Is Keto The Best Diet For Fat-Loss?

Is keto the best diet for fat loss?

Transitioning into civi street has many challenges and you are under an enormous amount of pressure to “make it”

The responsibilities of work, commuting and home life take their toll on your body.?

You are often left without the time to look after yourself.?

Before you know it, years have passed and you have let yourself go.?

Your confidence is shot to shit, you’ve piled the weight on and you have the energy of a sloth.?

You suddenly wake up and think, “it’s time to change”?

So you start looking at quick and easy fat-loss FAD diets to solve your problem.

Enter stage left: The Ketogenic Diet!

Keto in a nutshell.

If you aren’t familiar, keto is a very low carb and high fat diet. In fact if done correctly you should consume no more than 30gs of carbs a day! In the absence of glucose from carbohydrates, your body must make its own energy source.?

After a few days, your liver starts producing ketone bodies to act as a fuel source. During the transition period, you can feel like garbage! Headaches, flu like symptoms and low energy. This potential due to the micronutrient deficiencies, caused by cutting out carbs..

Keto works in the same way as any other diet…CALORIE DEFICIT. All though you might be thinking “ Well fats have more calories per gram, so how does that work?” True, fats have 9kcals per gram Vs carbs that only have 4kcal. But what you need to remember is that fats and protein are highly satiating, meaning they fill you up for longer. So you end up eating less calories, because you are fuller .

Pros and cons?

The Pros

• The keto diet has been very successful in maintaining stability with epileptic people.?
• If you prefer fats to carbohydrates, this is for you.
• Good evidence for results in people with obesity.
• More suitable for people that struggle to maintain their blood sugar

The Cons

• You can’t eat bread, pizza, pasta or drink alcohol!
• Very restrictive, especially if you are eating out.?
• Can raise sex hormone biding globulin, which can interfere with free testosterone
• Doesn’t support activities that are high in glycolytic activity, like cross fit, weight lifting or rugby.
• Vitamin and mineral deficiencies: calcium, magnesium, potassium are the main ones.

So is keto the best diet for you.

Yes!...and NO!

Like I said above, there is no magic diet. The only thing you need to worry about is being in a calorie deficit. This can be achieved by ANY DIET protocol.?

The best diet is the one you can be more consistent with and helps fuel your workouts. I have seen it so many times that when people stop keto and eat carbs again they put on a lot of weight.

So stop looking for the short cut. It will take time for you to get back into shape, just the same as you didn't put weight on overnight.

Dig in and be prepared for a long fight.

If you would like a hand in finding the right diet and training plan, that is built around your lifestyle, reach out and send me a message. Let’s see what it would look like to work together.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Carl.