Tim Ferriss – 3 Day Fast Protocol Details – Get Into Ketosis Quicker And Easier
In Tim Ferriss’ new book Tools of Titans he puts forward a method to optimize the process of fasting. In his typical 80/20 style, he aims to get the most benefits, in the least amount of time. His recommended fast is conducted in a 3 day period, spanning Thursday evening to Sunday evening. 3-Day Fast Overview Stop eating Thursday night Friday morning go for a long walk to accelerate your transition into ketosis Friday and Saturday stay fasted, and consume moderate amounts of exogenous ketones and MCT oil (as needed), to give you a boost while you’re keto adapting. Sunday evening you break the fast. Here’s the process in more detail if you don’t have Tools of Titans to hand: Thursday Evening Eat a low carbohydrate dinner around 6pm. Make that the last meal of the day. Go to bed as normal. Friday Morning Drink some caffeine if needed, then get out the door and walk within 30 minutes of waking. Bring at least 1 litre of water, with some added salt (to prevent headaches/cramping), and sip as you walk. Walk for 3-4 hours(!). Filling up/buying more water as needed. Arrange phone calls for this time, to make the time productive. The idea behind the walk is that you use up your glycogen stores, forcing your body to move quicker into deep ketosis. The quicker you get into ketosis, the less time you spend feeling sub-optimal, and the less potential muscle wastage. Friday Day (post walk) Consume exogenous ketones or MCT oil 2-3 times throughout the day, where necessary. Tim primarily uses KetoCaNa & KetoForce as exogenous ketone sources. Both these products contain 11.7g of Beta-hydroxybuterate per serving, and each contain 16 servings. The key difference is that KetoForce is an unflavoured (alkaline) liquid. And KetoCaNa is an orange flavoured powder you can mix into wate Continue reading >>
The Top Tips For Getting Into Ketosis Quickly
Ketosis is a metabolic state where the body starts producing ketone out of fat and your body converts fat into compounds known as ketones and begins using them as its main source of energy. So, instead of your body using carbs for energy, it will shoot for fats. Ketogenic diets have become incredibly popular in the recent years with more and more people starting to practice diets such as Atkins, Keto, Low-carb, Slow-carb and much more ketogenic related diets. The first step to starting off a ketogenic diet is to put your body into a ketosis state. One of the hardest things that beginners struggle with is getting themselves into ketosis. In this article, we’ll cover the top tips for getting your body into ketosis and the health benefits behind a ketogenic diet. Weight Loss There are a lot of health benefits associated with ketosis. One of the most common ones is weight loss. Most people put their body into ketosis to speed up their weight loss process. One of the reasons for this is that ketogenic diets tend to get rid of excess water from the body. Our body is mainly made up of water and when you are eating a lot of carbs, our body will naturally retain those water. With a ketogenic diet insulin levels are lowered, the results of this is that the kidneys start shedding excess sodium, leading to rapid weight loss in the first week or two. This is why a lot of people tend to drop a lot of weight quickly in the early weeks. This is usually just water weight that was retained over time. In this study, which compared low-fat diets vs low-carb diets. People with low-carb diets tend to lose weight 2-3x faster than people on a low-fat diet. Another reason for people losing more weight on Ketogenic diets is because your body will go straight into fat burning mode after it’s Continue reading >>
The Easiest Way To Get Into Ketosis
For some people, Keto can be something mystical and always out of their reach. Indeed, it’s difficult to establish a state of nutritional ketosis, but everyone can do it by using the easiest way to get into ketosis. Getting into ketosis requires these conditions to be met. Liver glycogen stores (100-150 grams of glucose) have been depleted and the liver starts converting fatty acids into ketone bodies. This takes approximately 16 hours or so. The concentration of serum blood ketone levels is above 0.5 mMols, optimally not higher than 3.0 mMols. Blood sugar and circulating insulin have dropped significantly, while not causing a hypoglycemic response. You can accomplish it with two things: Fast for an extended period of time Restrict your carbohydrate intake to close to zero for a few weeks Both of them are almost identical – fasting induces ketosis, and the ketogenic diet mimics the physiology of fasting to a great degree. There’s not much difference between fasting ketosis and nutritional ketosis. The only distinction is what physiological state your body is in, but they still have a few unique traits. Fasting Ketosis – You haven’t consumed any calories for 24+ hours and thus experience higher levels of blood ketones. In addition, you’ve elevated the metabolic pathway called ‘autophagy’ that causes cellular repair and maintenance. Nutritional Ketosis – You’ve established ketosis by restricting carbohydrates to almost zero and have depleted liver glycogen that way. Ketone bodies get created but you’re still in a fed state, thus suppressing autophagy. While getting into fasting ketosis takes about 1-3 days, nutritional ketosis requires 2-3 weeks of keto-adaptation, during which you need to stay close attention to how many carbs and protein you eat, a Continue reading >>
Four New, Cutting-edge Ways To Easily Shift Your Body Into Fat-burning Mode & Ketosis.
