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clever keto dieting (A complete beginner's guide to keto dieting the clever way)

Clever keto dieting (A complete beginner's guide to keto dieting the clever way) The Ketogenic diet is a low carb, moderate protein diet designed to create a state of ketosis within the body as a means of losing weight. This probably didn’t clarify things very much so let’s go through this a little slower.   Bodies run on fuel. Usually, that fuel is found in blood sugar or glucose which comes from the food we put into our mouths? But the body can also run an alternative fuel called ‘ketones.’ Ketones are made in the liver, from fat.   The Ketogenic Diet then is a method by which we convince the body to  switch gears – that instead of running the body on blood glucose, instead, it works off the fat stores, turning them into ketones which then do the job of running the body instead. This sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? The problem is, it’s not as easy as you think to convince the brain to switch gears and start using ketones over glucose. The only way to get there is through a proces