The benefits of this eating strategy stretch far beyond fat loss.  It ranges from hormone balance, to gut-health, to protecting your brain from dementia and Alzheimer's and much more.  And what is the process of nutritional ketosis?

1.  Carbohydrate intake is decreased.

2.  After the body has used most of its stored glucose (glycogen), it shifts to using fat for energy.

3.  Dietary fat and stored body fat are broken down for energy, resulting in the production of ketones.

4.  The body also creates glucose from non-carbohydrate sources (gluconeogenesis) for the small set of bodily processes that require it.

5.  Ketones become the body's primary fuel, replacing glucose.