I suffer from brain fog & depression.
Interesting. I'll try it. Thanks.
Ps. Is keto a supplement you can buy?
To sum it up in a few words, it's about removing most of the carbs from your diet and replace it with protein for calories. Maybe have some vegetables/fruits on the side.
It's not really that difficult of a change to make tbh, the first couple of days/first week might be difficult because you are still getting cravings to sweet/bready foods, but once you get used to it, it's as easy as breathing.
The science behind it (if you are interested) is that if you eat a large amount of carbs in one sitting, it causes a spike in your blood sugar, which disturbs your metabolism, disrupting a natural process called ketosis. Ketosis is how your body breaks down fat cells into energy, but if the process is stopped, it is not easily started again.
Basically what happens is you eat something really sweet or heavy in carbs, your blood sugar spikes, you get the feeling of being in a food coma (drowsy, lethargic, sluggish) and then your body stops breaking down fat into blood sugar in response. Over time
(about 2-3 hours), your high blood sugar level drops, but your body is no longer producing it so you start to feel very hungry and craving sweet or carb heavy foods. This is why dieting is so hard when you eat a lot of carbs, because your body can't maintain its blood sugar levels so you get very strong hunger cravings.
If you eat a protein heavy diet, protein doesn't convert into blood sugar very easily/quickly, so the process of ketosis doesn't get disturbed. This results in your blood sugar levels being stable all day and you no longer having strong hunger cravings all the time. As an added bonus, protein heavy foods are much less calorie-dense than carb-heavy foods, so you can eat a larger volume of food while getting the same or less calories at once. In other words, you can eat a larger quantity of food, and feel more "full" after eating, but you won't be overeating in terms of caloric intake.
The main downside to a keto diet is that you will be spending a bit more money on food than a carb heavy diet because protein heavy foods (meat, nuts, etc.) tend to be more expensive on a per-calorie basis than carb foods (rice, oatmeal, etc.).
