Tread Fitness Issue 01

This alone makes many people panic
because they’ve been led to believe that eating
fatty foods is unhealthy and will raise their
blood cholesterol levels. In reality, it’s not fatty
foods that are the cause of the problem.
The real culprits are sugar, simple carbs and
processed foods.
When you’re on a ketogenic diet, you’re
training your body to use ketones as a fuel
source instead of glucose. Glucose is a ‘lower
grade’ fuel that has several detrimental effects.
Why ketosis works:
Ketones are a cleaner source of fuel and
are produced when your body uses fat for fuel.
This is why people who reach ketosis suddenly
experience mental clarity and more energy. It’s
as if a brain fog has been lifted and they have
abundant energy. There is often the worry that
the body requires carbs to function optimally.
In reality, the 20 to 50 grams of carbs
allowed in the keto diet is more than sufficient.
The human body is more than capable of
producing its own glucose by using the glycerol
properties of fat.
Do we really need carbohydrates?
The human body does not require carbs to
function optimally. While you may consume
vegetables for the fiber and micronutrients,
you really do NOT need carbs like bread, rice,
etc.
By weaning yourself off carbs and burning
glucose for fuel, you’ll avoid many diseases
such as diabetes, high blood pressure,
inflammation, etc. There is no long-term
danger to being on ketosis.
In fact, you’ll be healthier, leaner and have
much more energy. You’ll be at a very low risk
when it comes to getting diseases associated
with glucose. In fact, studies have shown that
cancer cells need glucose to thrive.
When your body is on the keto diet, the
cancer cells are starved of glucose and either
become dormant or just die. Ketosis is that
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powerful.
Will ketosis cause muscle loss?
Contrary to popular belief, ketosis does
not cause muscle loss. In fact, it encourages it.
When you’re in a ketogenic diet and combine it
with intermittent fasting, your body produces
more growth hormone.
If you’re engaging in resistance training, you
will gain lean muscle. The body seldom burns
off muscle for fuel. Only during periods of
starvation when it has no choice will the body
choose to catabolize its muscle.
But what about cholesterol?
Here’s the truth – your body produces most
of its cholesterol. Yes, it does. Cholesterol is
used by the body to protect the cells. The fat
you eat in the keto diet doesn’t raise your
cholesterol levels.
Inflammation does. When the cells in
your body are inflamed, the body creates
cholesterol to soothe and protect them.
So what causes inflammation? Sugar and
processed foods. That’s what.
Now you can see that the real culprits are
hiding in plain sight. Fats have gotten a bad
rep, while carbs which are quickly converted to
glucose are hailed as healthy. Being in ketosis
actually reduced your bad cholesterol levels.
And that leaves us with the last worry that so
many people have…ketoacidosis.
The difference between ketosis and
ketoacidosis:
Ketosis is a state where the body burns
ketones for fuel. Ketoacidosis on the other
hand, is a situation where your body has high
levels of sugar and ketones. This can be a lifethreatening
situation.
It usually only affects those who have type
1 diabetes because the body doesn’t produce
insulin to manage the sugar in the blood. Most
people who don’t suffer from type 1 diabetes
will not face this problem.
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