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Keto for women.

Seven tips to make it work.

Keto is exploding.

No longer solely the province of cutting-edge bodybuilders or longevity enthusiasts,

a neurodegenerative disease warriors.

Keto has invaded every walk of life.

I hear about it in grocery stores, coffee shops, spin classes, business meetings, dinner parties,

morning talk shows. Judging from our blog and sales metrics, women make up the largest group of recent entries into the diet. This is great, but it also

comes with a small wrinkle. Just like they should do with fasting, most women need to take special

precautions when implementing a ketogenic diet. To begin with, one of keto's main benefits is also

its biggest stumbling block for women, the inadvertent reduction

in calorie intake and massive increase in satiety. It's the quality that makes ketogenic

diets so effective for weight loss, particularly in the obese and severely overweight.

And that satiety, that provides a psychological boost. You're not just

not hungry. You're not hungry because you're consuming your own body fat. You eat fewer calories

than you were because all the food is coming from inside the house. That's powerful, and it

perpetuates itself, leading to even more weight loss and making keto that much more sustainable.

But it's a double-edged sword.

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