Tag: ketogenic
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Do you need to count calories on keto?
Losing weight is essentially an energy shift in your body, instead of consuming more calories than your body is burning, you are shifting this to burning more calories than you are consuming. But on a ketogenic or general lowcarb diet counting carbs isn’t that much recommended. Let’s find out why! When on a lowcarb diet…
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What keto does to your testosterone levels!
Testosterone is a hormone, mostly found in men (women’s ovaries only produce a very small amount) and plays a significant roll in producing sperm, bone and muscle mass, fat storage and even red cell production. Low levels of testosterone (T-levels) lead to symptoms like, decreased sexdrive, less energy, weight gain, moodiness and less body hair.…
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What are Ketostix?
Ketostix are strips provided for a fast way of testing urine fort he presence and concentration of acetoacetic acid (ketones) in your urine. These stix are mostly used by people suffering from diabetes type 1 (sometimes even type 2) to check if their ketone levels are okay and not dangerously high. Ketones appear when not…
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