Everything you need to know about Ketogenic diet!

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What is Ketogenic diet?

It is nothing else but low carb diet, where the human body produces ketones in the liver that is further used as energy. Also known as 'low-carb diet' or 'low-carb-high-fat' (LCHF) diet, this rigorous eating plan involves major reduction of carbohydrate intake and is replaced with fat. This process of reduction and addition places the body metabolism in a state called 'ketosis'. Ketosis is a process in which the body balances the energy level food intake is low. In this dynamic process, the human body produces ketones that are produced from the breakdown of fats in the liver. In this entire process, the burning of fat is the biggest source of energy, that further reduces blood sugar and insulin levels.

Types of Ketogenic diet
There are basically four types of Ketogenic diet:

Standard Ketogenic Diet (SKD): It involves low-carb, moderate-protein and high-fat foods.
Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD): It involves high-carb re-feeds, where you follow the ketogenic diet for 5 days followed by 2 high-carb days.
Targeted Ketogenic Diet (TKD): Interestingly, this diet allows you to add carbs around workouts.
High-Protein Ketogenic Diet (HPKD): This involves standard ketogenic diet with a major portion of protein.

Health benefits of Ketogenic diet

According to various studies, following health issues can be controlled by following ketogenic diet

Heart ailments: It controls the body fat, blood pressure and blood sugar
Cancer: It controls different types of cancer & tumour
Alzheimer: It slows down the progression of the symptoms
Epilepsy: It helps in reduction of attacks in epileptic children
Parkinson: It helps improve symptoms of the disease
Polycystic ovary syndrome (POS): It helps reduce insulin levels that play a key role in POS
Brain: This diet aids recovery after brain injury