{"id":11063,"date":"2016-03-04T07:46:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T07:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/hk-blog\/ultimate-guide-to-keto-understanding-ketosis-bid-3985\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:01:21","slug":"ultimate-guide-to-keto-understanding-ketosis-bid-3985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthkart.com\/connect\/ultimate-guide-to-keto-understanding-ketosis\/bid-3985\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate guide to Keto- Understanding ketosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is a keto diet?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Keto or ketosis is a process of your body using fat as fuel for energy, rather than carbohydrates. To understand everything about keto we also need to understand that the body primarily uses carbohydrates as energy or fuel. Once you shut those down, the body then starts using fats and produces ketones. Once your body is producing ketones, this means that now your body will be using fat as energy rather than carbs.<\/p>\n

Thus, a beginners guide to ketosis would state the keto diet as a high-fat, moderate protein and extremely low carb diet. What? You can burn fat by eating fat? Yes you can, but not the ghee you put on your paratha’s. Healthy fats that help you attain good cholesterol.<\/p>\n

But how is this even possible? Well the body actually prefers to use glucose i.e. glycogen for fuel. That essentially means that your body will use carbs first and fat later. Eating carbs also increases insulin which promotes fat storage. Essentially by taking a high fat, low carb approach, you are coaxing the body to now use fats as your primary source. The results? Effective fat burning.<\/p>\n

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This is a little tricky because your body needs to be in a state of ‘ketosis’ for it to start burning fat. Ketosis diets only work when the body is carb depleted so this is how you get to ketosis:<\/p>\n