What is Keto Diet?

         A diet that consists of more fat, less protein, and very little carbs is the keto diet. When you follow this diet your blood glucose and insulin levels decline. In this condition, as the insulin levels are low and also you are taking a diet which
is less in carbs, so your body starts burning fat in your body and ketones are
produced. These are compounds containing a ketone functional group. This process of production of ketone bodies is known as ketosis. That’s why this diet is called the keto diet. Ketone
bodies are ultimately oxidized in mitochondria and produce energy. Ketone bodies
act as fuel sources for the brain, heart, and muscle.

Some of the most common Keto diet foods include:

• Seafood: Fish and shellfish
  

• Meat 
  

• Eggs
  

• Cheese
  

• Olives
  

• Avocados
  

• Cucumber
  

• Cauliflower
  

• Cabbage
  

• Spinach
  

Most Important Health benefits of the keto diet:

• Helps in weight loss
  

As this diet is responsible for burning fat deposits in your body so weight is surely decreased when you take the keto diet.

• Reduce Acne Symptoms
  

According to recent studies, the keto diet lessens the symptoms
of acne.

 

• Reduce the risk of certain cancers:
  

According to one study, a keto diet is also responsible for the
death of cancer cells due to oxidative stress on cancer cells.  It can be used alongside chemotherapy and
radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer.

• Improves heart health:
  

A study says that a keto diet is responsible for declining bad
cholesterol (LDL), triglycerides and increasing good cholesterol (HDL) in your
body.

An increased level of cholesterol is responsible for cardiovascular
complications and thus causes heart problems. So Keto diet can improve your heart
health.

• Strengthen and protect the brain and nerve cells!
  

The study also shows ketone bodies produced from the keto diet strengthens and protects the brain and nerve cells.