Scarsdale Diet Vs Keto Diet

The Scarsdale diet used to be very famous then in the 70s, the diet was spreading and people heard about it like it was a song made by Bob market.

In the 70s, an author named Dr. Herman Turnover wrote a book about this diet which later became the top sold book at the time.

Dr. Herman is a cardiologist that lives inside Scarsdale New York and in her book it was promised that the Scarsdale diet which it was now called could help you lose 9kg in 2 weeks.

Although you would have to restrict yourself from many things when on the Scarsdale diet, it has an idea that involves a quick fix so many doctors and medical practitioners do not see it as a healthy system, some doctors do.

Most times it is safe to wonder if you can do it or most people think that it might not work when they do it.

 

The Keto Diet

The Ketogenic diet that is mostly referred to as the Keto diet is a diet that involves lowering your carb intake With high fat intake and different health benefits.

So many studies have been able to prove that this is the kind of diet that helps you with weight loss and enhances your health.

This diet might even help reduce the chances of getting diseases like cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, and Alzheimer.

What you should know is that the Keto diet involves a very low can with a high-fat diet and gives similar features with the Atkins and low carb diets.

What this means is that this diet has to do with the reduction of carbohydrates and putting fats in their place.

When your body lacks carbohydrates, it results in a metabolic state in the body called ketosis which brought about the name of this diet.

After this stage, the body immediately becomes highly perfect at burning fat for strength.

Also, it switches fat with ketones in the liver which can then give out energy to the brain.

The ketogenic diet can result in a high reduction in blood sugar and insulin stages.

 

A table showing foods to avoid and also take in when on any of the diets.

Food	Scarsdale	Ketogenic
Sugary foods		Avoid
Starch	Limited	Avoid
Fruit	Limited	Avoid
Beans or legumes		Avoid
Vegetables	Avoid	Avoid
Low fat		Avoid
Sauce		Avoid
Unhealthy fat		Avoid
Alcohol		Avoid
Sugar-free foods		Avoid
Dairy	Limited
Fats and oil	Avoid
Wheat and grains	Limited
Flour	Avoid
Nut	Limited	Eat
Seeds	Limited	Eat
Sweets	Avoid
Processed food	Avoid
Soda	Avoid
Meat	Eat
Egg	Eat	Eat
Seasoning	Eat
Fatty fish		Eat
Butter and cream		Eat
Cheese		Eat
Healthy oils		Eat
Avocados		Eat
Condiments		Eat

 

Limited in this context is showing that only some certain kinds of this food are allowed.

 

Conclusion

If you adhere to the guidelines of this ketogenic diet, staying consistent could help you a lot to be in some form of ketosis.

Yes, you can lose weight fast when you are on a Scarsdale diet but it is very restrictive and low in nutrients too.