Ketogenics is a term that's simply refers to the process required for your body to enter a state called ketosis. Ketosis occurs when your body begins using fat as its main source of energy above all other types of energy sources including proteins and carbohydrates. Once your body enters this state it becomes much easier for your body to utilize stored fat deposits for energy thus resulting in automatic and ongoing fat loss.
So, if ketogenics is so incredible and can be your answer to fat loss and why haven't you heard of it? Well, you probably have. Ketosis is at the core of many fat loss programs and diets including the incredibly popular Atkins program. …show more content…
The body's preferred source of fuel is carbohydrates and is very effective at metabolizing carbohydrates to use for fuel. Because of this fact your body actually craves carbohydrates on a regular basis which usually leads to us over eating them. When the body eats too many carbohydrates than it can process and use, it breaks them down, converts them and stores some of them as fat for later use. If your body does not have a source of carbohydrates to use for energy, it will utilize the next available source. If you severely limit the amount of carbohydrates that you eat and instead replace them with fat, your body will go through a process and adjustment that will allow it to metabolize the fat for energy as well. In addition, once the body begins to use fat as fuel it will be much easier for it to metabolize stored fat as fuel thereby helping to speed up existing fat