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Celebrities didn\u2019t start the ketogenic, or keto, diet trend, but they\u2019ve certainly added fuel to the already-hot fire. The eating plan has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, and that could be due in part to its being embraced by several actors, sports stars, and reality TV stars.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0ketogenic diet<\/a> is a low-carb plan to the extreme. Followers of a common version of the diet source around 75 percent of their daily calories from fat, up to 20 percent from protein (no more, as this can kick the body out of ketosis), and just 5 percent from carbohydrates. All it takes is a few days of eating this way for the body to enter ketosis, which essentially means the body starts burning fat instead of glucose (carbohydrates) for fuel.<\/p>\n RELATED: <\/strong>Everything to Eat and Avoid on the Ketogenic Diet<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The keto diet has been shown to have many health benefits<\/a>, most notably short-term weight loss. Low-calorie ketogenic diets<\/a> may help people who are overweight or have obesity reduce their body mass index and decrease their waist circumference, according to a review and meta-analysis published in March 2020 in Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders<\/a>. Additional studies on the long-term effects of the ketogenic diet on weight loss are needed.<\/p>\n There is also evidence that the low-carb, high-fat eating plan may help improve outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes. In one trial, people with type 2 diabetes who followed a ketogenic diet for two years were able to decrease their use of diabetes medications by 81 percent, while those in a control group increased their medication during the same time span, according to research published in 2019 in Frontiers in Endocrinology<\/a>.<\/p>\n Early research in rodents indicates that following a ketogenic diet may even help you live longer, according to research published in June 2022 in Cell Metabolism<\/a>, although further research is needed to see if similar effects are observed in humans.<\/p>\n