The “keto flu” is a label given to a set of carbohydrate withdrawal symptoms that may occur in people who start a low carb diet that results from altered hormonal states and the electrolyte imbalances that may occur with it. In other words, it describes a cycle in the body adapting to a newly started low carb diet.

Keto stands for ketogenic, a very strict low carb eating plan. The term should really be “low carb flu” since the ketogenic diet is not the only low carb plan.

Symptoms

No two individuals are alike, so the symptoms can range from nothing to mild to a full-blown flu-like condition, and include:

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Inducing a Ketogenic diet has effective and fast solutions for people who are having trouble losing weight. After losing a certain amount of weight, people sometimes enter a plateau in which weight becomes stagnant on the scale, even with a clean diet and exercise.

This is your body’s response to your new diet and exercise level that it isn’t used to. Sometimes the body begins to hold onto fat as an energy resource, holding back your weight loss.

A Ketogenic induction phase could be very useful because it will speed the body’s metabolism by closing up glycogen receptors, forcing the body to burn fat instead of glucose.

When inducing a Ketogenic diet, you will be allowed to eat a lot of the good high fat foods that are normally not allowed in basic diets. Foods that are high in fats and proteins, but low in carbohydrates will fill you up much faster, while preventing the body from making glucose out of the carbs. Continue reading →