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What is ketosis?
“The new black” amongst diets are the so-called keto-diets. A common denominator for these diets is that you consume very few carbohydrates and a larger amount of fat when compared to the official recommendations. However, what is ketosis?
A simple explanation is that ketosis is a state, in which your body gets its energy from its fat stores instead of the glycogen stores in your muscles. Normally, your body’s fuel comes from carbohydrates, which are stored in the muscles as glycogen. When you decrease/limit your carbohydrate intake, you will force your body to find an alternative energy source – in this case: stored fat. When the body begins to use the stored fat as fuel, the body will transform the fat into ketones, which it uses as fuel instead of glycogen.
If you read about keto diets, where you eat regular food with a low amount of carbohydrates, there are many different theories about how many carbohydrates, you are allowed to consume to enter the state of ketosis and maintain that state. With Nupo’s VLCD (Very Low-Calorie Diet), you get a lower amount of carbohydrates, than a normal diet – that follows the official recommendations – and therefore you will enter the state of ketosis, by using Nupo’s VLCD Diet Shakes. You will maintain the state of ketosis, by sticking to the Nupo Diet – you can use Nupo’s Diet Shakes for up to three weeks.
If you start complementing the Nupo Diet with other foods, you might not achieve the same success – to give yourself a better chance for success, you must stay strictly to the Nupo Diet. This is because, if you add other foods to your diet, you might lose the state of ketosis, even though you are still in a calorie- and carbohydrate deficit. It can be very difficult to be on a keto diet with regular foods, as it is strict regarding the food you may, and may not, eat.
With Nupo’s VLCD Diet Shakes, you get all the necessary nutrients and vitamins, and a calorie- and carbohydrate deficit, which makes it easier to maintain the state of ketosis. A positive side effect of ketosis is that it lowers your appetite, which is smart if you want to lose weight, and this is even though you are consuming fewer calories and a regular diet – it takes a couple of days on Nupo, to get to this state.
Nupo has presented three new products to their VLCD-line, which are an Oatmeal – Apple Cinnamon, and two soups: Diet Soup – Tomato and Diet Soup – Vegetable. This means that Nupo has three soups, which is great as a lunch or dinner alternative, and the Oatmeal is perfect as breakfast. Furthermore, Nupo’s classic Diet Shakes comes in five different variations: Mango Vanilla, Blueberry Raspberry, Strawberry, Chocolate Flavour, and Café Latte. It is important that you stick to the diet, give yourself the best preconditions for a successful weight loss, and do not complement the diet with regular foods that might affect the state of ketosis.
If your December is filled with parties and social gatherings, it might be a good idea to keep an extra eye on the number of calories you consume, so it does not end up with your clothes starting to tighten around the waist. If you are invited to parties during December, you might want to cut back on the calories some days before, as well as some days after – that way you limit the possibility of it be visible on your waistline.
Men are generally not as good at eating healthy as women are. Men’s health and eating habits have been a subject of research for many years – studies show that men’s education has an effect on their eating habits; a longer education means healthier eating habits. Women are also superior when it comes to eating fruits and vegetables. There are tons of benefits, which you give yourself if you eat healthy on a daily basis – we are doing our children a massive favor, if we teach them to enjoy some of the healthier alternatives. Children copy their parents from a very young age – we are their idols – so by eating healthy, we have the possibility of affecting our kids, to eat fruit and vegetables as well.
The same logic applies to a weight loss procedure. It is a good strategy to consider what you want to achieve before starting out. How much weight do you want to lose? How do you want to lose it? What are the challenges? If you set a goal before you start your journey it doesn’t mean that you cannot change your goal once you have begun. It is all about getting started and getting a good start. Nupo VLCD diet is a very efficient diet if you want fast weight loss. In the first few days or first week you will lose a relatively great amount of weight, some due to liquid. The diet contains about 700 calories a day and consists of six shakes and 2-3 liters of water a day. You don’t have to eat other food while you do the Nupo VLCD diet. Studies have shown that it is easier to maintain weight loss if you lose weight fast. You can use the Nupo VLCD diet for up to three weeks, and then we recommend a one-week break. After the break, you can start up a new three-week period of the Nupo VLCD diet. If you are doing any other given diet and you feel that it is going too slow or you have come to a point where you are not losing any weight you can do a period of the Nupo VLCD diet to give your weight loss a kick in the right direction. Nupo VLCD diet gives you a calorie deficit that guarantees weight loss.
Before you start your diet please think about what you want to achieve. Do you want to lose weight to become healthier? Do you want to lose weight because your clothes don’t fit anymore? Do you want to lose weight because of pressure from your surroundings? Always be true to yourself. Only diet because you want to and not because other people put pressure on you. We are not alike and we are not going to be alike. You are not necessarily unhealthy because your BMI is above what is considered normal and you are not necessarily healthy because your BMI is within what is considered normal. You always need to think about what it is you want to achieve.
You get the best results if you are motivated and have the time and energy to do it. Summer vacation can be the perfect time to begin your weight loss journey because you don’t necessarily have to be social with other people and you might be in a place where you are not tempted with different foods and you have the time to rethink your food habits. Maybe you are normally gaining weight during your vacation and dieting after your vacation? Maybe this year this vacation is the time where your clothes still fit when you get back to work?