Keto Clarity: Your Definitive Guide to the Benefits of a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet by Eric Westman MD & Jimmy Moore

Author:Eric Westman MD & Jimmy Moore [Westman MD, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781628600643
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
Published: 2014-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

Keto-adapted athletes or people engaging in long-duration physical activity will experience a modest increase in their performance, such as faster swimming or running times, or an improvement in their endurance.

– Dr. William Davis

Absolutely! One thing you’ll experience when you become fully keto-adapted is a sudden desire to move your body. While television shows like The Biggest Loser and anti-obesity initiatives like First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign place a heavy emphasis on exercise as a means for losing weight and getting healthy, the reality is that fixing your nutrition first leads to a spontaneous increase in physical activity.

And there’s more good news: nutritional biochemist Dr. Bill Lagakos says that engaging in your favorite kind of exercise can actually “promote higher ketones [by] manipulating energy balance.” When you reduce the energy surplus in your body, that directly “enhances fat oxidation by suppressing insulin and activating the sympathetic nervous system.” And the net result of all that is an elevation in your ketone production. Awesome stuff!

The increase in physical activity leads to even more benefits for your health, including reduced stress, lower appetite levels (due to increased ketone production during exercise), muscle growth, and improved bone density. You’ll have so much energy while in ketosis that you won’t know what to do with it all. Play some basketball, go for a run, do some household chores, play with your kids—anything to put that energy to good use in a productive way. Your health will thank you for it!

Will consuming artificial sweeteners negatively impact my ketone levels?

This is an interesting question and one that can be easily answered—no, they do not have a negative impact on ketone production. That said, there are some things you need to be aware of regarding sweeteners such as Splenda (sucralose), Nutrasweet (aspartame), Truvia (stevia/erythritol blend), Sweet & Low (saccharin), and sugar alcohols (erythritol, sorbitol, maltitol, and more). Many of these come in powdered packets that use a bulking agent called maltodextrin that is basically sugar. Granted, it’s only about 1 gram per packet, but that can add up if you use several packets in your morning coffee. This is why the liquid forms of sweetener are always going to be your best option—we recommend liquid stevia, the most natural of all the sugar substitutes.

While artificial sweeteners are certainly a good alternative to sugary foods and beverages, keep in mind that they can stoke hunger and cravings for sweets in a lot of people. What you’ll find is that the longer you are in ketosis, the less you want to eat something sweet. You may wake up one day and suddenly realize that the sweet food you thought you could never live without no longer tempts you.

Can I drink alcohol on my ketogenic diet?

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