043 The Ketogenic Diet for Health, Weight loss, and Performance

Published: Oct. 7, 2019, 8:59 p.m.

If you have heard about the Ketogenic diet, but not fully understood how it works or why it is effective, you will learn about its health benefits here from the author of the BioDiet, David G Harper, PhD. He explains how we can reverse our decades long addiction to carbohydrates, how to work with our bodies natural processes, and the powerful effects ketogenic diets have on our health, body, brain, and performance. Dr. Harper brings a scientific and evidence based approach to help us understand how ketogenesis works and why we need a shift away from the high carbohydrate diets. As a professor of Kinesiology at the University of the Fraser Valley and a visiting scientist at the BC Cancer Research Center, he has counseled hundreds of patients on the Biodiet with consistent and impressive results. 

Highlights:

What is ketogenesis and how does it work?
How does the body change its fuel source from Carbohydrates to Fat?
Is a Ketogenic diet okay for athletes and how does it impact their performance?
The positive impact of a low carbohydrate, higher fat and protein diet for our brains and Alzheimers or Dementia.
How to get all your vitamins and minerals on the Biodiet.
The importance of involving your doctor in your choice to try a Ketogenic diet.
How you will see positive changes in 12 weeks.
What to expect when experiencing Ketosis.
How some people abused what they understood this diet to be, but how to do a Ketogenic diet properly.

To learn more about the BioDiet, visit: www.biodiet.org