Suddenly getting most of your calories from fat can wreak havoc on your body.
, has swept the country in a fat-burning storm and left many a groggy dieter in its wake. The so-called “keto flu” is a loose collection of general symptoms that many people going onto the keto diet experience.
First, a quick review: keto is essentially an extreme version of a high-fat, low-carb diet. In the strictest sense, you’re supposed to get around 80-plus percent of your calories from fat, consume one gram of protein per kilogram of bodyweight, and eat just 10 to 15 grams of carbs daily. The average American usually gets about half of their calories from carbs, so this is going to involve a major shift in the way most people eat.
But adults who try keto to lose weight can still have issues. The most obvious is fatigue, which likely comes from cutting down so drastically on carbohydrates—they provide a quick and easy store of glucose molecules for the body to use as energy. Without carbs, it’s easy to feel more tired than usual. And then there are the other shifts.
Fung also points out that the diet is fairly high in the kind of high-fat foods that often contain lots of sodium, which just exacerbates the problem. “You’re getting lots of salt, not enough fiber—it’s just generally not that great in terms of your bodily comfort.”Fung points out that a lot of the foods that support a healthy gut microbiome get cut out in the keto diet.
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