Low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diet
In our day and age, we have an abundance of fast carbohydrates all year round, 24/7, which is detrimental to our health in many ways. A low-carbohydrate diet is a way to influence our genes for energy, satiety and fat storage and, by extension, all hormone production in the body. By burning mainly fat instead of carbohydrates, high blood sugar levels and insulin response can return to optimal values.Using a strict diet for periods
For most people, it is not suitable to follow a strict diet for long periods. With a ketogenic diet, you switch from carbohydrate to mainly fat burning and get many benefits that are described here
Benefits of ketogenic diet:
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balances sex hormones and fertility in e.g. PCOS
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lowers too high blood sugar, increases insulin sensitivity
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lowers inflammation
When is it not appropriate to eat strictly ketogenic?
- If you are planning to become pregnant, you should have balanced your hormones and insulin sensitivity before pregnancy. During the pregnancy itself, one should not eat strictly ketogenic.
- For some menstruating women without fertility problems, it works better to eat a partially ketogenic diet, i.e. consume a higher proportion of fat but at the same time consume a lot of good carbohydrates
After a period of ketogenic diet when weight, possibly once blood pressure and elevated inflammation have normalized, many can return to a larger proportion of carbohydrates in their diet again. Slow carbohydrates are preferred, especially if you have genes that easily cause high blood sugar. If inflammation returns when you reintroduce more carbohydrates, the problem may:
- derive from other food, e.g. light environment, noise, stress, nutritional deficiencies, toxins at home or at work
- toxins that have not yet been cleared from the body
- you have become hypersensitive (due to overconsumption/one-sided eating) to a single food
Ketogenic diet and paleo diet in preparation for intermittent fasting – If you want to try intermittent fasting, a paleo or ketogenic diet offers several benefits:
- the paleo diet lowers inflammation by avoiding common autoimmune triggers such as wheat and milk
- in the case of a ketogenic diet, the body is already used to using a certain amount of ketones as fuel
- detox symptoms become less
- better mineral and vitamin status, which makes fasting easier
Facilitate transition to ketogenic diet or paleo
Nutrient deficiencies are common today, partly because soils and water in most cases no longer have a natural mineral value. Processed food loses a large part of natural nutrition. We also don't eat the whole animals - unfortunately.
Adding minerals during the transition to a keto diet or during intermittent fasting provides relief from symptoms such as fatigue, possible cramps, cravings, etc.:
- Aussi Trace Minerals – provides a variety of trace elements and minerals in an easily absorbable form
- " adrenal drink " restores potassium and sodium which are often low at the start of a fast or keto diet
- magnesium calms the nervous system when it perceives stress of any kind or lack of food as a threat
There are many different types of diets that promote health. We will write more about these in the future, such as e.g. Weston A. Price, autoimmune diet etc.
