{"id":315,"date":"2021-08-11T14:10:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/?p=315"},"modified":"2021-09-01T17:57:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T17:57:20","slug":"ketogenesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/11\/ketogenesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketogenesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Keto is the newest craze. The big question is, \u201cIs it healthy?\u201d The answer is yes, if done correctly. It depends on 2 factors, calorie range and drinking enough water. Those who take an \u201ceat as much as I want\u201d approach will find that they don\u2019t lose weight as expected. It is necessary to eat smaller portions because almost everything on keto has a high energy density (fat). And this also requires lots of water to balance it out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ketosis is a great metabolic pathway because your body burns fat instead of sugar. Fat has 9 calories per gram and sugar has 4 so ketosis is more efficient. Burning fat instead of sugar causes your insulin levels to remain extremely low which improves insulin sensitivity and prevents metabolic syndrome. It also improves satiety because fat is more filling than sugar. Below is a keto meal. Notice you have to drink more water to balance it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" class=\"wp-image-316\" style=\"width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-11-10.04.18-AM.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-11-10.04.18-AM.png 717w, https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-11-10.04.18-AM-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keto is the newest craze. The big question is, \u201cIs it healthy?\u201d The answer is yes, if done correctly. It depends on 2 factors, calorie range and drinking enough water. Those who take an \u201ceat as much as I want\u201d approach will find that they don\u2019t lose weight as expected. It is necessary to eat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/11\/ketogenesis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ketogenesis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementalnutritionandwellness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}