It feels like we can’t go a week, or even a detailed Facebook Newsfeed scrolling session, without hearing about someone’s journey on the keto diet, a food plan where you consume a low amount of carbs and a high amount of fat so that your body goes into a state of ketosis, which helps you burn fat instead of the glucose from carbs.
“Keto is not a typical low-carb high-fat diet. It may cause your body to experience some amount of adaptation and chaos before becoming beneficial,” says Caleb Backe, a health and wellness expert for Maple Holistics. Plus, you’ve probably also heard of some of the side effects of keto, including the keto flu (where you experience fatigue, nausea, and headaches), bad breath, and dehydration. The alternative, which leads you to have some more flexibility on your eating: dirty keto.
