Low Carb Ketogenic Diet For Weight Loss and Diabetes Control–Getting Started

Quick start Low Carb Ketogenic Diet guide:

Why carbohydrate restriction rather than total calories or fats?

In a nutshell: It’s about insulin.  Insulin has two main functions.  1. It enables glucose to enter cells so they can utilize it for energy. 2. It promotes the deposition of fat into the bodies fat stores. The higher the insulin level, the more fat is deposited into and locked into fat stores.  Carbohydrates are the primary food type that stimulates insulin release. Eating foods very high in sugar and refined carbohydrates causes significant spikes in insulin levels which not only cause more storage of the food you just ate into fat, but also adversely affects your liver and muscle tissues over time causing these organs to become resistant to insulin.

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