The ketogenic diet isn’t necessarily new, but it’s definitely taken off recently. Originally designed for people with epilepsy and other seizure disorders (the compounds your body produces on the diet are said to minimize seizures), it’s now replacing Atkins, Whole30 and Weight Watchers for those trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle, with more and more people looking to achieve that mysterious word, ketosis.
Keto is, at its core, a high-fat and low-carb (read: no carb) diet. You’re trying to get your body to start using fat for energy, so you’re essentially self-burning your body fat with the absence of carbohydrates and relying on protein to keep you upright. By following this diet breakdown (70 percent fat, 20 percent protein, 10 percent carbs), to a T for about a week, your body will reach that shiny goal of entering ketosis. It sounds really hippy dippy, but stay with me.
You'll start producing ketones, another form of energy that you can use to, you know, live. The lazy man's way of entering ketosis is by simply taking ketone supplements like you would a vitamin.
It’s one thing to understand ketosis and another to accept what it does to your body.