You may also speedup the process further by following the tips given below:

1. Start the regimen from dinner time the previous evening to tea / tiffin time on the Fast day.
2. Eat only animal protein, such as meat and eggs.
3. Use medium chain triglyceriods (MCT) oil – Coconut oil.
4. Increase fat in your diet to 65 to 70 percent or more of your
5. Do a long session of high intensity exercise, or for Senior Citizens a brisk walk during the fasting day to use up as much of the residual glycogen as possible.

Ensure you are properly hydrated and in good electrolyte balance during this period as you will be shedding all the water that carbohydrates retain. Electrolytes are vital for cellular function. You may take an electrolyte drink supplement or make your own electrolyte drink say ‘Ketograde’, as suggested by Simon Somlai and given below, and take it often.

Fill a 1.5 ltr bottle of water with a 2/3rd tsp of sea salt, 1/2 tsp of lo-salt and 1 tablet of about 200 mg magnesium and drink that throughout the day. It tastes like salty lemonade.

Most people who follow a ketogenic diet inadvertently restrict their calories without actually reaping the metabolic benefits of a calorie deficit, which include reductions in blood glucose, insulin, and triglycerides. The reason for this is that they don’t replace the carbs and protein they’ve eliminated with high enough amounts of healthy fats.

“Paradoxically, when you’re eating more fat, your blood fats will go down, due to a calorie deficit, and HDL [so-called ‘good’ cholesterol] goes up. Almost everyone … on these high-fat ketogenic diets has improved HDL levels,… I think a lot of the fats can be used in place of protein. And fats are very protein sparing, decreasing your need for protein,” Dr. D’Agostino.

Now, when we say increase the fat, we’re not talking about the most common fat that people eat, which are primarily highly processed vegetable oils that are full of omega-6 fats, or transfats found in French fries and doughnuts. We’re talking about high-quality fats like avocados, butter, coconut oil, macadamia nuts, and olives. These types of fats, Dr. Rosedale believes are metabolically neutral because they don’t tend to trigger hormonal signaling events like leptin, insulin and the mTOR pathway.Bear in mind that while a traditional ketogenic diet calls for quite a bit of dairy products, dairy can actually be problematic and may prevent many of the health benefits that you can get from the ketogenic diet described by D’Agostino and Seyfried. Lactoseis a sugar made from galactose and glucose that is found in milk, making up anywhere from two to eight percent of milk by weight. These extra sugars can be problematic when seeking to lose weight or treat cancer, even if from raw organic sources. Dairy fat is acceptable (e.g. sour cream, butter, etc.), but foods high in dairy protein or lactose should be minimized or avoided.

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