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Naturally Nourished EPISODE 14: Ketosis Part 1

Category: Health
Duration: 00:36:13
Publish Date: 2016-02-08 12:35:59
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Ketosis is the state in which the body is breaking downfat to be used as energy in place of sugar. While in ketosis your body producesketone bodies which are produced by the liver from fat to be used as energy.The Standard American Diet (SAD) is predominately made up of carbohydrates anddevoid or healthy fats, nourishing proteins and disease fighting non starchyveggies. A diet high in carbohydrates (like the SAD) causes our body to becomeefficient at burning carbohydrates for fuel but unfortunately inefficient atburning FAT for fuel. A diet higher in fat and lower in carbohydrates canactually cause the body to become more efficient at burning fat. Though itsounds counterintuitive; increasing fat intake can actually help you lose fat.In the episode Ali will walk you through the basics of Ketosis including how itworks, what it is used to treat, and who should avoid it.

 Also covered in this episode:

●      Hidden Carbohydrate Sources & Coping withKetosis

●     The Importance of Hydration

●     How Ketosis is differentthan Adkins and other ‘low carb’ diets

●     What foods to eat inKetosis and Focusing on Abundance 

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