Metabolic Flexibility 2025

We are designed to get energy from 2 main dietary sources - fats and carbohydrates. 

Healthy fats include plant-based including, the fruit and oil from olives, avocados and coconuts, nuts and seeds (but not seed oils) and capers.

Healthy animal fats include grass-fed meat and dairy, non-GMO eggs and select seafood (but not food with growth hormone and antibiotics or transfats).

Healthy carbohydrates include fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and minimally processed grains and sweeteners in moderation (but not ultraprocessed foods). 

Protein can be a source of fuel but generally only in an emergency situation when sugars and fats are not available. 

The main function of proteins are:

1. The building blocks for muscle, bones ligaments, tendons, organs and other body tissues.
2. Regulating the body with enzymes, immune cells, transport molecules and pH balance.

Keto-adaptation means training the body to burn fat for fuel when there are no carbohydrates available. This is a healthy metabolic state that many people who are overweight have lost. Keto Boot Camp will guide you to follow a ketogenic (low-carbohydrate) diet for a limited time in order to keto-adapt and heal your metabolism. Once you are keto-adapted, you can reintroduce carbohydrate-rich foods without unwanted weight gain.  

No. It is not recommended to follow a ketogenic diet forever. The ketogenic diet is a tool that is used to retrain your metabolism so that you can switch between burning carbohydrates and fats for energy as needed. You will follow a ketogenic diet to achieve metabolic flexibility and then reintroduce healthy carbohydrate-rich foods. The beautiful part is that you only need to keto-adapt once and can then stay metabolically flexible for life! 

We emphasizes a ketogenic diet that is vegetables first. The program include options for vegans and vegetarians to effectively follow a ketogenic diet. Most importantly, you will always be eating whole foods instead of the processed and packaged foods that are promoted as a part of many ketogenic diets.  

While many people eat a low-carb diet to lose weight, weight loss is only one of the many benefits of metabolic flexibility. Arguably more important are: increased energy, lifting of brain fog and the prevention of a myriad of chronic diseases.