Tag Archives: Keto

Medical News Today: What to know about alcohol and the keto diet

The ketogenic, or keto, diet is a high fat, low carbohydrate diet that offers the potential benefit of losing weight while maintaining muscle. Carbohydrates are the body’s main source of energy. When a person consumes fewer food sources containing carbs, the liver breaks down fat reserves in the body into chemicals called ketones. When the… Read More: Medical News Today: What to know about alcohol and the… »

Inside the Rise of Keto: How an Extreme Diet Went Mainstream

THE VOORHES Greyson Lopez’s friend was about to be kicked out of the military for being too chubby. It was late 2017, and Lopez noticed his friend started losing weight—fast. “He’d lost 20 pounds in 20 days,” says Lopez, 23, who works in IT for the Navy. “So I asked, ‘How’d you do it?’ ” Searching… Read More: Inside the Rise of Keto: How an Extreme Diet Went… »