By: Fresh n’ Lean, the nation’s largest organic meal delivery company
Edited by Lawndale Bilingual News

If you are on the keto diet, you might be thinking, “Jeez, this is pretty hard enough.” I mean, the keto diet is generally restrictive, since you’re slashing carbs and bulking up on fats, and there’s a lot of precision and counting that goes into keeping track of macronutrients and staying in ketosis. Throw intermittent fasting into the mix and you get “keto fasting.” A new way to practice keto by combining intermittent fasting (or IF) with the ketogenic diet.

While it’s growing in popularity, the true benefits of keto fasting are still questionable and the challenge of combing the two may not be worth it. Not only do you have to monitor everything you’re eating, your macronutrient requirements, and your ketosis levels throughout the day but now you’re also balancing the timing of it all.

Yet there has been great buzz about the benefits of doing intermittent fasting in terms of promoting weight loss, having greater energy and sleep, and stabilizing blood sugar.

Why is keto fasting becoming popular?

“Fasting leads to drops in blood sugar levels and can deplete liver glycogen stores quickly,” says Sofia Norton, RD at Kiss My Keto, which makes sense that it would be helpful for those on keto, too.

Does intermittent fasting help with keto?

A 2002 study involving children put on a keto diet found no differences in the time it took to get into ketosis between protocols that used a fast and those that did not. What that means is that you probably won’t get into ketosis sooner just because you fasted.

So, unless you want to do intermittent fasting when on keto and find it to be helpful for your progress, don’t feel obligated to do it just because of the potential benefits, which have not been thoroughly studied.

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