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What Is Ketosis Diets
Sep 7th
A diet that is low in carbohydrates forces the liver to turn body fat in into fatty acids which are used to provide energy to the body. A by-product of the burning of fatty acids into energy are ketone bodies. That is why a low carbohydrate diet is also called a ketosis diet.
Before you embark on such a diet, it is a good idea to consult your physician. There are side effects to eating low carbohydrate diets such as feelings of lethargy, headaches, depression and some forms of body pains. Once you are given the green light, you will be surprised by how simple and yet how easy it is to maintain ketosis diets.
Ketosis diets are just low carbohydrate diets. This is not dieting in the colloquial sense since you are allowed to eat as much as you want, even fatty foods are encouraged, as long as the percentage of carbohydrate in the diet is significantly lower, that is, around 20 percent of daily caloric intake.
The amount of fatty food is what keeps the body in a state of ketosis. Most food groups are allowed including vegetables and fruits. But the food groups that should dominate in a low-carb diet are meats, poultry and fish. High carbohydrate foods such as bread, pasta, rice and other starchy foods are not allowed
Some experts argue that ketosis diets must have been what humans are really used to because for thousands of years, most humans were meat eaters with very low intakes of carbohydrates. It was only in the advent of agriculture that a significant rise of carbohydrate intake tool place in our diets, but it is only after the second half of the 20th century where our diet radically departed from what our ancestors have been used to for thousands of years.
So to improve metabolism, a low carb, or ketosis diet, may just be the answer. With a gradual decrease in carb intake and an increase in fat burning, this diet may just be the solution for those who have difficulty in increasing their metabolism.
High Protein Diets Can Help You Lose Weight
Sep 3rd
If you want to lose weight and are at a loss which diet works for you, why not try eating high protein diets. The concept is actually ingenious. Since protein is filling, you actually eat less, which is a good way to lose weight, and the composition of your diet is low on carbs, which is another good thing. And if you combine a high protein diet with exercise, your body is able to recovery quicker because protein is essential to body repair and development of muscle mass.
If your goal is replacing body fat with muscle, then you must eat your high protein diet at the most effective times which are at breakfast, at dinner right before bedtime, and after your exercise. The right amount of protein in your diet is estimated to be between half a gram to five grams of protein for every pound of body weight. A simpler way of calculating the required amount of protein is to assign a gram of protein for every pound of body weight.
Digestion of protein consumes a lot of energy so your body adjusts by increasing its metabolic rate. This is another beneficial effect of high protein diets. As you gradually return to your everyday diet, you will find out that you are able to burn fats faster because of higher metabolism.
It has been said that high protein diets can lead to kidney diseases but recent studies show that as long as your kidneys are healthy, developing chronic conditions are rare. The connection of high protein diets with kidney disease is more common among people with pre-existing kidney conditions.
So what are some examples of high protein foods? Some good examples are:
• Steaks,
• Chicken breasts,
• Drumsticks,
• Most fish fillets,
• Pork chops,
• Eggs,
• Milk,
• Tofu,
• Soy milk,
• Most beans,
• Nuts such as peanuts, cashews and almonds
So eat less of other foods and eat more protein to give you the needed energy and body building food that is right for your needs. Giving high protein diets a try and finally burn the fat you have been longing to with an improved metabolism.