I tried the ketogenic diet for 30 days. As a dietitian, my patients ask about a wide variety of diets. One plan has dominated the inquiries lately: the ketogenic diet. Since I’ve never put a patient on a diet I haven’t tried myself, I knew I needed to experience it personally. I dove in for 30 days with two carb-loving feet - and a combination of trepidation and motivation. Since I began the experiment in October 2017, interest in keto has grown. At the same time, recent studies have questioned the health benefits of very low, as well as very high, carbohydrate diets. I've learned a lot from my experiment. The ketogenic diet allows about 70 to 80 percent fat, about 5 percent carbohydrates (which equates to about 25 digestible, or net carbs, which are calculated by subtracting fiber from total carbohydrates), and moderate amounts of protein. I recently wrote about a cancer specialist who not only adheres to the diet himself, but also feels it’s the right plan for the prevention, and perhaps even treatment of disease.
I detailed his keto dietary practices in an earlier article. What can you eat on the Supraketo Keto Pills diet? During week one, it was the drastic cut of carbohydrates that left me really hungry. I soon realized keeping carbohydrates under 25 net carbs meant eating no "traditional" carbs at all. Breakfast consisted of eggs, but not too many egg whites since that would increase my protein too much. I snacked a lot on dried cheese - particularly useful when traveling - and nuts. Lunch comprised of salads with lots of dressing and avocado. Dinner was often wild salmon with broccoli, kale, or spinach - usually roasted to factor in any missing fat I needed for the day. As for dessert, forget about it, unless I was up for a tablespoon of olive oil as a midnight snack. I did find a few no-added-sugar coconut bars I liked, but in general, it was best to skip any after-dinner eats. Consistent with the books I read, the keto "flu" hit as my body got adjusted to the lack of a constant glucose supply, and transitioned into burning fat instead.
During this time, I was tired, Supraketo Keto Pills had crazy sugar cravings and Supraketo Fat Burner was generally mean to my poor husband. At one point, during a heated discussion about dog food, he suggested, in a very loving and compassionate manner, that perhaps I eat a piece of bread. It was a rough start. And then, it wasn’t. I went from irritable and "hangry" to feeling great. A quick check of my urine using my ketone at-home stick kit revealed I was on my way down the ketosis highway and I was euphoric. Before I started the diet, I thought my greatest challenge would be getting the recommended amount of fat, while taking in so little carbs. I was wrong. Those two macronutrients became the easiest to manage. Instead, keeping my protein under control proved to be the greatest threat to knocking me out of ketosis. I soon realized why every keto book I read had multiple uses and recipes for coconut oil, egg yolks, and bacon.
These foods were high in fat, but relatively moderate in protein. This continues to be a challenge for me and most likely would have taken more than 30 days to figure out. I also had a nasty bout of constipation as my body transitioned away from the whole grain and bean-based fiber that kept me regular. I had to really up the ante with the non-starchy vegetables to get what I needed. Perhaps my greatest challenge was eating while traveling. On a business trip, I found myself at an event with a plated dinner that I could not eat due to its mound of quinoa sitting under a protein source I was allergic to. I left starving and binged on pecans and tofu jerky back at my hotel room. I realized success in sticking to this diet would always be made easier the more control I had of my environment.