The Myths and Realities of Ketosis

Critics of low-carb eating often cite the metabolic state of ketosis as reason enough to forget about restricting carbohydrates in your diet. They offer an assortment of reasons that ketosis is dangerous and to be avoided - without acknowledging that almost everyone enters a state of ketosis at some point within a 24 hour period of time...when they sleep!

I'd like to use this edition of the Low-Carb Guru to sort the fact from fiction and provide you with information you can use to make your own decision whether to follow a low-carb plan low enough to trigger ketosis, or low enough to lose while remaining in primary glucose metabolism!

Let's start with what ketosis is. It is a metabolic state where your body "switches" from primarily using glucose for energy to primarily using fat for energy. The fat used for energy will come from both dietary fat sources and body fat. Ketosis is the natural result of limiting carbohydrates in your diet to a low enough level - you're NOT eliminating them - that your body can't meet its energy needs primarily from glucose. This is because all carbohydrates are converted to glucose for energy and if you limit your intake, the body will still need energy (calories) and will find another way to get them - ketosis - fat burning is its source of its primary energy.

But wait, you say, the body needs glucose!

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