WHY KETO DIET IS BETTER THAN CARB-BASED DIET? (JUNE 2020)

In one of our blogs, we discussed what is a keto diet and how it is beneficial for all of us? Today we will discuss why the keto diet is better than a carb-based diet?

Nowadays people are calculating calories for fat loss/weight loss but the truth is you don’t need to count calories because no machine or doctor can tell you exactly how much calories your body needs. Let’s say your body needs 2000 calories but you are providing 1700 or 1800 yes you will lose weight but that type of weight loss will harm your metabolism and muscle loss.

Ex. You are going shopping and you decided to spend Rs. 5000 but you will spend 6000 or 7000 it’s human nature. So how can you tell that your body needs a certain number of calories?

Most of the disease today has caused by carbs or sugar like type 2 diabetes, blood pressure, cancer cells survive on glucose, obesity, inflammation, blockage.

KETO DIET BENEFITS THAT YOU WON’T GET IN CARB BASED DIET

FAT LOSS

• a ketogenic diet our body uses higher-quality food sources for energy. In carbohydrates any excess calories will be stored in adipose tissue for future use and result in fat gain and energy levels will go down when insulin spike suddenly from eating simple carbohydrates.

PREVENT DIABETES

• fat loss another major benefit of the High-Fat diet is its help in the prevention of diabetes by lowering insulin resistance (an impaired response of the body to insulin, resulting in elevated levels of glucose in the blood (a key component of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome). By lowering insulin levels, it is possible to reverse or mitigate diabetes symptoms.

BOOSTS ENERGY

• fat is the body’s preferred fuel because fats are the best macronutrient for energy, it gives you a boost that can sustain throughout a day.

IMPROVES SKIN HEALTH

• higher insulin levels result in acne High Fat Diet lowers insulin level and prevents acne and skin. High oil (Ghee, Butter, Olive Oil, Coconut oil) content may also glow your skin because it releases more oil is released onto the skin by oil glands.
• oil glands release more oil due to high oil (Ghee, Butter, olive oil, Coconut oil, Cheese, etc.) content in the diet it glows your skin.

LOWER LDL LEVELS

• Our diet is high in fat and low in carbohydrates its increases your HDL levels and lower LDL Levels (Bad Cholesterol). A better cholesterol balance and few triglycerides help in preventing Plaque deposition in arteries.

Our traditional Indian diet is composed mostly of carbs like 85 to 90% of the content in our meal is carbs. And you think that fats like ghee, butter, and cheese can cause damage to the body you are wrong. What’s causing damage is sugar and carbs that you are consuming daily in a very big amount. So, stop blaming fats for what sugar or carbs are doing to our body.

Most doctors have advised you to stop eating sugar and they never told you the types of carbohydrate (but what about others things like roti, bhakri or rice, fruits these all things contains sugar.) you must stop eating. Suppose you prepared sugarless tea but you are eating a biscuit with it then it will be worthless to drink that tea. When a doctor or nutritionist suggests you stop eating sugar that means no biscuit, no grains, no fruits because each of them contains sugar.

FUNCTIONS 

From there you can understand that fats have lots of function while carbohydrates only provide energy that too not sufficient because mostly you are eating bad carbs.

DRAWBACKS OF CARB-BASED DIET

1. You need to eat every 3 4 hours
   1. Cravings
   2. Elevated blood sugar
   3. Sugar addiction
   4. Inflammation
   5. Lethargic

SCIENCE-BASED FACTS

Scientists already claimed that dietary fat is important for our body and we need to eat them daily so that our body can work smoothly.

Fat gives you healthy energy than carbohydrates.

WHO in one of their report stated

The ketogenic diet is suitable for every person no matter what’s your profession is.

The greatest tri-athlete of all time Paula Fraser stated that she is on a High-fat diet throughout her career. So, when an endurance sports athlete is on a high-fat diet. She one’s quoted “You can’t train for Ironman on Pasta and salad”. That means even endurance athletes would be benefited from the High-Fat diet. Think if an endurance athlete used a high-fat diet for energy then what’s the reason that we could not. Change your lifestyle as soon as possible and prevent many diseases like Diabetes, obesity, Damaged skin, hormonal imbalance, and this vicious cycle goes on and on. Be cautious and start taking care of your body.

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