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Personal Speech: Cyclical Ketogenic Diet

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Cyclical Ketogenic Diet is one of the most famous and the most effective diets used by bodybuilders.
It's popular mainly due to its ability to burn fat while keeping a high percentage of already built muscle mass.
Today, I'm going to tell you more about Cyclical Ketogenic Diet.
The diet that is based on the limited carbohydrates intake.
Dr. Atkins developed CKD more than 20 years ago. During his career, Atkins has tested this diet on more than 10k patients.
At the beginning of CKD diet, Atkins reduced carbs intake of a patient to zero. It took 2-3 days to use up all the carbohydrates stored in the body.
After all the carbs had been consumed, patient's body started to use fats as a primary energy source. This state is called KETOSIS.
Once ketosis is reached, you can begin to add carbohydrates to your diet, but only a limited amount -this is called boundary value (which is ~40 grams per day). …show more content…

Interesting fact: The Cyclical Ketogenic Diet traditionally has been used in cases of intractable epilepsy. Children with epilepsy due to mutations in GLUT-1, which transports glucose across the blood-brain barrier, suffer from seizures in infancy. If not identified and treated, they develop microcephaly, mental retardation, spasticity, and ataxia as a consequence of relative brain hypoglycemia. These children respond well to the ketogenic diet, as it is believed to provide an alternative fuel source for their central nervous

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