Great article. You actually answered my question as to the ratio of the 3 BHB salts which is quite helpful for me. For me, I had Keto O/S and found it quite good – my favorite was the chocolate swirl. But it was and is very expensive. Only 15-20 servings and would break the bank. So I turned to KetoCaNa and I’ve tried two flavours. Both of them were so salty that I almost threw up every time. Like flavoured sea water. Also only 15 serving per bottle. Then I turned to Ketond which is okay – Tigers Blood and Caramel Macchiato. What I like about Ketond is that it has a full 30 servings and is very transparent with it’s ingredients. It’s also the same price as Keto OS but you get 30 servings. But still, not the best taste. So in the end, I ordered 1kg of pure BHB Magnesium from a supplier in China and I will be developing my own Ketone product with 30 servings as a lower price than all the competitors, and with more Magnesium, and Calcium in it than Sodium so that it tastes the best and actually helps with weight loss (which Magnesium is proven to do at the right amount). What the companies don’t tell you is that actually Sodium BHB is the cheapest, then Calcium BHB and then Magnesium BHB to source so I would be interested in knowing if what you wrote is actually true or just an excuse to make the product cheaper. Probably a mix of both. So I have 2 questions Ben: 1. If you had to split the 11.7g of BHB into Sodium, Ca, and Mg, what ratio would you do for the best health results and potential weight loss? The current products on the market are about an 80/12/8 split. I would think it should be the other way around. 2. When I develop my own product and sell it, would you be up for sampling it and reviewing it on your website here? What flavours do you like/would Continue reading >>
How To Get Into Ketosis Fast: Your 3-point Checklist For Max Fat-burning
So you're thinking about "going keto". I like your style. Pretty soon you’re going to experience the superhuman cognitive performance, energy, and fat-loss you’ve only read about. I won't lie to you, there's going to be a "break-in" period while your body adjusts to this metabolic shift. Which is why we wanted to find the best and fastest way to transition into ketosis. And what better way than ask the keto expert himself, Dom D'Agostino (who joined us on OPP episode 75) Dom whipped up a protocol designed specifically so you can achieve ketosis as fast and efficient as humanly possible. The Expert's Guide to Achieving Ketosis Dr. D’Agostino may in fact be the world’s premier authority on ketogenic diets. He's an associate professor in the department of molecular pharmacology and physiology at the University of South Florida. He is also a senior research scientist at the Center for Human and Machine Cognition. And the distillation of his experience and knowledge comes down to a three-tiered approach to rapid ketosis. Each of the actionable strategies below are effective on their own, but together, this trifecta will turn your body into a fat-burning machine. Step 1: Fasting To Get Into Ketosis Intermittent fasting by definition means not eating anything for a given period of time. Contrary to what the fitness "experts" often cite as gospel, skipping breakfast will not cause your muscles to shrivel up into little raisins. It doesn't mean you'll lose strengths either. Fasting is a powerful tool to achieve ketosis because it drives insulin levels down. When combined with a low-carb, high-fat diet, fasting pushes the body even more towards using fatty acids for fuel, and eventually you'll start producing ketones -- the primary fuel source for ketosis. Fasting Protoco Continue reading >>
Keep Yourself In Ketosis
When talking about a Grain Brain lifestyle, and the very similar ketogenic diet, it’s frequently mentioned that we are aiming to keep our bodies in ketosis. However, if you’re new to my work, it may be that you’re not exactly sure what ketosis is, or why we should be worrying about getting our body into this state. Allow me to explain. Ketones are a special type of fat that can stimulate the pathways that enhance the growth of new neural networks in the brain. A ketogenic diet is one that is high in fats, and this diet has been a tool of researchers for years, used notably in a 2005 study on Parkinson’s patients finding an improvement in symptoms after just 28 days. The improvements were on par with those made possible via medication and brain surgery. Other research has shown the ketogenic diet to be remarkably effective in treating some forms of epilepsy, and even brain tumors. Ketones do more than just that though. They increase glutathione, a powerful, brain-protective antioxidant. Ketones facilitate the production of mitochondria, one of the most important actors in the coordinated production that is the human body. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Our bodies are said to enter ketosis at the point when blood sugar levels are low and liver glycogen are no longer available to produce glucose as a fuel for cellular energy production. At this point, not only is the body doing the natural thing, and burning off fat, it’s also powering up the brain with a super efficient fuel. We can jump start ourselves into ketosis with a brief fast, allowing our body to quickly burn through the carbs that are in our system, and turn to fat for fuel. A ketogenic diet is one that derives around 80% or more of of its calories from fat, and the rest from carbs and prote Continue reading >>
How To Get Into Ketosis Faster.
