1 – Reduced appetite

When our bodies break down fat we usually feel a reduction in our appetites, and feeling satiated for longer periods of time. This is very beneficial for weight loss.

Since the Keto diet helps to reduce your craving for food and desire for binge eating, which is the root cause for failing most diets, it’s more likely you will stay with the Keto diet and achieve your target weight.

Burning ketones allows your blood sugar to be conserved and your body functions to be more effective. Additionally, your muscles, heart, and brain are better at ketones than glycogen.

2 – Lower triglyceride levels

Triglycerides are produced when dietary fat (fat in your consumed food) and your body fat become Free Fatty Acids (FAA). When FAAs become free-flowing throughout your body they attach to insulin. The combination of FAAs and insulin creates triglycerides.

High triglyceride levels are known to be harmful and contribute to obesity, heart disease, and seizures.

By reducing carbs, especially carbs from refined sugar, decreases the stimulation of insulin, reducing the levels of fat in the blood.

A Keto diet will limit many carbohydrates, including refined sugar, alcohol, fruit, and starch – all known to stimulate insulin.

3 – Increases the level of HDL (good cholesterol)

There have been numerous medical studies conducted with over 1,200 patients on a low-carb diet like the Keto diet. Those studies showed improved cardiovascular health primarily due to the increased HDL levels in the patient’s bodies.

Pursuing a low-carb diet is more effective and increases the HDL cholesterol levels than the traditional weight-loss diets focused on reducing fat consumption instead of increasing it.

Improving your HDL cholesterol levels is a great way to improve your overall heart health.

4 – More balanced blood pressure

Since the idea of consuming a high-fat diet is viewed as being unhealthy by most of the general public, a lot of people are leery about adopting the Keto diet. Although there might be side effects to a Keto diet, negatively affecting your blood pressure isn’t one of them.

Low-fat diets are more frequently associated with an increased prevalence of high blood pressure than is a high-fat diet. The reality is diets bringing in large amounts of calories from quality fatty foods like avocados, fish, olive oil, walnuts, etc., contribute to an improved and more balanced blood pressure.

5 – Improves mental health

The ketogenic diet has many benefits and applications for people dealing with bipolar disorder, epilepsy, seizures, and many other mental health issues. The Keto diet has been used clinically to treat anxiety and depression.

The Keto diet has been proven to improve clarity and focus in people with optimal brain health.