It is important to know: the negative sides of the ketogenic diet
Although this is a particularly popular diet, did you know that the ketogenic diet is not suitable for diabetics or those suffering from heart problems? Therefore, the main recommendation today is actually to choose a Mediterranean diet. Here is everything you should know about it
The ketogenic diet is a relatively extreme diet, low in carbohydrates and very rich in fat, in which you eat about 60%-70% fat, about 30% protein and very few carbohydrate-based foods. It is important to know that the diet is not suitable for diabetics, because their bodies need a certain amount of carbohydrates in order to produce available energy. In a situation of lack of carbohydrates, the body, for lack of choice, breaks down the muscle tissue, and from the amino acids of which it is built, it produces glucose in the liver, and as a result, the balance of the sugar is disturbed, and the muscles also become thinner.
The latest studies indicate that the diet in question is mainly suitable for healthy people for a short period of time for weight loss. It is also recommended to choose healthy types of fat such as olive oil, avocado or tahini, instead of animal fat, such as entrecote, ribs, lamb asado, liver, etc., which raise the level of cholesterol in the blood.
In addition, even for heart patients it is recommended not to choose the diet in question. Recently, a study was conducted at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on the effect of the ketogenic diet on heart health. People who filled out eating questionnaires participated in the study. 305 of them adapted to a ketogenic diet, and 1220 ate a normal diet and were used as a control.
Blood tests were taken from the participants, with special reference to the cholesterol components. Already at the beginning of the study, the researchers saw that the ketogenic group had more diabetics than the control group (4.9% versus 1.9%). During approximately 11 years of follow-up, 9.8% of the ketogenic group, compared to 4.3% of the control group, experienced various cardiac events, such as heart attack, coronary heart disease, stroke, etc. That is, according to the results of the study, the ketogenic group had twice as many cardiac events, and cholesterol levels also increased significantly in this group. In conclusion, the recommendation is not to choose the Mediterranean diet, which on the one hand helps to lose weight and on the other hand is balanced.
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