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Ketogenic diets are becoming more popular – especially in the MMA and weight-loss communities.<\/p>\n

But what is ketosis and what does it do?<\/p>\n

What is the Ketogenic Diet?<\/h2>\n

The ketogenic diet, is a dietary protocol consisting of a low amount of carbohydrate, with higher fat and moderate protein intake. Most people who aren’t athletes, eat between 15 & 60g of carbohydrate per day whilst on the ketogenic diet. Eating too many carbs will kick you out of a metabolic state called ‘ketosis’. You can check if you’re in ketosis by using sticks that you pee on.<\/p>\n

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The History of the Ketogenic Diet<\/h2>\n

The ketogenic diet has been around for quite some time and it’s not another fad diet. Fasting has been used to treat health conditions since 500 BC<\/a> (according to available records) and the ketogenic diet was established in the 1920s by physicians as a way to replicate the metabolism of fasting, in order to treat epilepsy in children.<\/p>\n

Babies are born in ketosis and maintain ketosis when they are exclusively breast fed. Most humans were ‘on’ ketogenic diets for hundreds of thousands of years, before the onset of agriculture. It’s interesting to note as well, that humans are in the top 5 of all the animal kingdom in terms of their potential endurance<\/a>, but nowhere in terms of strength and power. Another reason that fat might well be our preferred fuel – fat being the best fuel for ultra-endurnace but pretty terrible for fuelling explosive movements and exercises.<\/p>\n

What is Ketosis?<\/h2>\n

Ketosis your body start utilising ‘ketone bodies’ which are produced by the liver breaking down fatty acids in periods of either fasting, or low carbohydrate intake.<\/p>\n

Your body will always use glucose, from carbohydrate-intake as an energy source for the brain and muscles working a higher intensity, when it is available in large enough quantities.<\/p>\n

When blood glucose remains low, and can’t be ‘topped’ up from stores in the body (called glycogen), fatty acids are broken down to form\u00a0acetyl-CoA, which in turn is used in the synthesis of ketone bodies.<\/p>\n

Acetyl-CoA is normally used to produce energy from glucose, but can’t in the absence of glucose and oxaloacetate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is theorised that your brain could function ‘better’ in ketosis because of the fact that it can yield more energy per gram of ketones, then per gram of glucose.<\/p>\n

What are the Ketones \/ Ketone Bodies<\/h2>\n

Acetoacetate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and acetone.<\/p>\n

Acetone is formed via the ‘ decarboxylation’ of acetoacetate<\/p>\n

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What are the Benefits of the Ketogenic Diet?<\/h2>\n