• lmaydev@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Keto works because your body burns fat when carbs aren’t available. You don’t have to reduce your calories.

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      4 months ago

      Whether you burn fat or carbs doesn’t matter here, if it’s the same amount of calories.

      There are credible arguments you can make for why eating specific foods would help weight loss, but this is not one of them.

    • jet@hackertalks.com
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      4 months ago

      Not entirely true.

      Ketosis a metabolic condition where fat is used for energy.

      A ketogenic diet is a diet that never makes the body leave this state (i.e. no sugar/carbs/alcohol)

      Without sugar and insulin levels going crazy the body is less likely to overeat and people stop eating more quickly. But it is absolutely possible to gain weight while on a ketogenic diet. You would just be fighting yourself. (Example… You CAN eat 12 hard boiled eggs at once… You just really don’t want to)