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What Is the Keto Diet?:  A Beginner’s Guide for Heart Health

The keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet.

Your body will undergo ketosis if you follow a ketogenic diet. It is a process that takes place when your body switches from burning carbohydrates to burning fat in order to obtain energy.

Keto diet is believed to aid in weight loss and also control diabetes. This diet lowers blood sugar and insulin level and shifts the body’s metabolism away from carbs and towards fat and ketones.  (Source: healthline)

Keto diet improves risk factors like body fat, cholesterol levels, blood pressure  and sugar levels are enhanced with a keto diet.

Standard ketogenic diet (SKD): This is a very low-carb, moderate protein and high-fat diet. It typically contains 70% fat, 20% protein, and only 10% carbs.  (Source: bbcgoodfood)

Keto diet includes a large quantity of fat from Avocado, Coconut, Olive oil and other vegetable oils, Nuts, nut butter and seeds, Bacon, Egg yolks, Butter, and Cheese.

In your diet include 20% protein, which is Meat and chicken, Fish, Seafood, Eggs.

In your diet include low-carb vegetables Leafy greens, Broccoli, Asparagus, Cucumber, Celery, Tomatoes, Peppers and Zucchini.

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