I Quit the Keto Diet After Just 14 Days. Here is why
When I wrote the article about intermittent fasting I received a few messages from people asking me if I have ever tried the Keto diet and what my opinion about it is.
In the past I tried it but I gave up after only 14 days, and in this article I will tell you the reasons why I did so.
For those of you who don’t know what the Keto diet is, it requires a high fat intake of somewhere around 70–80%, 15–20% protein and very little carbohydrates. It aims to utilize ketone bodies instead of glucose for the body’s energy.
Why have I quit this diet?
Even if at the beginning in the first days I lost a few pounds and hoped that I had found the miracle diet I realized that this is actually due to water loss.
In addition it was very difficult for me to eat every day such a high level of fats and very little carbohydrates especially since I tried it during the summer period when this is extremely difficult.
Also when I tried this diet I went to my nutritionist who told me that if I want to do this I need to take vitamin and mineral supplements because this diet will bring me an extremely low ratio.
The last but perhaps the most important factor that made me give up this diet was the disease-like condition I had…
