Keto vs Intermittent Fasting - Which Is Better?

intermittent fasting versus ketogenic diet are they the same can you do one

without the other stay tuned and I'll clarify for you hey

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you'll learn everything that you need to know to master true health what is

intermittent fasting what is ketogenic diet what is that all about well

ketogenesis is when you don't eat carbs for a while

your body learns to develop more reliance on fat it gets better at

burning the fats intermittent fasting what is that

well fasting simply means that you don't eat for a while so basically every night

you're fasting for however long you sleep and the longer that you fast

meaning you don't eat something that can contribute to blood sugar the better

your body gets at developing a reliance on fat for energy so you start accessing

the body's fat stores for energy and part of that process is to create

something called ketone bodies that serve as alternate fuel for the brain

the brain can rely on glucose or ketone bodies the more that you avoid the sugar

the more the body learns to rely on the ketone bodies so fasting basically means

starving and it's a really bad idea to try to starve yourself unless you have

developed a little bit of keto adaptation you if you gradually cut out

the carbs so that you increase your body's ability to use fat now you don't

have these fluctuations in blood sugar so if you start stretching out your

fasting periods you're not gonna feel horrible and everything that you do you

want to start thinking about having it sustainable you want to create

lifestyles you want to create do things that you can sustain and starvation is

not sustainable if you body relies on carbohydrates if your blood sugar goes

up and down and you try to do a fast if you try to

do intermittent fasting if you try to avoid eating for a period of time you're

gonna feel terrible can you do it yes with a lot of willpower you can push

yourself through a period of time but it's not really a good idea because it's

not sustainable you're upsetting your body you're not creating health and

balance in your body so are they the same thing

not exactly but sustained fasting leads to ketogenesis or keto adaptation and

that's just the more logical and pleasant way to go about it because once

your keto adapted once you've learned to rely on fat for energy you can go longer

and longer and longer and eventually probably 18 to 24 hours is not a big

deal because your body knows how to sustain its energy level through that be

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