Fat Loss
The keto diet is one of the most effective ways to lose weight.
On keto your insulin levels will be low. Insulin is a fat storing hormone. So by decreasing insulin it'll help switch your body from clinging onto fat to burning it for fuel.
The low insulin will allow for fat cells to travel to the liver to be converted into ketones (aka pure energy) and as long as you stay in ketosis you’re a fat-burning machine.
Since you're using fat as fuel, your body will start to burn off excess stubborn fat like crazy.
Increased Energy
Carbs will spike your blood sugar and when those levels drop you can experience a crash leading to tiredness.
Because you avoid carbs in keto you'll have stable blood sugar levels which means STABLE energy throughout the day.
Mental Clarity
Much of our brain and nervous system is actually comprised of FAT!
Our brain loves fats and on Keto we eat a lot of them.
Also, remember those ketones our body makes from the fat we eat? Our brain has receptors specifically for those ketones.
Those ketones along with avoiding carb spikes can helps our brains to run better. This means increased cognitive function, mental clarity, and focus.
Insulin Resistance
Over time if insulin resistance is not handled with a proper diet it can lead to pre-diabetes and diabetes itself.
The keto diet has been shown to help people become more insulin sensitive again which can have numerous benefits such as improving blood sugar, blood pressure, decreasing sugar cravings, and much more!
Decreasing Inflammation
Many of us have experienced some kind of irritable bowel syndrome which commonly is related to gluten and other carbohydrate source intolerances and allergies.
All this, in turn, can really increase overall body inflammation which has been linked to almost everything like joint pain, backaches, headaches, acne, cognitive decline, weight gain and much much more!
Blood Lipids, Cholesterol & Blood Pressure
The keto diet has been shown to improve triglyceride levels and cholesterol on the keto diet.
Not to mention increase HDL and decrease LDL cholesterol. This means cleaner arteries.
Acne
Becausethere is less body inflammation on the keto diet many people report having improved skin and less acne.
Here is one study that shows a correlation between the keto diet and less acne.
Just stop and think for a minute how all the aforementioned benefits of the keto diet could improve your life.
Not to mention weight loss, increased energy, decreased inflammation, improved blood profiles, and optimized mental capacity! Hey who knows... You may just end up feeling like a superhero!