The shift from burning glucose to fat takes a long time. It depends on the individual and their degree of carbohydrate tolerance. Usually, the initial adaptation period will last about 2-3 weeks. There is also a way to get into ketosis fast within a few days. To get into ketosis several things have to be met. We need to have lower blood sugar and insulin levels for an extended period of time. Once insulin has been suppressed for some time, the pancreas will release its counter-hormone called glucagon. Its job is to deplete the liver glycogen stores and increase the fatty acid concentration in the blood stream. This will also lead to the production of ketone bodies by the liver. To satisfy its extremely high energy demands, the brain will begin to utilize fat for fuel. For this to happen, we have to either: Fast for a prolonged amount of time. Restrict our carbohydrate intake to a bare minimum. Both options are very effective ways of inducing ketosis. However, those two things aren’t always enough. Someone who is burning sugar may not ever be able to get into ketosis, despite following the guidelines. The body is just too addicted to sugar and enters an energy crisis. To provide energy for the brain and body, it is necessary to have a substitute for glucose. If you want to become fat adapted, then you have to promote the production of ketone bodies as well. Ketones are the third fuel source and are above glucose and even fatty acids. The outcome of burning the ketone body acetoacetate in the Krebs cycle creates 2 additional ketone molecules. Beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetone can create 25% more energy than pyruvate (sugar). This means that to get into ketosis faster we have to assist our body in producing more ketone bodies. To do that, we would have to consume fat that Continue reading >>
Ketogenic Diet Faq
With all the new people finding, switching, and transitioning into a low carb diet, I figured it was about time I put together an FAQ on all the common questions that are asked when someone is starting out. I don’t go too in depth in the answers, but I tried to give a direct answer and then link to a more in depth article on the topic to help you fully understand it. If you have any other questions you’d like to be added, changed, or are unsure about – please feel free to leave a comment below so I can fully explain, or make changes to the answers on this page. Best wishes, and to all the new people out there – good luck and happy dieting! Frequently Asked Questions Click any of the questions below and it will take you to the answer. How Long Does It Take To Get Into Ketosis? A ketogenic diet is not a diet that you can whimfully choose to go on and off of at any point. It takes time for your body to adjust and go into a state known as ketosis. This process? Anywhere from 2 – 7 days, depending on your body type, activity levels, and what you’re eating. The fastest way to get into ketosis is to exercise on an empty stomach, restrict your carbohydrate intake to 20g or less per day, and be vigilant with your water intake. To improve the rate at which you enter ketosis, there is a method called Fat Fasting. I’ve written an article on Fat Fasting on a Ketogenic Diet and everything involved with it. Make sure that if you use this method, it is only for a few days, otherwise it can bring harm to you. Where Can I Find Low Carb Recipes? Everywhere on the internet! There’s recipes on almost every health website nowadays, and a quick Google of what you want will definitely help you out. You can even convert high carb recipes that use sugar or fruits in them to low c Continue reading >>
How Long Does It Take To Get Into Ketosis
In the era of instant gratification, many people want to know how does it take to get into ketosis? Well, wonder no longer. We have you covered. Your body is conditioned to running on sugar so it takes some time to switch to a new fuel source. For a very healthy person it will only take a week. It is much more likely for it to take 4 to 6 weeks before you start to feel differently. Many people want to know what kind of benefits you will feel when you get into ketosis? How will you know when keto is working? Well, there are several signs: You will be more satisfied after you eat Your sugar cravings will go away You will be hungry less often Focus will be increased with minimal brain fog Memory will be sharper Urination will happen less overnight It is important to remember that all of these things happen when you are all the way committed. You cannot do keto halfway. There can be symptoms along the way. These are often referred to as keto flu. One way to get rid of fatigue is by taking vitamin B5. If you are lacking this vitamin you will feel very sluggish. One way to get into ketosis quicker is by using ketones salts. While this helps you get there quicker, without the commitment from the diet it is useless. Another way to find out if you are in ketosis is by peeing on a stick. Might sound a little ridiculous but this gives you a good indication that you are in keto. Keto sticks tell you whether or not you are in ketosis. While it is not a sure thing, if you pee on the stick the color the stick turns to is a strong indicator on whether or not you are in ketosis. Most importantly, stick to the ketogenic diet and you will be in ketosis. It’s not an overnight success, but once someone gets into ketosis the benefits are unbelievable. Do not let the beginning discourage yo Continue reading >>
What's The Fastest Way To Get Into Ketosis?
