ketogenic or keto diet is a particular type of eating plan designed to seriously reduce carbs, your body’s preferred fuel source, and radically increase fats. The concept is that as carbohydrate levels fall, the body becomes compelled to burn stored fat as its primary source of fuel, which may lead to often dramatic weight reduction. The diet represents a whole turnaround from how most people today consume: While the proposed American diet is roughly 50 percent carbohydrate, 15 percent protein, and 35 percent fat, the breakdown on most average keto diets is 5 to 10 percent carbohydrates, 70 to 75 percent fat, and the rest from protein.
