Are There Long-Term Effects to Keto? Can I Stay On It Forever?

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Are there long term effects to keto? Can I stay on it forever? This is JJ Virgin, four time New York Times bestselling author, celebrity nutrition expert and fitness hall of famer. I've been on a lifelong quest for answers to the toughest health questions and now I'm sharing what I found with you.

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A very common question, let me tell you. This is something that I've dealt with over and over again and what I really believe is that there is a time I say my plan is keto green. So a healthy keto diet with with healthy fats like grass fed bison and beef, wild caught fish, healthy oils, avocado olive oils, nuts and seeds and lots of microgreens like broccoli sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, good micronutrients to help support your body's detoxification of toxic estrogens and other hormones so that keto green lifestyle can truly be and I say that should be 80% of what we do. The other 10% we can feast. And the other 10% can be reserved for fasting, extended fasting and all its health benefits. So I call it the 108010 approach. 10% fasting, 80% keto green, 10% feasting. And that's when we the feasting is when we carb up but with healthy foods. And as you practice this lifestyle over time you will see time and time again how much much better you feel, how much more balanced you are. And another topic to cover on this is that many people are doing keto but they're never testing. And if you're not testing, you're guessing. There are three key ways that we test for ketones to see if our body's in ketosis. The simplest of which that I recommend and do regularly is checking urinary ketones. And I check urine ph and ketones with a combined strip called keto ph strips. So check your ketones and see Urinary ketones are really accurate. The only time they become inaccurate is if you've been in ketosis for a long time that we don't see them the ketones any longer in your urine. And this is very rare. I've had a couple clients over the past six years that had been in extended ketosis for over two months and we didn't pick up their urinary ketones. Now, I've never gotten to that state because I also love that feasting. So urinary ketone testing is very easy and very reliable. There's breath ketones as well as the gold standard is blood ketone measurement. So test, don't guess. Figure that out, watch what your body's doing and trust the process. Being in a keto green state, going into ketosis is not just a good idea, especially for women over 40 and certainly post menopause. I consider it mandatory for brain health blood sugar control to be the best first line of defense to fight against cancer. I know you'll love it. I do. I've been doing it now for over six years.

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