Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD)
Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) is controvercial diet based on cycling periods of low carb, high protein, and high fat with periods of high carb, high protein, and low fat.
This Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) had been proved to increase serum levels of several growth hormons as:
1.Testosterone
2.Growth Hormone
3.IGF-1 (Insulin-like growth factor 1)
Cyclical Ketogenic Diet CKD is very popular around professional bodybuilders and athletes. It helps to cut fat and increase protein synthesis.
So, how does Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) works?
For most of the time you will be consuming a high fat, high protein, low carb diet. This is interspersed with smaller periods of high carb, high protein, low fat nutrition. There are variations on the CKD but the standard (and my favorite) way is to implement it in the following way:
■5-6 days of low carb.
■1-2 days of high carb.
How LOW carbs is LOW CARBS? In general, in order to get to low carb mode all you need is to consume 60 or less grams or carbohydrates a day. It takes 3 days to get into fat burning mode. Start with 30 grams of carbohydrates and see how it is going.
Approximate menu:
Breakfast:
Bacon
Whole eggs
Spinach
Mid-morning:
Low carb wrap with tuna, mayo, cheese, lettuce
Lunch:
Lettuce, one tomato, eggs and chicken salad
Dinner:
Taco salad
Protein Shake
Night snack:
Protein bar
