Evidence suggests a high-fat, low-carb, adequate protein diet is ideal for weight management and other health benefi ts, but cycling in and out of this eating pattern may bring even more rewards.
What if I told you there’s a way to address the underlying causes of illness simply by understanding what ingredients to eat, how to prepare them and when to eat? It’s an equation that adds up to food most definitely being medicine. By understanding where our food comes from, what ingredients, preparation and cooking techniques are best and even consciously selecting the times you choose (or choose not) to eat, you have a recipe for living in optimal health.
Most common chronic diseases — such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and cancer — have similar root causes. They are triggered and accelerated by insulin and leptin resistance, resulting in mitochondrial dysfunction. The mitochondria are the small subunits within cells that essentially generate your body’s energy. Optimising their function is one of the most important things you can do for your health because, when mitochondria aren’t working correctly, it leads to inflammation and cellular damage.
By eating a healthy high-fat, low carbohydrate and adequate-protein diet you eventually enter into a condition in which your body learns to burn fat as its primary fuel, rather than glucose. By teaching your body to cycle in and out of this state, you stop disruptions to the all important mitochondria. The way to do this is by adopting a cyclic ketogenic diet.
Cyclic ketogenic diets
The latest studies have confirmed that cyclical nutritional ketosis is a fundamental and effective strategy in tackling a long list of health problems. Emerging scientific evidence suggests a high-fat, low-net-carb (net carbs are calculated as total carbohydrates minus fibre) and adequate-protein diet is ideal for most people.
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