Picking out your diet plan can be difficult, especially if you are new to it. There are a ton of pre-made options out there that all promise the best results that will get you slim in an incredibly short amount of time, usually by removing certain foods or nutrients from the things you can eat.

Check out the video below to find out how the keto diet has become popular and why. You can learn about how it might help you with your weight loss journey.

We also have our mega-post on dieting here. There is a list of our recommendations under the video to keep you healthy and happy!

One of the most popular diets to arise lately has been ketosis, or simply keto. Keto diets involve removing all or most of the carbs from your diet, leaving you with fats and proteins as your only remaining nutrients.

The reason behind this is that people preaching about ketosis claim that carbs are what leads to excessive fat buildup. However, this isn’t necessarily true. First, we have to look at what carbs actually are.

At their most basic level, they are typically sugars like glucose, sucrose, or fructose. Our bodies use these by breaking them down, which produces ATP, our primary energy source.

In short, carbs are what fuel our bodies. The problem with carbs that ketosis aims to fix is that when there are too many carbs, they don’t get turning into energy, but rather converted into fatty buildups.

This is why it is not good to eat a lot of sugary foods, and why they can lead to you gaining weight. However, completely eliminating all carbs from your diet is not the solution to losing weight for some people.

The real problem with carbs depends on where your carbs are coming from. While it is true that you will get a lot of carbs from drinking soda and eating sweets, you will also get a lot of carbs from eating fruit.

The difference is that certain products contain such excessive carbs that regularly eating or drinking them will overload you with carbs. So instead of cutting out any food because you see carbs in it, just chose your sources a little more carefully.

Most people today could certainly use a cutback on their carb intake, but when people try to go into ketosis, they may just take it a bit too far for their personal nutritional needs.

Your body needs carbs to function, and if you cut out too much too quickly, you will notice yourself becoming tired very easily – when something known as the keto flu kicks in.

Carbs are not your enemy or the absolute source of all your weight problems, so do not go cold turkey on them. Instead, cut out unhealthy foods that contain excessive amounts of carbs and calories, which are much more likely to be contributing to the issue you are facing.