Amazing Weight Loss Effects of a Low Carb "Ketogenic Diet" (Dr. Perlmutter "Grain Brain"/Volek) [sDmVQTlhXnS]

Amazing Weight Loss Effects of a Low Carb "Ketogenic Diet" (Dr. Perlmutter "Grain Brain"/Volek) [sDmVQTlhXnS]

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Sources and recommended reading “The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance” Jeff Volek & Stephen Phinney - “Grain Brain” David Perlmutter - “Brain Maker” David Perlmutter - “Keto Clarity” Jimmy Moore - “Cholesterol Clarity” Jimmy Moore - “Pure, White and Deadly” by John Yudkin - “Fat Chance” Robert Lustig - Another video in the "Consider This" ketogenic diet series! This video is discussing the amazing benefits of ketogenice diets in relation to weight loss and positive body composition changes. Some information was from Dr. David Perlmutter's NY Best Selling book "Grain Brain", as well as Jeff Volek's book "The Art And Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance" Please comment or reach out in any other manor if you have any ideas for future topics to be covered, hope you enjoy! The basis of a "ketogenic diet" is that we can reduce dietary carbohydrate intake to a point where the our metabolism is prompted into a state of ketosis, in which fatty acids are broken down in the liver to provide the body with substrates for energy production, called ketone bodies. The main benefit of this conversion of metabolism is that we begin to draw energy from body fat reserves such as adipose tissue, resulting in substantial weight loss. When high or even moderate amounts of carbohydrates are present in our diet, they are pushed to the front of the line to be metabolized, which leaves nutritional fat to be stored rather than burned. Amazingly on a "ketogenic diet" we can lower overall body fat through passive calories burned, therefor autonomic processes like brain function, breathing, and sleeping result in weight loss. Another reason individuals find it so much easier to lose weight on a ketogenic diet than other diet regimens, is that the production of ketones regulates hormones that play a large role in suppressing appetite back to its optimal levels. Research is now identifying fat is one of the largest & most active endocrine organs in our bodies, meaning fat has the ability to secrete hormones directly into our blood stream. In over weight individuals these hormones called “adipokines” are completely out of balance. Leptin is key hormone that fat cells produce, which sends signals to the brain during nutritional intake that enough fat is stored and nutritional consumption can stop. With the hormone imbalance caused by being over weight, the brain, more specifically the hypothalamus develops a resistance to leptin, which results in no recognition of being full. Therefor, in a diet reliant on carbohydrates for fuel, the problem of over eating and food cravings makes it extremely difficult to lose weight, and in a ketogenic diet this problem is eliminated. It seems a bit counter intuitive that eating fat would promote losing fat, but health experts are now understanding just that to be the case. Another large reason weight loss is amplified in a ketogenic diet verses a normal western diet, is the inhibitory weight loss effects of the production of insulin prompted by nutritional intake of carbohydrates. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, most predominantly as a result of carbohydrate intake, to aide in the transport of glucose into cells throughout the body. When insulin is produced it prohibits the metabolism from burning fat, Jeff Volek says it perfect in his book "The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance" where he says, "Insulin is the primary gate keeper of body fat. If your insulin levels are consistently high, fat usage is effectively blocked." In addition, glucose and insulin being present in the blood at moderate levels hinders the production of testosterone, therefor when carbohydrates are being consumed, levels of this anabolic hormone that is a key factor in positive body composition changes, is significantly lowered. In Dr. David Perlmutter's book, "Grain Brain" he concludes that "A low-carb, high-fat diet will out perform a low-fat, high-carb diet any day, and by virtually every measure in the body, from it's internal chemistry to it's external waistline." until next time... keep going against the grain!