What is the nutritional composition of a ketogenic diet?

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Before starting the keto diet, we need to understand how it works. First, the body starts using fat as energy rather than glucose. This switch may take two to three days and can cause heavy headache or nausea. Your keto diet may break if you eat more carbohydrates than recommended. Ideally, less than 25 grams daily, and fat intake is calculated per height, weight, and age. The ketogenic diet has shown many benefits to epilepsy patients and kids with special conditions. Guidelines for the ketogenic diet:

1. Do not take grains.
2. Avoid free sugars like sugar, fruits, colas, candies, dates, and figs.
3. Avoid starchy vegetables like potatoes, beetroot, carrots, radishes, and peas.
4. All green leafy vegetables are permitted.
5. Instead of dal or pulses, you can take 100 grams of sprouted moong daily.
6. Eat good fat in the diet in olive oil, virgin coconut oil, and ghee. Avoid butter.
7. Nuts, black olives, and cheese can be preferred as mid-meals or snacks.
8. Paneer, egg white, chicken, and fish can be taken for protein sources.
9. On a ketogenic diet, it is not advisable to have cheats as the body will no longer be in ketosis.
10. Take multivitamins daily after breakfast so you do not feel low energy levels.
11. It is essential to hydrate yourself well on a ketogenic diet. Consume about three to four liters of fluids daily.
12. Clear liquids such as green tea, black coffee, bulletproof coffee, and lemon water can be taken.
13. Instead of regular milk, fat cream is used. And instead of regular curd, hung curd made of high-fat milk or Greek yogurt can be used.

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