Ketosis Diet Plan - Women

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Is a ketosis diet plan good for women - or anyone?

Ketosis, or keto diets remain popular right now and a few supplements are on the market.

Very expensive, these mostly MLM marketed formulas are not necessary to maintain ketosis and lose weight.

Yes, the state of fat-burning, or ketosis is attainable by a specific diet plan. And this plan has been around for decades.

The medical doctors Eades and Eades published The Protein Power Life Plan in 2001.

Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution: The High Calorie Way to Stay Thin Forever was published in 1972.

Now the buzz word is ketosis, a weight loss diet plan. 

It is also good for reducing inflammation and has been noted to reduced the progress of cancer. Could that be? Cancer is a condition brought on by inflammation so that makes sense to me.

A low carb high fat menu plan which includes plenty of green foods both raw and cooked, is an anti-inflammatory diet (for most, if you don't have vegetable allergies or a high response to lectins).

Carbohydrates from foods made with grains, or starchy vegetables promote inflammation, leading to pain. ...Sore joints, aching muscles - either mild, or for some, crippling.

A keto diet for weight loss meal plan simply excludes the starchy foods like bread, buns, crackers, grains, including pastas, and potatoes. Other root vegetables like carrots, beets,  and parsnips are  sugary too, and can be kept to a minimum.

For best results, fruit too, is excluded.

Keto Diet For Weight Loss Beginners

If you're curious about ketosis and how it can keep you thin and healthy, I suggest that you gain information with this book, Keto Clarity by by Eric Westman MD and Jimmy Moore. It is the leading best seller book on amazon on the subject, as I write today.

There are other books to choose from as well. The customer reviews on Keto Clarity reflect its usefulness and...clarity.

I first wrote about fat-burning ketosis on the topic of Intermittent Fasting in Effortless Healing by Dr. Joseph Mercola.

(Kaiser Permanente, an HMO insurance company, is now promoting Intermittent Fasting as a healthy eating plan.)

How Long Do You Need To Do Keto To Lose Weight?

This varies from person to person, and here is why.

When you eat carbohydrates in their many forms, they are changed to sugar in your gut and pass into your blood to be burned off as energy.

What you don't burn off is stored in your liver and muscles as glycogen.

When you begin to consume between 20-50 mg. of carbs a day (a Keto diet) you won't get into ketosis until all that glycogen is used up. 

Therefore, folks who have been eating any form of sugars and storing glycogen, will take longer to get into the state of fat burning ketosis.

Another factor is people who have drifted into metabolic syndrome over the years(difficulty in burning fuels, also referred to as slow metabolism) will take longer.

Metabolic syndrome is a pre-diabetic state. There are multiple benefits to back-peddling out of this:

• Weight loss
• Decrease inflammation in joints, muscles, gut, brain and all soft tissues
• In turn, decrease joint pain, IBS pain and muscle pain
• Gradually speeding up your metabolism
• Generate more energy making daily life and exercising more enjoyable
• In turn, building muscle mass, strength and mobility

See my article Are Ballet Workouts More Effective? for more about strength and mobility.

Are Keto Diet Weight Loss Results Healthy?

The keto diet does not restrict fats.

Fats support your brain, skin, joints and muscles. Fats are anti-inflammatory.

That's only if you choose the right fats to eat:

• Grass fed meats like pasture fed beef
• Butter from grass fed cows
• Healthy seed oils like flax seed oil, avocado seed oil, true olive oil, walnut oil - seeds

Depending on your age and overall health, you have a better chance of maintaining skin quality (avoiding wrinkles), mental clarity, and exercise enjoyment (less pain) if you forego the low fat diet.

There is much more about this topic in the guide book Facts About Saturated Fats.

Keto Diet For Weight Loss Recipes 

I write more about this in my article Keto Diet Meals.

For the busy person get meals made for you   - see Keto Diet Freezer Meals, to help you with your weight loss goals.

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Have you tried a keto diet for weight loss? Or for your health in general? Please do share how you liked it and how it made you feel better. We can all learn from each other.