The ketogenic diet is the most popular, discussed, and mysterious diet for weight loss. The progressive public is actively losing weight by eating homemade mayonnaise, and in the capital's catering establishments you can even order a keto burger, which is a cutlet flowing with juice, free from a bun and other excesses. Foreign scientists are publishing more and more new studies proving the benefits of an unusual menu that causes a process that forces the body to get energy from fat, not carbohydrates, but domestic weight loss experts are in no hurry to trust the dietary fad. The truth, as usual, is out there somewhere.
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Unheard of liberties are allowed on the ketogenic diet - for example, you can eat poultry with the skin on and not choose only white meat.
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A can of coconut oil, three dozen eggs, a dozen steaks, seven hundred grams of fresh lard, a bottle of olive oil, a kilo of tofu, a few bunches of radishes, and a bag of fresh herbs. This is what the result of going to the supermarket of an adherent of the increasingly popular keto diet looks like. It’s time to think in horror: “First he will die of indigestion, and then from cholesterol blockage of blood vessels!” And demonstrate your blatant ignorance of dietary trends.
On a high-fat diet, they don’t get fat and don’t get sick - they lose weight and get healthier! At least, numerous keto bloggers and their followers who call themselves ketoists are firmly convinced of this. They exalt life-giving ketosis as a new ideal dietary philosophy, designed to return to the best form the genetic code of a 21st century human, spoiled by the dominance of carbohydrate food, and at the same time rehabilitate fats accused of all sins.

The keto diet changes the enzyme and hormonal machinery of our body in such a way that it reduces the production of the hormone insulin, which regulates blood glucose levels, and, as a result, feelings of hunger and satiety.

"Instead" of insulin and in response to an increase in fat and protein against the background of a sharp reduction in carbohydrates in the diet, the liver begins to produce ketone bodies, a special form of acetone. These chemical compounds are included in the body in a kind of closed cycle, moving from organ to organ with the bloodstream and affecting the process of fatty acid oxidation.
As a result, the body enters ketosis, that is, it learns to extract strength for existence not from the usual available carbohydrate chains, but from already accumulated deposits of adipose tissue and fats from food, avoiding the depletion of protein reserves. The result is unprecedented rapid weight loss, muscle strengthening, victory over the annoying feeling of hunger and a new life.
Of course, in the event that your metabolism is tough on a keto diet: this meal plan (however, like any other) is not universal. For some, even a short carb cut turns into weakness, a sharp change in well-being, and other signs that indicate that ketosis seems to be on the wrong track.
The Keto Diet: A History of Oblivion and Rebirth
The keto diet only pretends to be a trendy novelty. For the first time, a diet plan that restricts carbohydrates (carbo) and gives a “green light” to fats was clinically tested in the 20s of the last century. Doctors working with patients suffering from diseases of the nervous system at that time often prescribed courses of therapeutic fasting, which sharply and significantly limited the production of insulin and other hormones that affect the functioning of the central nervous system and the brain. This gave excellent results, which, however, could not be enjoyed for any long time for an obvious reason: a person will not last long on water alone, and when it comes to a child, things take an even more serious turn.
It was then that the prototype of the menu, today known to us as the ketogenic diet, was developed. It was assumed that the diet, reshaping the metabolism in such a way that carbohydrates cease to be the main source of energy, is chemically similar to the rejection of food. Particularly outstanding results of a diet poor in carbohydrates and rich in fats were demonstrated by the example of epilepsy: the number of excruciating seizures in patients came to naught.
A simple, original and not requiring significant material costs, the technique was used safely and widely, but, alas, not for long: the pharmacological industry proved the effectiveness of a new type of drug - anticonvulsants, and doctors of the new generation preferred to prescribe pills to their patients, rather than pork lard. The oblivion of the antiepileptic keto diet was also facilitated by the growing dietary trend of blaming fats in all troubles.

The revival of interest in the ketogenic diet came in the late 90s - director Jim Abrahams (known mostly for masterpieces of the thrash comedy genre, including The Naked Gun and Scary Movie 4) directed the unexpectedly poignant and frank melodrama harm”, the plot of which was based on his own experience.

Abrahams' son Charlie suffered from a severe form of epilepsy from birth and reacted extremely poorly to all types of medication, suffering from side effects. Toddler's parents were desperate to find help before discovering information about the keto diet. With her help, they managed to take the disease under non-drug control. Jim Abrahams was so imbued with the effect of the keto diet that he organized a fund to help epileptic children and their families, which Meryl Streep, who played the role of the mother of a little patient in the film Do No Harm, actively supported, helped him at the formation stage.
By the way, this is why the keto diet is often referred to as the "Meryl Streep diet" - and not at all because the world-class star really abandoned carbohydrates in favor of fats.
Ketogenic diet: from epilepsy remedies to the arsenal of losing weight
Related to the ketogenic diet is one of the most popular diets used for weight loss in the late 20th century, the Atkins diet. American cardiologist Robert Atkins has popularized a proven method of effective weight loss by adapting the achievements of scientists and doctors made during the therapeutic use of the keto diet. He created his own concept of a four-phase diet, which became the harbinger of a real era of eating plans that limit carbohydrate intake.
According to Atkins, you need to find the very ratio of carbohydrate food to protein and fat, in which you can first lose weight to the desired weight, and then maintain it with relative comfort. Therefore, he proposes to first reduce the consumption of carbo to 20 grams per day for two weeks, and then gradually increase their number in search of an individual proportion.

The Hollywood elite are obsessed with the Atkins; as a result of this popularity, low-carbohydrate diets literally sat on the throne as the most effective. The main trend has been the reduction of carbohydrates and fats in favor of protein foods: indeed, practice has shown continues to show that this approach to nutrition allows you to lose weight without losing muscle and, in addition, maintain the result for a long time.

The fundamental difference between most common protein diets and the ketogenic diet is in relation to fatty foods. In addition to limiting carbohydrates, the authors of high-protein diets generally recommend carefully monitoring lipid intake, preferring low-fat or at least devoid of visible fat when given the choice.
However, the LCHF diet (low carbs high fat, “low carbs - high fat”), considered the most progressive type of the ketone menu, is no coincidence that the virus has spread precisely among users of the Reddit social network, where a new young intelligentsia communicates, eager for any decision to sum up the evidence base. Scientific studies have shown that the best way to get out of sugar and enter ketosis is a menu that is based on the principle of "a lot of quality fats - an adequate amount of protein - an optimal amount of fiber - a lot of water."
Gary Taubes, columnist for The New York Times Magazine, became a popularizer and a talented interpreter of the results of scientific research. Thanks to his publications proclaiming a new view on a truly healthy diet, in which fats are allowed and carbohydrates are prohibited, he has become a cult figure among followers of the keto diet. Taubes consistently proved that people do not get fat because they eat a lot, but start eating a lot because they get fat - and saw the only way out of this trap in curbing insulin surges. (On Woman.ru you can read an excerpt from Gary Taubes' book Why We Get Fat, first published in Russian).

Experts on the ketogenic diet claim that it is precisely the properly launched and maintained ketosis that becomes the key to a trouble-free lifelong adherence to the keto diet without a shadow of longing for carbohydrates and any damage to the body.

American and Swedish (Sweden - the birthplace of the LCHF diet) questioned the established dogma that the brain and nervous system are not able to live without glucose, and came to unexpected conclusions.
Experiments have shown that with the rejection of carbohydrates and the depletion of reserves glycogen, the brain is able to switch to the “use” of ketones and eat fat processing products, which, in addition, turn out to be more physiological fuel for it (brain tissues are mostly fat of “higher purification”). Today, the foreign medical press is literally full of data that