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The Keto Diet has nutritional challenges you need to address.
In this interview Carrie Pattison discusses the ketogenic diet. The keto diet is very popular and people do lose weight. However the keto diet also has some nutritional challenges. We will discuss what the keto diet is as well as what it is not. Carrie will describe the keto concerns and how you can support yourself during dieting.
Specific Concerns
- Keto Flu – Sometimes people feel worse when they begin the diet. Why is this and what can you do to minimize this?
- Electrolyte Imbalance – Electrolytes are often low in the keto diet.
- Excess Protein – What are the concerns with too much protein in the diet?
- Nutrient Deficiencies – Lack of essential nutrients is a problem with the keto diet. Carrie discusses the specific nutrients to consider.
- Digestive Issues – The keto diet is low in fiber, high in fat and high in protein. This can cause digestive problems.
Targeted Nutritional Solutions
Carrie discusses many of the products from Natural Factors that can be part of your nutritional program. We have discussed many of the nutrients in previous interviews with the experts from Natural Factors.
- Aids to weight loss – Berberine, apple cider vinegar.
- Anxiety and sleep – Suntheanine, Tranquil Sleep, Magnesium
- Electrolytes – Deep Ocean Minerals, Fermented Greens.
- Additional Nutrients – Whole Earth and Sea Multivitamin, Omega-3, Probiotics
- Fiber – PGX, Reliefiber
- Digestion – Digestive enzymes will aid digestion. For the keto diet consider Keto Paleo MacroGest.
The challenge is to maintain your nutritional status while undergoing a dramatic weight loss diet. A person who is well nourished will do better than one who isn’t in almost all cases. Carrie has identified some of most important challenges and what kinds of nutritional support can help you stay well nourished.
Carrie G. Pattison
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Carrie G. Pattison, MSOM, LAc, is a practicing herbalist, licensed acupuncturist, and trained home-birth midwife. A graduate of the National University of Natural Medicine, Carrie serves as National Educator for Natural Factors and adjunct professor of Herbal Studies at Huntington University of Health Sciences.
Originally from rural Alaska, Carrie’s love for travel and social-justice issues in the developing world led her to undergraduate degrees focused on global development and relief and fuels her lifelong passion for health and healing.
Natural Factors
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Over the past 50 years, our customers have come to trust Natural Factors products. That trust is built on our dedication to formulating safe and effective products and manufacturing them to the highest quality standards, day in and day out.
One of the things that set Natural Factors apart from others in our industry is the breadth of knowledge represented by the scientific experts that work for us. Drawn from around the world and chosen for their unique training and background, our scientists and quality control specialists are recognized experts in their fields.
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