A beginners guide to the ketogenic diet What you need to know before you try the popular diet Low-carb, no-carb, gluten free, paleo — the list of potential diets for weight loss is a mile long. And with more than two-thirds of Australians struggling with obesity, it’s important to understand what your healthiest dieting options are. The modern diet emphasises carbs like bread, grains, or other processed foods, and our bodies work overtime to burn these calories first, rather than stored fat. This can lead to rapid spikes in blood sugar and plummeting energy levels that make us want to consume more calories. The end result? A lot of extra kilos. A ketogenic diet is a kind of low-carb diet with an emphasis on eating healthy fats. The term comes from the word ketosis, or the body’s process of burning calories from fat instead of sugar. If this diet is so tough, then why has it been around since the 1920s? For starters, there’s some evidence to suggest that k