The best way is to change your diet. You really need to be eating fewer than 50g of Net carbohydrates per day and eat a health amount of quality fats (both saturated and mono-unsaturated - avoid the kind of inflammatory polyunsaturates that we’ve been told to eat for the last 40 years). However, there are certainly some short cuts. 1.) If you want to help yourself get into ketosis faster then using a high quality MCT (Medium Chain Triglyceride) Oil will speed this up. I think Dave Asprey makes the best oils. The strongest one is Brain Octane Oil - this only has the C8 chain of fatty acid. The next level down is the standard MCT Oil which has both C8 and C10 chains XCT Oil. By far my favorite way of getting into and staying in Ketosis (and this is coming from somebody who follows all the correct nutritional rules) is Exogenous Ketones. These put you into a state of Ketosis almost immediately (and that is reflected in the price range). Until now most of them were too unpalatable to bother with but there have been some fantastic innovations in the last year. I really like KetoSports KetoCaNa - it has a very pleasant taste and does not have any sugar, unlike some of the other brands. Anyway, best of luck to you. And if you have any more questions pop them in the comments below. Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com Continue reading >>
How To Get Into ‘ketosis’ And Why You Should Care
You've probably arrived at this article because you typed something about weight loss into Google. I'm not an advocate of “lose weight quick” schemes. Weight loss takes discipline and effort. But if you are looking for a way to shave off those pounds you might want to consider a ketosis based or ketogenic diet. But like any weight loss program, it should be followed correctly and after you've done some research. What is ketosis? We've all heard of low carb diets and how they work. In theory, this type of diet burns off fat for energy rather than carbohydrates. Instead of expending glucose for energy (glucose is derived from carbs and stored in the liver or muscles as glycogen), the body will break down fat stores. Creating ketones (a type of acid), which are a source of fuel, just like glucose is. Ketones get eliminated in urine, so if you measure your ketone levels through urine analysis (i.e., strips from a pharmacy) and they are high, you know you're in ketosis, this means that your body is breaking down fat and converting it into energy. And so the weight loss begins. The Ketogenic Diet: What is it? When your body adapts to this kind of diet, you will be less hungry too, which means fewer snacks, more energy, and a highly functioning brain. No, ketosis is not the same as starvation. While you are forbidding carbohydrates, you should be balancing your diet with the correct levels of protein and fats so that your blood sugar levels are stable. Creating ketones and burning fat is a better way of dieting than just reducing calories or starving yourself. Other benefits of ketosis Some studies of ketosis have shown that ketosis is beneficial for cancer as it starves cancer cells, which feed on glucose and cannot use ketones for fuel. Being in ketosis can also benefit Continue reading >>
A Keto Diet For Beginners
A keto or ketogenic diet is a very low-carb diet, which turns the body into a fat-burning machine. It has many proven benefits for weight loss, health and performance, as millions of people have experienced already. 1 Here you’ll learn how to eat a keto diet based on real foods. You’ll find visual guides, recipes, meal plans and a simple 2-week get started program, all you need to succeed on keto. Get even more, custom meal plans, ask the experts and low-carb TV, with a free trial. 1. Introduction: What is ketosis? The “keto” in a ketogenic diet comes from the fact that it makes the body produce small fuel molecules called “ketones”. 2 This is an alternative fuel for the body, used when blood sugar (glucose) is in short supply. Ketones are produced if you eat very few carbs (that are quickly broken down into blood sugar) and only moderate amounts of protein (excess protein can also be converted to blood sugar). Ketones are produced in the liver, from fat. They are then used as fuel throughout the body, including the brain. The brain is a hungry organ that consumes lots of energy every day, 3 and it can’t run on fat directly. It can only run on glucose… or ketones. On a ketogenic diet, your entire body switches its fuel supply to run almost entirely on fat. Insulin levels become very low, and fat burning increases dramatically. It becomes easy to access your fat stores to burn them off. This is obviously great if you’re trying to lose weight, but there are also other less obvious benefits, such as less hunger and a steady supply of energy. When the body produces ketones, it’s said to be in ketosis. The fastest way to get there is by fasting – not eating anything – but nobody can fast forever. A keto diet, on the other hand, can be eaten indefinite Continue reading >>
6 Tips To Get You Into Ketosis Quickly
