The Ketogenic Diet: Eat Fat And Lose Weight!

With the advent of spring, the desire to look stunning flares up with unprecedented force! The assault on sports centers, beauty salons and the search for the cherished diet begins.

With the advent of spring, the desire to look stunning flares up with unprecedented force! The assault on sports centers, beauty salons and the search for the cherished diet begins. If you are one of those who search for "what to eat to lose weight", then you have come to the right place! The Keto Diet - What You Like! The ketogenic diet will allow you to eat well and lose weight at the same time.

By the way, model Kim Kardashian, actresses Halle Berry and Megan Fox are on a keto diet - divas whose appearance drives everyone crazy.

 

What is a keto diet?

The basis of the ketogenic diet is fats, which make up 75% of the diet. Another 20% of the diet is given to proteins and 5% of the total mass of products - carbohydrates. The main condition of the diet is the reduction in the diet of foods with a sugar content, as well as flour products to a minimum. The keto menu contains only foods high in fat and protein.

Our body works like this: the body converts carbohydrates into glucose, which serves as the main source of energy. And the keto diet excludes carbohydrates, so the body is forced to switch to alternative fuel, which is stored in fat stores, i.e. converts fat into energy-producing substances or ketones. This restructuring is called ketosis and occurs about a week after the start of the diet. 

So the body begins to actively burn fat from our reserves, as well as coming from outside. At the same time, he spends a lot of strength and energy on all these processes and the kilograms melt away!

But! Such a transition from one source of energy to another does not go smoothly, the liver, kidneys and gallbladder are additionally loaded. Therefore, the ketogenic diet is strictly contraindicated for diabetics and hypertensive patients. For lactating women, people with thyroid diseases, impaired functioning of the kidneys, liver, gastrointestinal tract, it is better to choose a different diet.

What can you eat on a keto diet?

 

Allowed products:

Vegetable, butter and coconut oil; Nuts; Eggs; Animal and poultry meat; Fish, seafood; Salo, bacon; Mushrooms; Green vegetables; Dairy and dairy products.

Minimize your intake of the following foods:

flour products; Sugar; Processed meat products (sausage, sausages); Vegetables high in sugar and carbohydrates (eg corn, potatoes, beets, carrots); Fruits and dried fruits; Alcohol containing sugar and cereals.

Do not forget to drink 1.5-2 liters of water per day, and do not stick to the keto diet for more than 3 months.

Popular keto recipes

We calculated all the ingredients of the dishes for a family or a company of four people.

Pizza

 

Prepare the simplest (and most delicious) pizza - Margarita! But for the base, mix eggs and cheese (instead of flour cake). Then spread the mass on a baking sheet and send it to the oven for 15 minutes. All that remains is to grease the resulting cheese pancake with mashed tomatoes, put the pieces of mozzarella and tomato mugs. Another 8 minutes and you're done! 

For lovers of spicy sausage, we recommend making pepperoni pizza.

Ingredients:

4 eggs; 170 g grated cheese (for example, mozzarella) for the base; 3 art. l. tomato paste or trade winds; 1 tsp dried oregano; 140 g of grated yellow cheese for the filling; 40 g pepperoni cut into circles; a handful of olives; 4 tbsp. l. olive oil; salt, black pepper to taste; leafy greens to taste.

Turn on the oven to heat up to 200 degrees. 

For the pizza base, lightly beat the eggs with 170g grated cheese. Spread the mixture with a spatula on a parchment-lined baking sheet in the shape of a circle or rectangle. Bake for 15 minutes in a hot oven, then remove and cool slightly.

Raise the oven temperature to 225 degrees. While the oven is heating, spread the tomato paste over the cheese base of the pizza, sprinkle with oregano and grated cheese, put the sausage slices, olives. Bake another 5-8 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle with herbs - basil leaves, for example.

Bacon and eggs

 

Ingredients:

8 eggs; 140 g bacon, cut into slices; a handful of cherry tomatoes; salt, black pepper to taste parsley for serving.

Fry the bacon slices over medium-high heat until crispy, remove the bacon to a plate. Lower the heat under the skillet to medium and in the bacon fat, fry the eggs however you like. At the same time, place the tomato halves cut side down in the pan. Serve eggs with bacon and tomatoes, sprinkled with salt, pepper and chopped parsley to taste.

salad for dinner

 

Ingredients (per serving):

choice: 120 g smoked salmon / 120 g canned tuna / 2-3 boiled eggs; tomato; small cucumber; half a bell pepper; a handful of your favorite salad mix; a few green onion feathers, 4 tbsp. l. mayonnaise or olive oil; salt, black pepper to taste.

Finely chop the green onion. Cut the vegetables randomly, tear the salad. Put greens and vegetables in a bowl, on top - pieces of salmon, tuna or halves of boiled eggs. Season with salt, pepper and oil or mayonnaise as desired.

Oven baked chicken

 

Ingredients:

chicken carcass; 2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 150 g butter; 2 large cloves of garlic.

Rub the chicken with a mixture of salt and pepper. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter with the garlic passed through the press. Remove from the heat, cool slightly and brush the chicken inside and out with the resulting fragrant mixture. Place the chicken in a baking dish lined with foil or parchment along with the sides, breast side up. Send the chicken to an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 1-1.5 hours, until the meat moves away from the bone on the legs and clear juice comes out when punctured. Baste the chicken with the cooking juices every 20 minutes.