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What is Keto Diet for Beginners

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  Keto Diet for Beginners      You've probably heard about the keto diet in the video news newspapers and even on the Internet. So, what is the keto diet? What does keto even mean? And how is it done? In this beginner guide, you will learn all you need to know. keto diet What does the word keto mean? And what is the keto diet? Basically, the body can run on two different fuels. One is sugar from carbohydrates in the food and that's what most people today, primarily use, let's say if they're eating bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, etc. The other fuel is fat. The keto diet is a very low carb diet so low in carbs, that the body has to switch to mainly using fat for fuel, for example from real foods like eggs with avocado, butter, olive oil, nuts, etc. Even the brain can become fueled by fat when the body is out of sugar, fat is converted in the liver into energy molecules called ketones that fuel the brain and the diet that results in this is called ketogenic, meaning it p...