The keto diet has taken the country by storm, but not everyone who tries it will lose weight. Here are some of the most common reasons that keto might not be shrinking your stomach.<\/p>\n
For the most part, sugar alcohols are allowed on the keto diet, but maltitol isn\u2019t one of them. Technically, it\u2019s a low glycemic index sugar, but it still affects your blood sugar enough to prevent you from achieving ketosis.<\/p>\n
Keto isn\u2019t a low-carb, high-protein diet. With keto, you\u2019re supposed to get most of your calories from fat (about 55% to 60%) and protein should be less than 35% of your intake. If you eat too many proteins, the body breaks them down into amino acids and converts them to sugar, so you\u2019re not achieving ketosis.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n Some carbs\u2014such as dairy products and nuts\u2014are allowed on the keto diet because they are nutrient-rich and high in fat. But they also contain carbs, so eating too much will prevent you from achieving ketosis.<\/p>\n The high-fat foods in a keto diet are full of calories so you still need to exercise to burn calories and stimulate your body\u2019s metabolism.<\/p>\n Being stressed not only causes many people to crave comfort foods and slip off their keto diet, but it can also change your hormone levels, which can make it hard to lose weight.<\/p>\n Keto allows for low-carb alcoholic beverages, such as vodka and gin, but they still have calories and offer no nutritional value. Stay away from most beers and wine, which are high in carbs.<\/p>\n When in doubt, consult with a dietician to ensure you\u2019re following your keto diet correctly and safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The keto diet has taken the country by storm, but not everyone who tries it will lose weight. Here are some of the most common reasons that keto might not be shrinking your stomach. 1. You\u2019re eating foods with maltitol. For the most part, sugar alcohols are allowed on the keto diet, but maltitol isn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[839,784],"class_list":["post-14354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss","tag-keto","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}3. You\u2019re eating too many nuts and dairy products.<\/h3>\n
4. You\u2019re not exercising enough.<\/h3>\n
5. You\u2019re stressed out.<\/h3>\n
6. You\u2019re drinking too much (or the wrong kind of) alcohol.<\/h3>\n