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The Best Butters and Oils for the Keto Diet & What You Should Not Use
Rejoice! Now that you’re on a high-fat, low-carb diet, you can emphatically say, “Pass the butter” or “Extra salad dressing, please!”— even if your goal...
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A Ketogenic or Very-Low-Carb Diet for Type 1 Diabetes
Have you ever wondered if changing your diet could lead to better control of your type 1 diabetes and provide other benefits? For many people,...
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Conquer Prediabetes with a Ketogenic Diet
Have you been diagnosed with prediabetes or suspect that you may have it? If so, you’re in good company. Prediabetes is a condition that affects...
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Keto for Weight Loss
Approximately 42 percent of adults in the US––more than 100 million people––currently live with obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher...
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What Should Your Glucose Levels Be?
Blood glucose (also called blood sugar) is a primary marker for determining diabetes risk. The higher your blood sugar, the higher your risk factors. But...
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The Ketogenic Diet for Neurological Disorders
The ketogenic diet first became known as a therapeutic treatment in the 1920s, when it showed positive effects for children suffering from pediatric epilepsy. But...
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Four Functions of Ketones Beyond Fueling Your Body
Ketones are an energy source your brain and other organs use during ketosis, where fat is used as your main fuel instead of glucose. However,...
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Keto & PCOS: A Promising Treatment for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
UPDATED BY FRANZISKA SPRITZLER, RD, CDE Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder among women of reproductive age and the leading cause...
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11 Significant Health Benefits of the Ketogenic Diet
The ketogenic diet is becoming known for being beneficial in so many areas of health and medicine, it’s important to get a clear understanding of...
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Keto As a Treatment & Prevention for Alzheimer’s
There is growing research about using a ketogenic diet as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease as well as a possible prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. What...
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How the Ketogenic Diet Reduces Inflammation
If you’ve been hearing about the ketogenic diet in relation to treating or eliminating inflammation in the body, there’s good reason: aside for being great...
Ketosis for Beginners
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Can Too Much Protein Kick Me Out of Ketosis?
Can Too Much Protein Kick Me Out of Ketosis? UPDATED BY FRANZISKA SPRITZLER, RD, CDE on May 8, 2024 Most people will tell you that...
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Ketosis vs Ketoacidosis: What’s the Difference & Why Does It Matter?
UPDATED BY FRANZISKA SPRITZLER, RD, CDCES What’s the difference between ketosis and ketoacidosis? Both words are similar and involve ketone production; however, the likeness stops...
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What is keto, what is ketosis and how does ketosis work?
“Keto” refers to a ketogenic diet, which is a higher fat, moderately low protein, and very low-carb diet that results in putting your body into...
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What Do I Eat on the Keto Diet? What Foods Can I Have?
The biggest learning curve when adapting to a keto diet is around food. You already know what you can’t eat while training your body to...
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What Is the Ketogenic Diet?
The ketogenic diet––also known as the “keto diet” or “very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet”–– helps your body enter a metabolic state called nutritional ketosis. Achieving this state...
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What’s the Difference Between Total Carbs & Net Carbs?
The minute you begin exploring the keto diet, you’ll learn that in order to follow it successfully, you need to significantly restrict your carbohydrate intake....
Macros & Calorie Counting
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What are Macros & How Do I Calculate Them?
Whether you’re following the ketogenic diet or just starting to learn about it, you’ve probably heard the term “tracking macros” or “counting macros.” But what...
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What’s BMI, BMR, and Lean Body Mass Versus Fat Body Mass?
What’s BMI, BMR, and Lean Body Mass Versus Fat Body Mass? There’s been more interest than ever in BMI numbers (body mass index numbers) since...
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What Is a Calorie Deficit and How Does it Help Weight Loss?
If you’re exploring keto, you may hear people kick around the phrase “calorie deficit.” In fact, we use it in our very own Keto-Mojo Macro...
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