According to this urine test, I was in a "moderate" state of ketosis. There were certainly some compelling signs I was in that starvation-like metabolic state where the body starts relying on fat for fuel. And if you eat too much protein or any amount of carbohydrates, your body gets "kicked out" out of ketosis, and your body stops burning fat as fuel. The idea of limiting all carbohydrates so strictly is to put the body into ketosis, which means it begins burning fat instead of its usual fuel source, glucose (a kind of sugar). Carbohydrates have around 4 calories per gram, which means you would need to limit yourself to 25 grams of carbs per day, about the amount in ¾ cup of cooked white rice, according to the U.S. The diet doesn't restrict your total carbohydrate intake, but it prohibits or severely restricts certain carbohydrate foods such as refined sugar, honey, white potatoes, white bread, beer, rice, pasta, and corn. It is operably stated that a percentage of the take home message capitalises on the strengths of an unambiguous concept of the total on-going low carb news. Protein and fat are fair game on Atkins, but carbs are strictly limited to between 20 and 25 grams (g) of net carbs (total carbs minus fiber) during the introductory phase.
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