The Ketogenic Diet:<br />By; Prof. Dr. Habeeb Sahib Naher <br />The ketogenic diet (or keto diet) is a low-carb., high-fat diet that offers many health benefits. <br />This type of diet can help you lose weight and improve your health. <br />Ketogenic diets may even have benefits against diabetes, cancer, epilepsy and Alzheimer's. It involves drastically reducing carbohydrates intake and replacing it with fat. This reduction in carbs. puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis. When this happens, your body becomes incredibly efficient at burning fat for energy. It also turns fat into ketones in the liver, which can supply energy for the brain. <br />* The benefits of the keto diet. <br /> 1- Aids in weight loss. It takes more work to turn fat into energy than it takes to turn carbs into energy.<br /> 2- Reduces acne. <br />3- It may help reduce risk of cancer.<br />4- Improves heart health. <br />5-It may protect brain functioning.<br />6- Potentially reduces seizures.<br />7- Improves health in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)<br />*Keto disadvantages: <br />1- Keto flu.<br />2- Bad breath.<br />3- Leg cramps.<br />4- constipation.<br />5- Heart palpitation or racing heart. <br /> In summary, the keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet. It lowers blood sugar and insulin levels, and shifts the body’s metabolism away from carbs and towards fat and ketones.