out.
What do Silicon Valley tech workers and celebrities like Kourtney Kardashian have in common? They're fans of the ketogenic diet - the high-fat, low-carb diet that is making waves in the health and wellness world.
Not only can the keto diet help you shed a few extra pounds, but some research indicates that the keto diet may help prevent aging-related diseases, reduce "brain fog," and boost energy.
"Ketosis is the goal when eating a ketogenic diet - to shift your energy source from carbohydrates (glucose) to fat (ketones) which helps burn fat," McKel Hill, registered dietitian and founder of Nutrition Stripped, told Business Insider. "This might look something like a diet made up of about 70-75% of your daily calories from fat, with about 20% from protein and just 5% from carbohydrates."
The keto diet is known as one of the toughest out there, largely because the standard American diet tends to rely on a heavy dose of carbs and sugar. And if giving up your daily whole-grain bagel isn't enough, there's also the keto flu - the withdrawal or transition symptoms some people experience shortly after starting the keto diet.
If you've heard about the potential benefits of the keto diet and want to give it a shot, here are eight tips for doing the diet without driving yourself crazy: