Clearly, keto is an effective diet when it comes to losing weight and fat in a short amount of time. But there are other benefits that are apparent when on keto. One phenomenon that stands out is the fact that appetite can be regulated while in ketosis. Surprisingly, even though you tend to eat much less while on this diet, being in ketosis helps regulate appetite stimulating hormones like ghrelin and leptin in a few ways. Being in ketosis helps to: maintain normal post-meal blood sugar response, lowers perceived hunger and food intake instead of inducing feelings of deprivation, and the increase in fatty acids in the bloodstream after meals helps to maintain leptin longer (Goldstein).
One other major health benefit of the keto diet is that the reversal of diabetes is possible. More specifically, Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is diagnosed based on elevated blood sugar. It is also a disease of insulin resistance, and inflammation. Thankfully, a good keto diet can resolve or improve all three (Stein). Additionally, keto can also help with the reversal of prediabetes which is an impaired glucose tolerance. As you can see there are so many different reasons why someone would try the keto diet. Hopefully, some of the more important details have been outlined and can assist you in deciding if keto is the next diet you will attempt.
The Ketogenic Diet 