date:Nov 19, 2019
You've heard of low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets like the Atkins diet and paleo diet. A strict version of those diets has also gained popularity, simply called the ketogenic or keto diet.
These ketogenic diets are occasionally popular because they allow people to lose weight quickly, but do you know what, exactly, they do in your body to trigger weight loss?
In a standard carb-loaded American diet, the body burns glucose from carbohydrates as an energy source in a process called glycosis.