A Mediterranean ketogenic diet is an excellent entry point to a ketogenic lifestyle for many people because it combines the health benefits of Mediterranean eating with the metabolic advantages of ketosis. In this video, I’ll share 4 key steps for preparing to start your Medi-Keto journey. We’ll review my 9 favorite Medi-Keto foods, helping you build a solid shopping list. Finally, I’ll answer common questions and offer some free keto recipes to get you started on the right foot. Start your healthy transformation today with this powerful diet combination!
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When Diets Collide: Mediterranean Keto - A Practical Guide
In this video, Nick Norwitz discusses the Mediterranean ketogenic diet, known as medi keto, as an excellent entry point to adopting a ketogenic lifestyle. He shares personal experiences and evidence of its health benefits, including its potential for weight loss and chronic health improvement. The presentation includes practical steps for starting the diet, highlights of favorite foods, and answers to common questions about keto.
Key Points
Introduction to Mediterranean Keto
Nick shares his background as a PhD candidate and healthcare professional who co-wrote a cookbook on the Mediterranean ketogenic diet. He emphasizes that medi keto offers a practical method for many people to begin a ketogenic lifestyle that can be transformative.
Understanding Ketosis
He clarifies that ketosis is about achieving a specific metabolic state rather than focusing on specific foods. The Mediterranean keto diet blends benefits from Mediterranean eating and low-carb approaches, making it approachable for many.
Four Preparation Musts for Keto
Key recommendations include creating a supportive eating environment by eliminating distractions and temptations, finding a supportive community, preparing a dietary plan, and possibly using tools to track ketone and glucose levels.
Nine Favorite Keto Foods
Nick outlines his nine top foods for a Mediterranean ketogenic diet: fatty fish, extra virgin olive oil, macadamia nuts, avocados, dark chocolate, sesame products, eggs, low-carb fermented foods, and specific cheeses, emphasizing their health benefits.
Common Questions Addressed
He answers questions regarding the ketogenic diet’s effects on cholesterol, the so-called ‘keto flu,’ adapting to keto without a gallbladder, thyroid health, fiber intake, and the importance of measuring ketone levels.
Encouragement for Viewers
Nick encourages viewers to engage with the metabolic health community, explore the resources he provides, and emphasizes living a healthy lifestyle while remaining open to learning.
Free Recipes Offered
The video concludes with an offer for five free recipes from his Mediterranean ketogenic diet cookbook, designed to inspire viewers to try diverse and delicious meals on their ketogenic journey.
I don’t think he was comfortable doing this ad. He took much longer to get onto it than with his usual presentations of new scientific findings
Though I think his book is useful. I trust his judgement, and the hardest part of keto is finding stuff to eat that has enough fat - ideally you want to avoid fat bombs. Were I to do 20g keto now (I now do zero carb) I would try to get my fat from fatty meat or tallow
Yeah, I totally think this wasn’t his “best recommended” advice, but a fig leaf to branch the general approval of the Mediterranean diet and show how keto can be part of a broadly accepted Mediterranean diet.