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Ketosis
When you eat carbohydrates, your body converts them into glucose for energy, and since glucose
is the easiest molecule for your body to convert to energy, it will be chosen first over any other
energy sources. Your body will burn the carbs and store the fat. Carbs burn off quickly leaving
you craving more and more and can cause an energy “crash.”
If you deny your body the carbs, it will instead use fat for its fuel source. The body will produce
ketones in the liver and use them for energy resulting in a metabolic state called “ketosis.” Simply
put, the Ketogenic Diet is a way of eating that puts your body into ketosis where it is burning fat.
Basically, you have turned your body into a fat-burner instead of a sugar-burner.
Despite fat having more calories per gram than protein or carbohydrates, diets that are high in fat
do not make people fat. A diet that is high in carbs and fat will make you fat, but it’s not
because of the fat.
** Do not confuse Nutritional Ketosis with Diabetic Ketoacidosis, a life-
threatening condition! For more information on this, click here.)
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