The keto diet is a low carbohydrate, moderate protein, and a high-fat diet, where the body burns fat as you eat fat. Conventionally, our body converts carbohydrates to produce glucose and that is where we get our energy from.
When you reduce the number of carbohydrates to an extremely low level, the body looks for an alternative source of fuel. And that’s where it finds fats. The body begins to burn fats as a source of fuel to produce ‘ketones’ as you eat fats, and that’s your body results in an accelerated weight loss.
This state is called ketosis, and the diet that enables this state of ketosis is called the ketogenic diet. Basis research, this diet is known to be 2.2 to 3 times faster than the caloric deficit diet in terms of weight loss.
