Denis Santos
- A good partner for Ketogenic Diet
- Coconut oil is good for low-carb diets
A diet that allows you to eat lechon, chicharon, and other relatively fatty food?
During the Low Carb Diet (Ketogenic) close discussion event with MINOLA Philippines, it was revealed that Coconut Oil could really be a good help in pursuing this kind of health program.
Ketogenic Diet or most commonly known as Keto is a low carb diet where the body produces ketones in the liver to be used as energy. According to Ruled.me, when you eat something high in carbs, your body will produce glucose and insulin. Since the glucose is being used as a primary energy, your fats are not needed and are therefore stored. Typically on a normal, higher carbohydrate diet, the body will use glucose as the main form of energy. By lowering the intake of carbs, the body is induced into a state known as ketosis. It is a natural process the body initiates to help us survive when food intake is low. During this state, we produce ketones, which are produced from the breakdown of fats in the liver. The end goal of a properly maintained keto diet is to force your body into this metabolic state. We don’t do this through starvation of calories but starvation of carbohydrates.
During the said event, speakers in the medical field have shared what they know about the matter. Dr. Manuel Dayrit from the Ateneo de Manila University College of Medicine and Dr. Regina Banda from the Ketogenic Diet of the Philippines both graced the event to discuss something about this raved Keto Diet.
Does Coconut Cooking Oil help Keto?
Being one of the world’s healthiest fats, Coconut oil becomes the best oil to accompany with your Keto diet plan. Because of its MCT and Lauric Acid component, it is easy to incorporate with that kind of diet plan.
And when speaking about Coconut Oils, what’s the first thing that pops out to your mind? Right. MINOLA Premium Coconut Cooking Oil. Minola helps make your heart healthy and it is a vegetable oil. It does not cause obesity because the oil and fats itself do not stay inside your body for too long.
Mae Paner, a great example of someone who has become a health enthusiast with this diet plan. We have seen her on the streets with an unwavering spark in her as she goes up against trapos in the government. She shared her journey of losing over a hundred pounds in just one year during the event.
She cited an experience where airplane seat tables can no longer be put down because it hits her stomach and the times when she had to ask for a seatbelt extension, she sized 50″ that time.
Paner reflected that something needs to be done. Then her friend recommended the famous Keto diet, and that was when she found a lifestyle plan that suited her.
Ketogenic Diet has one too many benefits and its famous effects include; Weight loss, controlled blood sugar, mental focus, increased energy, hunger normalization, cures epilepsy, and maintain cholesterol and blood pressure.
Believe it or not, MINOLA Coconut Cooking Oil is great for a low-carb diet like Keto. It helps you burn more fat and reduce hunger cravings. It would also help you fight body infections and can lower your cholesterol levels.
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