The ketogenic diet is the HOTTEST diet of 2018, but is it safe? The mainstream media has demonized high fat diets as being dangerous leading to heart disease, weight gain, clogged arteries and more. Are there any truth to these claims? Here are 7 BIG lies you’ve been told about the ketogenic diet.
In today’s article you’re going to discover seven ketogenic diet myths and lies that the fitness industry has repeatedly said over and over.
I’m also going to give you the scientific research that will refute these claims once and for all.
By: Tim Ernst – Founder of The 10 Day Fat Exterminator, Body Blitz Max, 180 Muscle and Barbell/Dumbbell Ripped Muscle Complexes
Myth #1 No Long Term Studies On The Ketogenic Diet
There are actually long-term studies showing the effectiveness of keto [1]. (see links at the bottom of this article)
In the last 50 years we’ve been doing long-term studies or experiments on the human population with high amounts of carbohydrates, refined carbohydrates, sugar and low fat.
The evidence is pretty clear, just take a look at where we are today.
There are large amounts of the population who have diabetes, pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
I think you’ll agree that high carbohydrate/low fats diets don’t work.
However, keto is a diet without carbs and very high in fat, this is very healthy if you know what you’re doing.
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Myth #2 Keto Is Dangerous For Your Kidneys.
People will say that keto is dangerous for your kidneys because it’s high in protein.
First of all the ketogenic diet is not high in protein, it’s a moderate amount of protein.
On keto you’re not doing massive quantities of protein. It’s not the Atkins diet, it’s not unlimited protein.
So saying the ketogenic diet will affect you kidney’s is false.
Myth #3 Keto Gives You Adverse Reactions
People will say that when you do keto you’ll get bad-breath, keto flu, keto rash and your performance from exercise will go down.
The truth is you’re only going to have adverse reactions if you’re going into this with nutritional deficiency, specifically potassium and B vitamin deficiencies.
It’s very easy to counteract this just by taking a little bit more B vitamins from nutritional yeast and consuming enough vegetables to get your potassium.
You will not have these reactions if you get these vitamins and minerals.
Myth #4 The Body Needs Carbs To Function
The truth is we don’t need carbs. There’s no such thing as an essential carbohydrate.
Our body, our brain and our heart can easily run on ketones ,which by the way is a preferred fuel source, but there are certain parts of the body such as the brain (the red blood cells) and the eyes that do need glucose.
However, it’s a very small amount but that’s why our liver has the capacity to make glucose from protein or lipids.
This process is known as gluconeogenesis.
Our bodies don’t need to take in external carbs, our bodies can make glucose very easily if we need a little bit.
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Myth #5 The Ketogenic Diet Will Slow Down Your Metabolism
This is just a blatant lie, it’s not true at all.
A high carbohydrate diet will slow your metabolism because it increases insulin and insulin not only converts sugar to fat, but it will block your ability to lose fat or use fat for fuel.
If you go on a low calorie diet, that will slow your metabolism but a ketogenic diet is very healthy and it will actually speed up your metabolism.
In fact, there are numerous people who have been treated with the ketogenic diet who had the worst metabolisms, finally lost the weight.
To do this you have to combine intermittent fasting so that insulin will stay very low making your metabolism a lot faster.
Myth #6 High Fat Diets Are Dangerous To Your Health
Saying that high fat diets are dangerous to the body is another lie.
There is no study that shows high fat diets are dangerous to the body.
If you actually read the studies that link high fat diets to problems, you’re gonna find in the small print that the food they fed the mice always had a higher amount of carbohydrates, like 23 grams of liquid sugar with the high fat diet.
They don’t do just high fats or low carbs, it’s always high fat and high carbs.
Fats are in fact very, very safe for the body if you don’t add the extra carbohydrates.
EDITORS NOTE: High-fat foods have been demonized by the mainstream media. Did you know that there are actually 4 specific fatty foods that are proven to ACCELERATE weight loss and fat-burning?
It’s true, and even better, I show you all four at the link below…
Myth #7 Keto is Not Sustainable
The Ketogenic diet is very sustainable because it’s going to get rid of your cravings, you’re not going to be as hungry, you’re gonna have a lot more energy, your moods are going to be up and that’s what’s going to be very sustainable.
Keto is going to allow you to feel better and do it long-term.
With a lot of other diets, you’re going to lose weight but eventually you’ll go back to your original eating habits making you gain all the weight back and sometimes MORE!
Not so with a healthy ketogenic diet plan, it’s something you could do your whole life without any complications or side effects.
EDITORS NOTE: The ketogenic diet is one of the most effective diets around for burning belly flab fast, but what are the absolute BEST ketogenic foods for the fastest fatloss? Here are the top 14 ketogenic foods for accelerated fat-burning.
=> The Top 14 Ketogenic Diet Foods For Accelerated Fat Burning
What’s Next?
While the standard ketogenic diet is a very low carb/high fat diet, there are different forms of keto that may work better for you!
One of them is called, “TKD” or “Targeted Keto Diet.” Targeted Keto is great for beginners if you want to experiment with it before graduating to the standard ketogenic diet.
Rather than designating days for eating high carbs to make workouts more productive, a TKD ketogenic diet program allows users to consume carbs around workout times any day.
This can be great for those who can’t stand the thought of giving up carbs completely and also want to meet their exercise goals at the same time.
It all starts by eating the 4 SUPER FATS below at the right time over a very short 14 day period (a few of them are probably in your kitchen right now)…
References:
[1] Long-term effects of a ketogenic diet in obese patients Exp Clin Cardiol. 2004 Fall; 9(3): 200–205.
Long Term Effects of Ketogenic Diet in Obese Subjects with High Cholesterol Level , 286:1
Study: Long Term High-fat Ketogenic Diet is Healthy and Safe
Dual studies suggest high-fat, low-carb diet improves memory and lifespan
Long Term Effects of Ketogenic Diet in Obese Subjects with High Cholesterol Level
