All the mentioned types of diet have one thing in common – they are based on low carbohydrate intake. So don't get confused if you see KetoDiet once as a protein diet and another as a protein diet , both are correct.
More about the protein diet
American professor George came up with this well-known way of reducing overweight and obesity in the 1970s. L. Blackburn. He worked for many years at Harvard University and researched not only the way our body burns fat, but he was interested in detail in fundamental problems related to nutrition, a healthy lifestyle, the prevention of malignant diseases and the effects on appropriate eating habits and appetite for exercise.
Weight loss with a protein diet is ensured by a state called ketosis , which occurs in your body when you reduce carbohydrate intake to a minimum. Ketosis will enable your body to burn stored fat in a targeted manner. Therefore, losing weight with a protein diet is effective and safe , and unlike other methods of losing weight, you are not in danger of losing muscle mass . Muscle protection is due to the regular supply of a sufficient amount of protein contained, for example, in KetoDiet protein foods and drinks .
And it is protein foods that, in addition to a balanced ratio of animal and vegetable proteins, will also provide you with the necessary vitamins and minerals, vegetables and healthy fats, which will make up your diet menu.
KetoDiet protein foods and drinks are almost all gluten-free , and because they contain a reduced amount of carbohydrates, you can enjoy them even in a low carb mode . KetoDiet protein foods and drinks are almost all gluten-free , and because they contain a reduced amount of carbohydrates, you can enjoy them even in a low carb mode .
We produce our protein foods according to our own recipes in the Czech Republic, in a modern plant that meets the legislative requirements of the strict STN EN ISO 22000:2006, ČSN EN ISO 9001:2009 and HACCP standards.
The protein diet is divided into 3 steps , which are the same length .
In order to maintain the new weight even after the diet plan is over, it is very important to go through all three steps . Thanks to them, your body will be ready for a gradual return to a healthy, rational diet. Gradually increase the content of carbohydrates in it so that the body gets used to them again and knows how to work with them.
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Before starting the keto diet , choose one of the three KetoDiet diet plans based on how overweight you are.
If you are going to lose weight due to really high overweight or obesity, contact our nutritionists before starting the diet, who will work individually on setting up your diet plan and will be happy to advise you.
And if you're still not sure which diet plan to choose, here's a diet plan calculator for you .
Choose your diet planLet's take a closer look at which nutrients our body needs for proper functioning and how it uses them. There are 3 types of nutrients – proteins , fats and carbohydrates .
Do you know how many carbohydrates are in your daily diet and how does a normal diet differ from a protein diet menu?
The correct ratio of nutrients in your normal diet according to general recommendations corresponds to a ratio of 50-60% carbohydrates, 20-30% fats and 20% proteins.
Carbohydrates are the primary and at the same time the simplest source of energy . Our body has the least work to process them. There are complex carbohydrates , i.e. complex carbohydrates, contained for example in legumes or in whole grain bread, which we should prefer, because they do not have such a big impact on the blood sugar level as simple carbohydrates , which, on the contrary, significantly increase the blood sugar level. You can find them in white pastries or sweets.
Fats are very important for proper hormonal activity , they help maintain an optimal level of cholesterol in the blood and thus protect the heart. They are absolutely fundamental in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) and, last but not least, they are the basic building block of nerve cells.
Include fats in the menu in a ratio of 2:1 (vegetable: animal) . They should primarily be represented:
The main role of proteins is the protection of muscle mass , but they can also satiate you. Proteins help form every cell in the body (the amino acids they contain are considered the basic building blocks), so the body cannot function properly without them .
However, proteins are often lacking in the normal diet. You might think that when you eat 100g of chicken, you will also provide your body with 100g of protein, but this is not the case. There are 22 g of protein in 100 g of chicken meat, but the optimal daily protein intake is several times higher. Lack of protein can manifest itself in fatigue, but also in other health problems .
When you look at the ratio of nutrients in a regular menu, carbohydrates predominate in it . However, the practice of recent years shows that thanks to a change in lifestyle, when most of you skip regular physical activity , it is not possible to use all the energy from the carbohydrates eaten. Therefore, your body then creates more and more fat stores and you gain weight . Most nutritionists therefore recommend reducing the amount of carbohydrates in the diet.
When you go on a protein diet, the ratio of protein, fat and carbohydrates changes. In the protein diet, your diet will contain a reduced amount of carbohydrates - in the 1st step and in the 2nd step up to 50 g per day. This will easily adjust your metabolism and get your body into ketosis soon. In the 3rd step, you gradually add carbohydrates of 50-80 g per day and your weight stabilizes.
The recommended daily dose of protein ranges from 0.8 to 1.3 g of protein per 1 kilogram of your ideal weight . Therefore, you don't have to worry about "overdosing" on the proteins that are in protein foods. With five KetoDiet protein meals, your body will receive about 90 g of protein per day. So that you know what to eat in each step of the diet, we have compiled a sample keto menu for you .
In the individual steps of the diet plan, in addition to the reduced content of carbohydrates and a fair dose of protein, you can also treat yourself to healthy fats . And that in the form of high-quality oils, nuts and seeds. During the diet, you will eat about 100 g of fat per day, and you can stick to this limit for a long time.
Then, when returning to a normal balanced diet, be very careful to gradually increase the carbohydrates in your diet and to successfully avoid hidden sugars. They also appear in foods in which you might not expect them at all.
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It's up to you whether you start a protein diet. However, there is one fundamental condition and that is real overweight or obesity . Ketosis is not an unnatural state for our body, it is prepared for it, but if you are facing a certain health problem from the list of contraindications, which includes, for example, diabetes, problems with internal organs, or if you are a future mother or are still breastfeeding, we recommend that you take a look at another way to lose weight.
List of contraindications
Ketosis is a state where your body will "feed" itself almost entirely on its own stored fat.
It occurs when you limit the intake of all carbohydrates (including all sugars, because they are carbohydrates) in your diet to a minimum. A value below 50 g of carbohydrates per day is usually stated , but every body works a little differently, so take this number as a guideline only. For some it will be higher, for others it will be lower. And in order to properly start ketosis, in the 1st step of the KetoDiet you will eat up to 50 g of carbohydrates per day.
Ketosis in the body usually occurs 2-4 days after starting the diet , when you start using fats as an energy source instead of carbohydrates. The fact that you are in ketosis is usually recognized by the fact that you lose kilograms and centimeters , you feel good, you have a lot of energy and you don't feel hungry.
If you are not sure that you are in ketosis (the needle on the scale still does not go down), you can try to test using diagnostic strips for urine analysis (e.g. KetoPhan), because it is in the urine (and in the blood) that you can detect the presence of ketone bodies.
However, since the level of ketone bodies in the body fluctuates during the day and the strips do not recognize all ketone bodies, but only acetoacetate, the diagnosis may not be accurate. In addition, the color of the strip and even the amount of ketones in the blood will not affect the speed of your weight loss. Give your feelings instead.
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