“The ketogenic or keto diet has become very common for weight loss or to manage diseases like type 2 diabetes. It consists of eating foods rich in fats, moderate in protein, but very low in carbohydrates and it causes the body to go into a state called ketosis,” said Jonathan Little, associate professor in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at UBCO and study senior author of the study published in the journal, ‘Nutrients’.

Little said the diet can be very effective because once the body is in ketosis and starved for its preferred fuel glucose, the body’s chemistry changes and it begins to aggressively burn its fat stores. This leads to weight loss and can reverse the symptoms of diseases like Type 2 diabetes.

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