Is the Keto Diet Right for You When You Have
Which diet’s popularity continues to grow among people with diabetes? Yes, that’s the keto diet! Let’s see what the keto diet actually is, how it can be beneficial for people with diabetes, and what potential dangers it may have for them.
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The American Diabetes Association has suggested various ways of effectively managing diabetes and controlling its symptoms, and the keto diet is one of such approaches.
What’s the keto diet? Well, it’s a low-carb diet that helps people with diabetes gain the needed energy without depending on carbs. The keto diet is high in fat, which is an alternative energy source for the carbs that are almost non-existent in keto meals. This diet is not just a fat-filled meal. Instead, it’s usually a small meal that majorly comprises good fats, a small amount of protein, and almost non-existent carbs.
What kind of benefits do people with diabetes get from such an eating approach? The goal of the keto meal plan is to improve blood sugar and blood glucose level, which reduces the risk of diabetes. The keto diet helps control sugar spikes, glucose concentration, and diabetes complications. Diabetes stems from high blood sugar and doubles as one of the most severe cardiovascular risk factors. The good thing is that choosing a low glycemic index diet like the keto diet can help you avoid diabetes and its associated conditions in its entirety. Unlike other low-carb eating approaches that still incorporate a mix of carbs, the keto diet reduces them to the barest minimum.
However, even though all these benefits sound really promising, there are also some potential dangers of the keto diet for diabetic people. The very first danger is that the keto diet increases the risk of high ketone levels. While a low-carb diet is perfect for losing weight, the high-fat content associated with the keto diet increases your risk of high ketone levels. High ketone levels predispose you to diabetes ketoacidosis, a more complicated form of diabetes.
The second risk is a paradoxical weight gain. Most people on the keto diet don’t maintain weight loss past the first few months. After sticking to the diet for a while, many are highly likely to lose their will and return to their former diet. However, such relapse comes with a serious cost. Firstly, there’s a high chance your body will start holding on to sugary contents because of consistent sugar starvation during the keto diet. Secondly, there’s an associated psychological effect that makes you want to eat sugary food more than usual because you feel the lack of it during your keto period.
The third danger is the so-called Yo-Yo phenomenon. It’s characterized by a lack of consistency in dieting – you follow a diet, give up, and start again. The keto diet is one of the common causes of this phenomenon as it’s highly restricting. So a person with diabetes loses weight, gains it, and loses it again in a continuous circle. That leads to unhealthy spikes and dips in blood sugar, resulting in further complications.
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⏰Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:37 What’s the Keto Diet?
1:04 Benefits of Keto for Diabetes
2:45 Dangers of the Keto diet
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