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On the flip side, it's a nutritionist's nightmare, according to Scientific American. The keto diet completely reorganizes the building blocks of the food pyramid as outlined by the USDA.
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"You'd want healthy fats to account for about 80% of your calories, and protein around 20%," Dr. Eric Westman, director of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at Duke University, told TIME.
By comparison, the average American gets roughly 50% of their calories from carbs, 15% from protein, and 30% from fat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Foods like avocado, butter, coconut oil, eggs, and fish high in omega-3 fats, such as salmon, albacore tuna, and sardines, are bountiful sources of healthy fats.
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On a normal diet, the human body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose, which are used for energy or stored as glycogen in liver and muscle tissue. But the body has a Plan B fuel supply.
When carbohydrates go missing from a person's diet — as happened when humans foraged for food — the body taps its own fat stores for energy. The brain and other organs feed on ketones, a type of organic substance formed by the breakdown of fatty acids in the diet or body fat.
Eating healthy fats primes the body for this process, called ketosis.
Research out of Dr. Westman's clinic at Duke University supports a ketogenic diet as part of treatment for obesity, type-2 diabetes, and fatty liver disease, according to TIME.
Mitochondria are known as the powerhouses of the cells. They take in nutrients and churn out energy for the cells. Research suggests a ketogenic diet may increase the number of mitochondria in brain cells, according to Scientific American.
When these "energy factories" are topped off, neurons in the brain may be better able to ward off stress from age-related brain diseases that ordinarily exhaust or kill the cells.
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Like Kardashian, Rose follows a modified version of the keto diet. He says by sticking to greens and healthy fats, he fuels his body in a way that feels good.
Rose sometimes wears a continuous glucose monitor, or CGM, that measures sugar in his blood, which keeps him accountable and informed about the peculiarities of the human body.
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