Dr. Georgia Ede

It's going to be a lot more comfortable. It's going to be a lot less of a shock to the brain and body. And if you're supplementing electrolytes and going slowly, most of these, quote, keto flu symptoms will not occur or they'll be very brief and mild. So again, it's a positive change to have these electrolyte changes and

It's going to be a lot more comfortable. It's going to be a lot less of a shock to the brain and body. And if you're supplementing electrolytes and going slowly, most of these, quote, keto flu symptoms will not occur or they'll be very brief and mild. So again, it's a positive change to have these electrolyte changes and

All of these things are good, but there is this transition period which can sometimes be uncomfortable. And this is not to say that it's dangerous. Again, it's a very – we're designed – Our biology is designed for us to be able to shift back and forth between fat and carbohydrate as fuel sources.

All of these things are good, but there is this transition period which can sometimes be uncomfortable. And this is not to say that it's dangerous. Again, it's a very – we're designed – Our biology is designed for us to be able to shift back and forth between fat and carbohydrate as fuel sources.

But many of us have lost some of our metabolic flexibility because we've done some damage to our metabolic engines by eating the wrong way for too long. So we don't shift as comfortably back and forth as we used to be able to.

But many of us have lost some of our metabolic flexibility because we've done some damage to our metabolic engines by eating the wrong way for too long. So we don't shift as comfortably back and forth as we used to be able to.

Yeah, so because the definition of a ketogenic diet is any way of eating that lowers insulin levels enough to turn on fat burning and generate ketones in the blood, because it's about insulin, it's really not a food list. So it's not about plants and animals. It's not even about fat or carbohydrate.

Yeah, so because the definition of a ketogenic diet is any way of eating that lowers insulin levels enough to turn on fat burning and generate ketones in the blood, because it's about insulin, it's really not a food list. So it's not about plants and animals. It's not even about fat or carbohydrate.

It's about understanding how to lower your insulin levels, which you can do with a vegan dietary pattern, with a vegetarian dietary pattern, with an omnivore dietary pattern. or even with a carnivore dietary pattern. So whatever your dietary preferences are, you can get the benefits, the brain healing benefits of ketosis. So it's not about the foods you're eating.

It's about understanding how to lower your insulin levels, which you can do with a vegan dietary pattern, with a vegetarian dietary pattern, with an omnivore dietary pattern. or even with a carnivore dietary pattern. So whatever your dietary preferences are, you can get the benefits, the brain healing benefits of ketosis. So it's not about the foods you're eating.

It's more about understanding what raises and lowers insulin. The things that raise and lower insulin are refined carbohydrates, Whole foods, carbohydrates, refined proteins like protein powders, whole food sources of protein. And guess what barely touches insulin at all? Fat. Fat is metabolically the quietest and safest macronutrient you can eat because it barely stimulates insulin.

It's more about understanding what raises and lowers insulin. The things that raise and lower insulin are refined carbohydrates, Whole foods, carbohydrates, refined proteins like protein powders, whole food sources of protein. And guess what barely touches insulin at all? Fat. Fat is metabolically the quietest and safest macronutrient you can eat because it barely stimulates insulin.

So yes, but there's, yes, let me put it this way, that most experts will agree that in order to be, quote, in ketosis, your level of beta-hydroxybutyrate on a blood ketone meter, a blood is prick your finger and put a drop of blood on this little test strip, and it will read the amount of a particular ketone in the blood called beta-hydroxybutyrate, and it will give you a reading.

So yes, but there's, yes, let me put it this way, that most experts will agree that in order to be, quote, in ketosis, your level of beta-hydroxybutyrate on a blood ketone meter, a blood is prick your finger and put a drop of blood on this little test strip, and it will read the amount of a particular ketone in the blood called beta-hydroxybutyrate, and it will give you a reading.

If that reading is 0.5 millimole or higher, you are in ketosis, in ketosis. So what does that mean? Why is the cutoff 0.5? Because three things have to happen for you to get to at least 0.5. One is your glucose levels have to come down. The second thing is your insulin levels have to come down. The third thing is you have to burn off a certain amount of the stored starch in your liver.

If that reading is 0.5 millimole or higher, you are in ketosis, in ketosis. So what does that mean? Why is the cutoff 0.5? Because three things have to happen for you to get to at least 0.5. One is your glucose levels have to come down. The second thing is your insulin levels have to come down. The third thing is you have to burn off a certain amount of the stored starch in your liver.

We have a storage tank for carbohydrate in our liver. It's not very big. It holds less than a day's worth of carbohydrate because really, as animals, we're designed to store energy as fat. Carbohydrate's there for quick energy emergencies, short term. The fat, for better or for worse, we have almost an unlimited capability to store fat. We can store months and months and months worth of fat.

We have a storage tank for carbohydrate in our liver. It's not very big. It holds less than a day's worth of carbohydrate because really, as animals, we're designed to store energy as fat. Carbohydrate's there for quick energy emergencies, short term. The fat, for better or for worse, we have almost an unlimited capability to store fat. We can store months and months and months worth of fat.

But we can only store a very small amount of carbohydrate. So if your storage tank in the liver is full, your body will not switch to fat burning because it says, oh, we've got plenty of starch to burn. Let's start there. Once it comes down to a certain point, the body goes, oh, we're running out of energy. Let's go to fat now.

But we can only store a very small amount of carbohydrate. So if your storage tank in the liver is full, your body will not switch to fat burning because it says, oh, we've got plenty of starch to burn. Let's start there. Once it comes down to a certain point, the body goes, oh, we're running out of energy. Let's go to fat now.