Keto diet (ketone, carbohydrate-free diet) - a method of losing weight, which involves a change in metabolism due to the exclusion from the diet of carbohydrates. With this diet, fats and proteins become a source of energy.
Ideally, carbohydrates are the source of energy. But if their reserves are not replenished, the body perceives the current situation as extreme and begins to spend reserves - fat cells. That is why they give stunning results - fats become the main source of nutrition of the body, and, therefore, burned very quickly.
The essence of the diet is to introduce the body into a state of ketosis and rebuild it to recycle energy not from glucose, but from ketones - molecules that the liver produces, processing the stored fat in the body. To do this, the amount of carbohydrates in the diet is reduced to a very low level, and the basis of the diet consists of fats (60–70% of the diet) and a moderate amount of proteins (20–30% of the diet). The paleo diet and the Atkins diet are known just as varieties of the ketogenic diet, allowing for more protein and a little less fat.
The fewer carbohydrates in the diet and, therefore, glucose in the blood, the faster the body will enter the state of ketosis and begin to use fat as fuel.
Vegan ketogenic diets are not recommended to adhere to children and adolescents without the direct appointment of a specialist. If you have serious health problems, then you should not experiment without prior agreement with your doctor.
The diet should be interrupted if you feel bad on it: any diet should suit you and your body specifically.