The Ketogenic Lifestyle

Common Mistakes Everyone Makes Doing A Ketogenic Diet  The Ketogenic diet is one of the most complicated diets to be followed, if not done properly, you will easily be kicked out of ketosis . Here are some common mistakes that you should be avoiding if you wanna stay in that state and lose weight easily.  1- Doing Keto without Intermittent Fasting: The whole purpose of Keto is to fix insulin, to reverse  insulin resistance and to lower blood sugars. Every time you eat, you raise insulin. So if you just do the keto diet without intermittent fasting , you may not lose weight especially if you're having multiple meals per day.  2- Eating when you're not hungry: If you're not hungry and you eat, what's going to happen is that you're going to spike Insulin again, and that's what we are avoiding while doing this diet.  3- Eating too much Protein: Consuming a big amount of Protein will trigger your insulin levels, so in your mind, you...

The Ketogenic Diet To Balance Women Hormones In this article we gonna kill the myth that says "keto diet and intermittent fasting plan is bad for women because it messes up their hormones". Let's clarify that with the following 6 different points :  1- Insulin :  When you decrease insulin by doing a combined plan of Keto and Intermittent fasting, you are instantly enhancing some certain fat burning hormones. Insulin is a fat making hormone and has the power of preventing the fat burning process; it is a dominating hormone, in the presence of Insulin all the fat burning hormones are nullified. By lowering insulin, you enhance the thyroid hormone which is a fat burning hormone, growth hormone , glucagon , and adrenaline .  2- Bile :  Because you're consuming more healthy fat, you're increasing the bile production, it helps you convert the inactive form of thyroid hormone which is T4 to the active form which is T3 , so you actuall...

Keto Friendly Pleasure Foods On A Ketogenic Diet While following a Ketogenic Diet , you probably will miss having some cakes or waffles or any kind of sweets, but as long as you are in ketosis  you'll have to stay away from carbs, so what can you do to buffer up all of those cravings.  Here are some few recipes that you can make to enjoy your low carb keto friendly pleasure food, but be always careful, your daily net carbs should never be more than 50g.  Keto brownies : - Almond flour  - Eggs - Ripped Avocado - Almond milk - Backing powder  - Sea Salt  - Dark Cacao powder (unsweetened)  Keto Bread : - Almond flour  - Ground Flaxseeds  - Ground Sesame Seeds - Coconut flour  - Eggs  - Backing powder  - Water  - Sea Salt  Keto Waffles :  - Almond flour  - Peanut butter (homemade is better) - Eggs  - Coconut flour - Coconut milk. Keto Panc...

The Highest Potassium Foods To Consume On A Ketogenic Diet In this article, we gonna figure out the richest potassium foods, this list is going to contain a variety of fruits, veggies, some beans, and wild caught fish.  Beet Tops: We can use them as a salad or add them to a kale shake, one cup contains 1300mg   Avocado: This great source of healthy fats is also rich in potassium, one cup contains 975mg Lima Beans: Even if beans are not really recommended on keto but one cup contains 975mg Spinach: One of the healthiest green veggies, high in potassium, one cup contains 839mg Salmon : This amazing wild caught fish, high in omega3 and k+, 6 ounces contains 839mg Squash: A yummy veggie that is so delicious and keto friendly,  one cup contains 801mg Brussel Sprouts: Natural source of probiotics, with high potassium, one cup contains 504mg ➥As long as your Potassium intake is high on keto, you'll avoid most of the keto flu symptoms and you...

How Long to Get Into Ketosis After Your Cheat Day The ketogenic diet is the plan where you're allowed to cheat because once you do, you gonna ruin the new fat burning machinery you've been building.  It took you between 2 and 6 weeks to get into Ketosis  because your cells and your enzymes have to adapt to this new source of energy.  Once you have your cheat meal, you pop it back to running on sugar fuel , and it will take you between 48 and 72 hours if you are lucky, but it can take even longer, up to one week or more.  There are some variables that control the speed to get back into ketosis.  The 5 essential variables are: - Your Metabolism (if your metabolism is fast, it will not take more than 72 hours to get back on track) - Your age (the younger you are, the more you have chances to get back on ketosis faster) - How long you've been in Ketosis (if you've been on a Keto diet for a long period of time, your system is finally effi...

Tips For A Dairy-Free Ketogenic Diet A lot of people have allergies to dairy , or they are lactose intolerant which means that they don't have the enzyme to digest the milk sugar properly. Another reason that may make you want to avoid dairy products is that you could be sensitive to the quality of dairy products .  There are hormones in dairy products that your body is reacting to them, most of the animals now are fed with grains that are GMO , that's why you'll have to avoid consuming dairy. The best alternatives you could have are :   - Coconut Oil (make yummy recipes as Keto pomps or cookies).  - Coconut Milk .  - Coconut Cream (you can use it to cream your coffee). - Nut Milks (almond milk, walnut milk, cashew milk, and macadamia milk).  - Nut Butters (almond butter, peanut butter..)  - Ghee (clarified butter) - Avocado  - Seed milks  (sunflower milk, pumpkin milk, hemp milk)  ➦ There's always so...