Nutritionist, endocrinologist of the Central Clinical Hospital of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Elena Koroleva explained that keto diets - with
The doctor noted that keto diets have a low levelcarbohydrates, but high in fat. From the diet, foods that are rich in carbohydrates are removed: fruits, pastries, sweets, cereals. The emphasis is on foods rich in fats: eggs, avocados, sour cream, butter and the like.
Therefore, a person loses weight dramatically.The Queen noted that if health allows, you can arrange a keto diet for a month, but this diet is contraindicated for people with cardiovascular diseases. Because intensive consumption of fats can lead to their deposition on the walls of blood vessels.
You can not stick to the keto diet and people with kidney stones. More than 7% of people who followed this diet developed urolithiasis.
According to experts, a low-carbohydrate dietcan be tried by people with type 2 diabetes. Because it is low in carbs and high in fat, it increases the sensitivity of cells to insulin.
But this does not negate the dangers of such a diet, if itcomply uncontrollably. “Research results have shown that 50% of these people on the background of a keto diet are more likely to have a myocardial infarction, stroke, that is, vascular diseases, and the risk of death increases by 50%,” the expert warned.
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