If it’s all about calories in vs out, why is Keto so recommended
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A calorie is a measurement of thermal energy. Gasoline for example has calories, a lot of them I might add, 2000 per cup.
**From a metabolic standpoint calories are not all created equal.**
Blood glucose (sugar) is the primary source of energy for your cells, other things [proteins/fats] can be used as energy but require enzyme pathways to be used. Consuming glucose will directly increase your blood glucose levels with 0 enzyme pathways, consuming starch is just 1 enzyme *Amylase* away from becoming glucose.
Carefully monitoring your carbohydrate consumption should be pretty paramount to just about any weight lose program. Keto is popular because it works, it derives its name from *ketosis* which is the state your body goes into when it doesn’t have readily available or very low blood glucose. Personally I think the diet might be extreme but it’s hard to argue with results.
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