My Reach-Ketosis-Faster Salad | superfoods for weight loss


If you’ve been on this low-carb journey for a while, you’ve probably heard about ketosis. This is a physical state where your body begins to burn its own fat stores as energy, instead of using the energy found in the food you eat.
Why this is so special: It helps your body get rid of its fat stores!
But it’s not always so easy to reach this state: It takes a few days to over a week—depending upon a person’s unique physiology— of very low-carb eating to reach ketosis.
Do know that there are things you can do to speed up ketosis, including adding healthy fats like coconut oil and coconut cream, using intermittent fasting, making sure you are getting 8+ hours of sleep each night. I will talk about all of these in future blog posts, but for now, I want to give you a great salad (4 grams of net carbs! 34.6 grams of fat!) to eat while you are working to reach (or maintain) ketosis.
A salad may be a weird gift to offer up, but a lot of you probably really miss veggies. Yes, there are a lot of veggies you can enjoy on your low-carb eating plan. But there are a lot more that you have to temporarily give up while you work toward ketosis. As a result, many of us end up pining for salad. Strange, right?
Have your veggies without the carbs that can keep you from reaching ketosis. Read more...
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