“It does that by converting your fat stores into something called ketone bodies, which your body and brain then use as fuel.
“It’s become very popular as a way of losing and keeping off weight, and that is largely because when you go into a state of ketosis, that suppresses a hunger hormone called ghrelin so you stop feeling hungry and stop having cravings.
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“The disadvantage is that you’re on a very high fat diet, which lots of people don’t want to do and it isn’t healthy in the long term.
“So what I’m proposing is rather a shorter term solution, which is combined with intermittent fasting and it’s a relatively low calorie as well as a low carb diet.
Source: Daily Express | Diet
