The Keto diet has been used for almost a hundred years to cure epilepsy.

Now, it is used by people who want to lose weight. It consists of eating more lipids while reducing the consumption of carbohydrates.

With this diet, you will lose weight and that will bring you many benefits. This diet has no precise duration, some try to do it only for a few weeks to lose the few extra pounds, other several years to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

How does it work? It’s very easy.

You need to eat around 75% of lipids per day, and a maximum of 50 grams of carbohydrates.

Yes, You Can:

-Fish

-Seafood

-Meat

-Poultry

-Eggs

-Butter

-Vegetal oils

-Vinegar

-Lemon juice

-Olives

-Avocat

-Vegetables low in carbohydrates (spinach, lettuce, kale, etc.)

-Hard cheese (100g per day)

No, You Can’t:

-Sugar

-Sweet products

-Cereals

-Starchy food

-Bread

-Pastries

-Pastries

-Biscuits

-Legumes

-Fruits (except berries)

-Potatoes

-Sweet vegetables (beets, corn, carrots, etc.)

-Soft-paste cheese

-Cream cheese

-Soft drinks

-Chocolate

-Honey, jams, syrup

-Juices and vegetables

-Sweet sauces

-Milk or yoghurt made from vegetable milks (soy, almonds, etc.)

-Flavored yoghurts

-Sweet fruit compotes

Advantages of the Keto diet

-Feeling of satiety

-No caloric restriction

-A good intake of quality lipids and proteins

-Fast weight loss

-Potentially positive effect on blood lipid levels

Disadvantages of the Keto diet

-Side effect in the first weeks: ketogenic flu

-Little dietary diversity

-No gap allowed

-Difficult to follow

-Monotonous

-Not so compatible with a fulfilling social life