A lot has changed since the ketogenic diet was first prescribed as a diet for epilepsy. People are now using ketosis to help with everything from losing weight to better health in general. For most people, it takes around 1-3 days to get into ketosis, but there can be ways to speed up the process. This article will cover 6 tips to get you into ketosis quickly. Benefits of Getting Into Ketosis Being in ketosis, when the body is breaking down fat and using ketones for fuel, and eating a ketogenic diet often come with benefits such as: Weight loss: ketosis and a ketogenic diet can reduce hunger and cravings while increasing satiety Reduced risk of diseases: lower risk of diseases such as heart disease, type II diabetes, and even cancer Higher energy levels: less blood sugar spikes, and overall better well-being Besides speeding up these benefits by getting into ketosis sooner, you can also circumvent some possible side effects. When your body is getting into ketosis, it’s switching from using glucose for energy to using fats (broken down to ketones). The time in between can cause certain flu-like side effects in some people, like fatigue, dizziness, sugar cravings, brain fog, and stomach trouble, often called the “keto flu.” By getting into ketosis faster, you can skip past the transition period and start enjoy the benefits of ketosis sooner. And now, here are our top tips for doing that: Top 6 Ketosis Tips Give these steps a try for getting into ketosis faster: #1 Drastically Cut Carbs The general carb limit for the keto diet is around 30 grams for most people. This keeps the body from using those carbs for energy and reversing the ketosis process — or preventing it altogether. But if you want to get into ketosis faster, cutting carbs below this amount is a great Continue reading >>
How To Get Into Ketosis In Less Than 3 Days
Do you need to get into ketosis super fast? Don't think you can handle the deprivation and hunger of a water fast? The good news is that you don't have to. You can rev up your metabolism, escape hunger, and be on your way to fat burning in one or two days! All it takes is a ketogenic diet that is lower in carbs than standard keto. This will cut your cravings to the bone and switch you from a glucose burning metabolism to burning fat faster than anything else! Ketogenic diets work by reducing basal insulin levels, lowering blood triglycerides, and setting up conditions that will move you into the state of nutritional ketosis. Getting into ketosis is important because when the body produces ketones, your hunger level goes down, your energy goes up, and you experience a state of well-being. All of these benefits will make it easier for you to stick to your low-carb diet plan. On a typical keto diet, it takes 3 to 5 days to enter into the state of ketosis. But how quickly you do that depends on how many carbohydrates you were eating per day before you started restricting them. In addition, if you're looking for the urine testing strips to change colors right now, that only occurs once ketosis is well under way. Most low-carb diets start you off at 20 to 30 net carbs. Atkins 20 and the Reddit version of Keto begin at 20 net carbs, and the Protein Power Lifeplan begins at 30. These amounts are low enough to get the job done within a few days. If you're coming from a carb-heavy diet, it might take a little longer to switch metabolic pathways than if you're merely switching from a low-calorie plan to Atkins, Keto, or LCHF. However, there is a much quicker method that you can use right now instead of these standard Keto diets. The quick-start method I'm going to share with you i Continue reading >>
8 Tips And Tricks For How To Get Into Ketosis Fast
Ketosis is a natural biological process that plays a key role in health. The process has become particularly relevant in a specific type of diet known as a ketosis diet or a ketogenic diet, which is powerful for weight loss. While your body is in ketosis it relies on fat as the main source of energy by first converting it to compounds known as ketones. The ketones themselves are thought to help suppress the appetite and may be a key reason why the diet approach helps with weight loss (1,2). There are a number of different signs that you are in ketosis and ketogenic diets rely on these and your diet patterns to keep you in ketosis. But, if you’re going to rely on ketosis, then you have to figure out how to get into ketosis fast – and stay there. Achieving that is absolutely critical to get the health benefits of ketosis and to lose weight. More than anything, your carb intake influences whether or not you are in ketosis. This is true when you are first trying to reach ketosis and also as you are trying to stay there. The reason for this is that the body preferentially uses glucose as its main source of energy. This glucose comes from the carbs that you eat. So, when you are consuming carbs regularly, your body tends to use these as the main source of fuel. However, if you dramatically decrease your carbs, then your body is forced to switch to other fuel sources. Specifically, this results in the production of ketone bodies, which then act as fuel (3,4). To decrease your carb intake, you can rely on low carb vegetables and fruits, as well as recipes specifically designed for low carb or ketosis diets. For example, the following lists are great places to begin. Now, the precise number of carbs that you can consume and remain in ketosis varies from one person to the nex Continue reading >>
