Business Insider France
David Harper, a cancer researcher and kinesiologist, has been on a high-fat ketogenic diet since 2013.
He says the sugar-free eating plan has helped him slim down even though he eats a lot of fat.
Harper has written a new book, "Biodiet," about how to follow the trendy keto diet in a healthy, science-backed way.
One of the problems with modern "Western" diets, he says, is that they tend to promote inflammation, obesity, and disease by relying too much on sugar and other carbohydrates.
Start the day off with a piece of toast, a bit of margarine and jam, and a glass of fresh orange juice? Definitely not, says the cancer researcher David Harper.
The kinesiology professor hasn't eaten toast in more than six years: He started following a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet strategy in 2013, and he says he's never looked back.
Harper says both he and his wife, Dale Drewery, rely on fat to power them through the day.
"I eat full-fat cream in everything," Harper told Business Insider, adding that he consumed lots of nuts and seeds, green beans, "organ meats" like liver, and up to a dozen eggs each week.
The keto diet Harper follows is designed to force the body into a state of ketosis, in which it uses fat for energy and produces ketones, instead of relying on carbohydrates and turning them into glucose. (It's essentially the same switch our systems make when starving.)
No comments:
Post a Comment