Dr. Georgia Ede

The sword can still get you, but you're not 100% protected, but you've got a real fighting chance. And for anybody who's never tried a ketogenic diet and been on it for at least, I would say, 6 to 12 weeks... Most people have no idea how much easier it is to follow a healthy eating plan when their appetite is in good control.

The sword can still get you, but you're not 100% protected, but you've got a real fighting chance. And for anybody who's never tried a ketogenic diet and been on it for at least, I would say, 6 to 12 weeks... Most people have no idea how much easier it is to follow a healthy eating plan when their appetite is in good control.

A lot of people know they've shifted into ketosis without even checking their ketone meter because they can go for so long without eating, without even thinking about food. They can work through lunch and not even realize that they've missed a meal. Most people, the way we eat, most of us now are thinking about food all the time.

A lot of people know they've shifted into ketosis without even checking their ketone meter because they can go for so long without eating, without even thinking about food. They can work through lunch and not even realize that they've missed a meal. Most people, the way we eat, most of us now are thinking about food all the time.

You haven't even finished breakfast and you're already thinking, what can I have for lunch? You're carrying food around with you everywhere you go. You're eating at least six times a day in many cases. This is not, I mean, we would never have survived as a species if we needed to eat six times a day. So we're not eating in a way that is nourishing us and satisfying us.

You haven't even finished breakfast and you're already thinking, what can I have for lunch? You're carrying food around with you everywhere you go. You're eating at least six times a day in many cases. This is not, I mean, we would never have survived as a species if we needed to eat six times a day. So we're not eating in a way that is nourishing us and satisfying us.

We're eating in a way that's making us hungry.

We're eating in a way that's making us hungry.

It's a very common experience because there are these adjustments that happen inside with your physiology as you're shifting from one operating system to another. When you're shifting from a carbohydrate-burning system, you're shifting your ratio of your fuels to the body and the brain are hybrid engines, so we're never burning 100% fat. We're burning a mixture of fat and carbohydrate.

It's a very common experience because there are these adjustments that happen inside with your physiology as you're shifting from one operating system to another. When you're shifting from a carbohydrate-burning system, you're shifting your ratio of your fuels to the body and the brain are hybrid engines, so we're never burning 100% fat. We're burning a mixture of fat and carbohydrate.

When you're shifting from a

When you're shifting from a

from a system that's fueled almost entirely by carbohydrate almost all the time to a system where you're burning more fat than carbohydrate, that's uncomfortable for some people, shifting back and forth, especially if the reason why you've, quote, broken your keto is because you've had something that has a lot of refined carbohydrate in it, a lot of sugar or flour in it, for example.

from a system that's fueled almost entirely by carbohydrate almost all the time to a system where you're burning more fat than carbohydrate, that's uncomfortable for some people, shifting back and forth, especially if the reason why you've, quote, broken your keto is because you've had something that has a lot of refined carbohydrate in it, a lot of sugar or flour in it, for example.

So it depends on... what you've eaten and how much and for how long. But many people do experience the so-called keto flu when they are shifting from a carbohydrate-based system to a fat-based metabolism. And some of this can be, much of this can be prevented in a couple of different ways.

So it depends on... what you've eaten and how much and for how long. But many people do experience the so-called keto flu when they are shifting from a carbohydrate-based system to a fat-based metabolism. And some of this can be, much of this can be prevented in a couple of different ways.

One is with electrolyte supplementation, supplementing electrolytes to keep your salt balance even as you're transitioning. And another is by transitioning slowly onto the ketogenic diet rather than all at once. And there are other tips in the book about how to do this more comfortably, but those are the two big ones. And going slowly.

One is with electrolyte supplementation, supplementing electrolytes to keep your salt balance even as you're transitioning. And another is by transitioning slowly onto the ketogenic diet rather than all at once. And there are other tips in the book about how to do this more comfortably, but those are the two big ones. And going slowly.

So in the book, I don't recommend that people start on a ketogenic diet just straight away, like learn about it on a Monday, start it on a Tuesday. But ease into ketosis over a week or two. And there's a kind of a moderate carbohydrate plan in the book that allows people to do this. So you follow that plan for a couple of weeks to gradually lower those glucose and insulin levels.

So in the book, I don't recommend that people start on a ketogenic diet just straight away, like learn about it on a Monday, start it on a Tuesday. But ease into ketosis over a week or two. And there's a kind of a moderate carbohydrate plan in the book that allows people to do this. So you follow that plan for a couple of weeks to gradually lower those glucose and insulin levels.