#31 Carb Chronicles & Fasting Feats: Navigating the Keto diet!

In today’s episode of The Keto Vegan Podcast, Rachel talks about carbs and intermittent fasting. She’ll be diving into the world of carbs, what they do to our bodies, how they fit into a keto diet and how many we can eat on a keto diet. She then talks about how to introduce intermittent fasting and what health benefits there are to this. Key Takeaways The keto diet is a low carb, high fat diet that aims to put your body into a state of ketosis. Your keto diet can be broken down into percentages of fat, protein and carbs. Carbs 5-10%; Protein 20-35%; Fat 60-75% When in ketosis your body burns fat instead of carbs for fuel. Fiber is a type of carb that your body cannot digest, so it does not affect your blood sugar or ketosis. Fiber also helps you feel full and supports your digestive health. Counting calories doesn’t work – our focus needs to be on metabolic fitness. The 5-1-1 method. Fast for 5 days 15-17 hours, fast for one day for 18 hours and take one day off Best Moments “With the keto diet your body stays in fat-burning mode.” “When you are choosing carbs on this diet, choose the ones that are high in fibre.” “Counting calories doesn’t work.” “There’s a great thing about being a fat burner… Our bodies are better designed to be fat burners.” “… insane mental clarity!” Valuable Resources For an extensive list of foods with their carb, fat and protein count, go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how For a keto-vegan start-up menu and shopping list go here: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/1-what-why-and-how Host Bio Rachel, a once morbidly obese individual, experienced a remarkable body transformation through the keto diet. Later, she embraced veganism and now shares her extensive knowledge and obsession with carbs in vegan proteins on The Keto Vegan podcast. Her goal is to demonstrate the simplicity of combining the keto diet with a vegan lifestyle. Resources: https://www.rachelgtherapy.co.uk/the-keto-vegan Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKetoVegan/podcasts Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/821471059206067 Email: [email protected] https://theketovegan.podbean.com/