The ketogenic diet, especially in the United States , continues to go crazy: it is a low carbohydrate diet (less than 50 grams of carbohydrates per day, depending on the diet chosen, which can be Atkins, Paleo ketogenic, Bulletproof and so on. ), high fat content and moderate protein consumption , which allows you to lose weight quickly and is therefore chosen by those who want to quickly get rid of many kilos . The cases of people losing 40 or 50 kilos with the ketogenic diet are numerous: today the news was reported of Suzanne, who would have lost over 40 kilos in 10 months thanks to this diet, and the blog KetoKarma would be opened (in English ).
According to supporters of the ketogenic diet, humans have been accustomed to eating low carbohydrates and high fats for centuries, while in recent years the massive consumption of carbohydrates typical of the Western diet has led people to be obese

It is not true that man does not need carbohydrates to survive. Carbohydrates are essential, among other things, for proper hormonal function, that is to ensure that our body is “balanced” from a hormonal point of view, and it is not healthy to try to keep insulin low thanks to a low-content diet. of carbohydrates, because this leads to a predominance of stress hormones. Which, if in the short / medium term, help to lose weight, in the long term they cause weight stalemate, health problems and tendency to gain weight, as I explain here . In short, we need carbohydrates to have a healthy metabolism, since metabolism and hormones are linked.