What is the Keto Diet
The ketogenic diet, commonly shortened to the keto (pronounced key-toe) diet, is a high-fat, low-carb, and moderate protein diet, which causes your liver to produce ketones to change the source of energy your body uses from sugar to fat.
This diet has recently gained a lot of popularity, with search results on Google nearly exploding.
And while many may think this is a relatively new diet, it was developed in the 1920s and 30s as therapy for epilepsy and metabolic diseases.
So, why this newfound interest in keto? Well, this diet helps you burn more fat, more effectively, and has many health benefits, besides the main one people turn to this diet for: losing weight.
Common Keto Terms
There are a handful of terms you will need to know on your keto journey, and your success relies on your understanding of these as well as the changes your body will undergo.
Here are the 6 most common keto terms you need to know and understand:
