The Keto Diet : What is it , benefits and limitations

Under what symptoms should this diet be stopped?

When following the keto diet, it is advisable to have a device at home to measure blood ketones to avoid serious complications like ketoacidosis. However, if you are not using such a device, you should stop the keto diet if any chronic disease worsens or if symptoms of ketoacidosis appear: nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, confusion, shortness of breath, or a smell of acetone on the breath.

It’s important to remember that any chosen diet should be considered a lifestyle rather than just a diet. When choosing a diet, you need to assess your ability to adhere to it for a long time because abandoning this lifestyle after achieving results may lead to the return of all the symptoms you were trying to combat with the diet.

Any diet can be beneficial if it helps you lose weight, lower glucose levels, reduce “bad” lipids, blood pressure, and uric acid levels. It is crucial that such a diet does not lead to deficiencies or exacerbate chronic diseases. There are many diet options, and you can always choose something suitable for yourself, but it is essential to emphasize that it should be sustainable over a long period. Achieving desired effects without any dietary modifications is not possible, but these restrictions should be physically and psychologically comfortable. This way, you can adhere to them for a long time, achieve, and maintain the desired results.