Keto diet: why is it still most searched for?

Keto diet: why is it still most searched for?

The keto diet is the diet that lost the most searches on Google in 2018, but the interest is still alive. Proof of this is that in a social network so visual and so focused on the world of food and diets as Instagram, there are currently more than 30 million photos shared with hashtags that include the word #keto (#ketorecipes, #ketodinner, #ketobreakfast, #ketodessert, #ketofriendly ...).

It has defenders such as Kim Kardashian, Halle Berry, Jennifer López, Adriana Lima or Vanessa Hudgens, who do not hesitate to praise this formula and have seen keto diet results every time they are asked about their eating habits but also has detractors, who emphasize the risk of radically reduce a group of nutrients as important as carbohydrates.

How the Keto diet works

In her book "The Ketogenic Diet for Beginners", the expert Martina Slajerova explains what are the problems that can arise during the first weeks following the ketogenic diet, because, she claims, it is when the metabolism is readjusted to "burn fat" instead of 1200 calorie diet. Thus, to understand what the ketogenic diet consists of and how it works, it proposes first knowing how the body uses carbohydrates. 

“When we eat more carbohydrates than the body can use immediately, we store excess glucose in the liver and muscles in the form of muscle glycogen, which we can use for energy. Now, when the glycogen tank is full, the body stores the rest in the form of body fat, "he says. 

Thus, the expert, quoting dietitian Jeff Volek and physician Stephen Phinney, authors of "The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living", maintains that, "although it is true that the body needs a small amount of glucose to perform some basic metabolic functions, the body prefers to use ketones as an energy source.