The Best Diet for Losing Fat and Building Muscle – Women’s Health

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If you have found that you are not at your ideal weight, then the first thing you need to do is look at your caloric intake. If you want to lose weight, then you can cut back on carbs and calories. Building lean muscle is not as hard as you might think because it is all about repetition. Start with a daily exercise routine and see what happens if you lift even light weights. Make sure to combine your routine with reducing your calories. You will lose inches and pounds and be looking better then ever.

Key Takeaways:

  • Eating healthy fats can help you lose weight, whereas avoiding fat can make your body store more to ensure enough for crucial bodily functions.
  • In a keto diet switches the user switches their intake to about two thirds healthy fats, allowing for only a modicum of carbs.
  • The key to the diet is forcing the body into a phase called ketosis, wherein the body switches from burning glucose to burning ketones.

“And several studies have shown that combining resistance training with a ketogenic diet can help dieters keep lean body mass fat while losing fat.”

Read more: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/ketogenic-diet-muscle