Ketogenic Food Families

How to get into ketosis?

There are many things that increase your level of ketosis. These Ketogenic Food Families include:

1. Restrict carbohydrates to 20 digestible grams per day or less – a strict low-carb or keto diet, similar to an Atkin’s diet. Fibre does not have to be restricted, it might even be beneficial.

How much is 20 grams of carbs?

Note that quite often, just restricting carbs to very low levels results in ketosis. So, this may be all you need to do. However, following the list below will assure that you are successful.

2. Restrict protein to moderate levels. On a ketogenic diet you should eat the protein you need, but not much more. This is because excess protein is converted to glucose in the body, reducing ketosis.

If possible, stay at or below 1 gram of protein per day, per kg of body weight – about 70 grams of protein per day if you weigh 70 kilos (154 pounds), for example.

In order to determine the content of foods containing proteins, fats and carbohydrates, you can download this useful guide HERE

This is part of Dr George Georgiou’s book entitled: Diabetes: Natural Treatments That Really Work!