Track your carbs
The goal of a ketogenic diet is to force your body to stop burning glucose from the carbs you eat and start burning fat stores for energy. The body does this by converting the fats to ketones—a state called ketosis. Keto dieters accomplish this by cutting way back on their carb intake. To do it right, you can’t guess your carb intake. “If you are a beginner to the keto diet, counting carbs is an absolute necessity to avoid frustration in the future,” says Steven Santo, a spokesman for Kegenix/Real Ketones. Track your intake with an app like MyFitnessPal or LoseIt, or just a paper and pen.
The average daily goal for keto is 20 grams of net carbs. Net carbs are the total carbs in a given serving of food, minus the carbohydrates that are supplied by fiber. You’ll find carb grams quickly add up, even when you’re choosing the best low-carb foods, like spinach and avocado.
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