Come join me in Dr. Ritamarie's 5 day "healthy Keto" challenge and get some great tips and recipes for healthy, clean, healing eating! https://doctorritamarie.isrefer.com/go/ketochallenge/duffnash Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology https://doctorritamarie.isrefer.com/go/InstNutriEndo/duffnash Hormone Hacking Breakfast Menus https://doctorritamarie.isrefer.com/go/HHBM/duffnash First interview with Dr. Ritamarie: http://learntruehealth.com/nutritional-endocrinology How to Break Free From Fatigue with Easy Homemade Hormone Balancing Elixirs That Work Like Magic https://doctorritamarie.isrefer.com/go/BreakFree1/duffnash Brain Boost Recipes https://doctorritamarie.isrefer.com/go/BBR/duffnash "Blended Greens for Health and Longevity" Free E-book https://doctorritamarie.isrefer.com/go/BlendedGreens/duffnash   The 5-Day Healthy Keto Challenge http://learntruehealth.com/325-5-day-healthy-keto-challenge Have you heard of the 5-Day Healthy Keto Challenge? I'm sure many of you have listened to the benefits of doing a ketogenic diet. But if it is not done right, your health will suffer more. If you're interested in doing ketogenic diet the right way, then this 5-Day Healthy Keto Challenge episode is definitely for you. Listen in to my guest, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo, who will show you how to do it right. Before we get started, let's kick off the topic with an announcement. Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo is giving out a free 5-Day Healthy Keto Challenge via her Facebook group. Cool prizes like US$ 25 Amazon gift card and a free Body Balance class worth $2,000 is up for grabs. Overview Before getting into the 5-Day Healthy Keto Challenge, you first have to understand what ketosis is. Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo says ketosis is not for everybody. It's a matter of knowing how your body is processing carbohydrates. "I saw so many people teaching keto, and I just cringe when I see pictures of what people are eating," said Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo.  She added, "So, I decided to do a healthy keto diet for people to reap the benefits of ketosis. And do it in a healthy, plant-based way. People usually end up getting thyroid issues from any diet intervention." Ketogenic Diet Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo says a ketogenic diet is typically done with tons of oil, not whole foods plant-based fats, not whole foods fats. Mostly, we need to provide the macro and micronutrients that the thyroid needs. "I also don't believe that a ketogenic diet is necessarily meant for long-term use. Ultimately, it's a case to case basis depending on the person's health. The traditional way it's done is so devoid in food that is good for us," Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo said.  How Ketosis Works We have fuel that the body needs to burn for energy. And all the cells need energy. Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo says we also need energy for cellular metabolism and taking in nutrients. So, we have a choice between fats or sugar. "When we rely on sugar for fuel, we get hungry between meals. But when you rely on fat for fuel, the fat doesn't get converted to sugar. It is burned in the form of ketone bodies which is a byproduct of fat," explains Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo. Even if you're not eating anything at all, Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo says most of us have extra stores of fat. We got a thousand calories at most of the extra glycogen which is the storage starch sugar form. So, we have enough fat on our bodies to last for weeks or months. "The body gets efficient, and it's not constantly hungry. That's why so many people are doing it for the weight loss. It is also fuel for the brain and helps your memory, focus, repairs the brain, and calms the nervous system," Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo reveals. But Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo also says we should make sure a health practitioner helps monitor us. Because if you do it wrong, most people end up taking in too much protein, because ketogenic is not a high-protein diet but rather a high-fat diet. Decreasing Inflammation By design, a ketogenic diet does not have grains in it. And ac