Keto diet is the trendy diet among today’s generation which is mainly used for treating overweight. People are running towards it by seeing the wonderful results of loosing weight within short period. The diet stresses on low carbohydrates with high fat and moderate protein. Usually, the energy is provided by glucose which is available from carbohydrates mainly grains. During keto, instead of glucose ketones are the byproduct of digestion. For sudden benefit of weight loss, keto is good but on long term basis, it leads to a condition called ketosis and some time ketoacidosis and fatty liver. All these conditions are harmful for health.
The death report was shocking for many people because the reason was diagnosed as she was following a ketogenic or keto diet. The kidney failure occur because may be she was following this diet for a long time.
What is keto and how it works?
The diet is focused on high fat and low carbohydrate and this was actually formulated for epilepsy children because studies found out that high fat can treat neurological disorders.The foods allowed on keto plan are beef, mutton, chicken, egg,fish, sea food, cheese, oil etc..This diet is not following any healthy foods.So a keto follower is using fat for energy. The carbohydrate is stored as glycogen in body. The chemical composition of glycogen has water molecules. So those who follow a keto diet, these water molecules are actually getting reduced. Thus weight loss happens because the body water is getting decreased not the body fat unlike other weight loss diets. That’s why keto is a sudden weight loss achiever because it takes time to loose body fat than body water. This is the reason that those who don’t follow a keto, takes less time to reduce their weight. Lets read some of the after effects of keto diet.
Ketosis :- When a person eat more fats, after digestion this fat is convert to ketone bodies and it will enter into brain. When this ketone bodies got increased in blood leads to a condition called ketosis. Bad breath, dry mouth, increased thirst are resulting consequences.
Ketoacidosis:- This condition is seen only for diabetic patients. There will be a drop in the pH of blood and there will be less muscle and nervous activities. If a person is having ketoacidosis and at the same time, if ketosis occurs leads to heart attack and kidney failure.
Heart diseases :- As the diet is rich in fat, it leads to increase in LDL cholesterol. The LDL is bad for heart and leads to accumulation of fat in the blood vessel and results in atherosclerosis, heart attack etc.
Constipation :- Fat takes lesser time to get digest. So the bowel movement is slower and the diet is low in fibrous foods such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Thus, constipation is seen in most people.
Liver and kidney problems :- The fat and protein put stress on liver and kidney after the digestion process. The non vegetarian foods are loaded with protein and the kidney become overloaded and find it difficult to eliminate the waste products. And this waste products will accumulate in the body itself and cause kidney stones and on severe cases kidney failures too.
So a keto diet is good for short term period but it is unhealthy. People who are pregnant, diabetic or with any liver, heart and kidney related problems are not recommended to follow keto diet.People are using this for cosmetic reasons, but it’s so extreme that it’s dangerous – Lisa Cimperman
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