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For years, we’ve been taught that glucose is the primary source of energy for the mind and muscles. But did you know there is a contender?
While glucose can be very efficient as a “fuel”, there’s a new sheriff in town. With the huge scientific about-face on fat, glucose is taking a back seat. This process is called ketosis*.
What is ketosis, exactly? To put it briefly, ketosis is when your body is no longer using glucose for fuel but using ketones instead. Where do ketones come from?
Fat.
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You may have noticed, if you’ve been eating our cauliflower pizza crust, that it does not contain many carbs. Granted, that’s strange for pizza but also a great thing. While carbs are important in the daily balance, the amount and the type are just as important. But why are we talking about carbs when we want to be talking about ketosis?
Fat is an essential macro-nutrient, but like anything, it requires specificity and moderation. Why do we have to be specific?
There’s been some confusion lately about what fat is good fat and why. The topic gets a little confusing, mostly because all the studies performed have to take in many other factors as a consideration. For example, a study on high-fat diets being replaced with low-fat diets has to also consider that sugar consumption goes up when fat goes down, typically. That’s just one example, and there are many others.
