Diet, Basic Upgrade Step 2

Basic Upgrade Step 2
Upgrade your Basic to have Professional functionality, this software module gives you access to all functionality within Diet.

With the diet upgrade you can easily calculate your macros. A ketogenic diet is designed to produce ketones and not have you
starving doing it. It is essential to get enough protein to supply your body with building material. The calculation of your macros
are done the same way nutritionists do for people having epilepsy.

 Once you have your macros, it is easy to compose meals that fit them. Built in are food databases from Sweden and US. There
is no "user submitted" foods, only verified food by institutions like the Livsmedelsverket and USDA. The meals you compose 
are saved in your library and can easily be viewed like shopping list, nutrition list or as a normal recipe with instructions.

An extra upgrade is available to import nutrition optimized recipes and fit them to your macros. This is a great way to get inspiration and
quickly make meals with high nutrition and ketogenic effect.

Another feature of the diet upgrade is the P:E calculator. P:E is the protein to energy ratio of a meal. This is a useful tool to have if weight loss is a goal and 
fat adaptation is achieved. Once one is fat-adapted, and hormones are signaling as designed, weight loss will decrease. The ketogenic diet wasn't designed 
for weight loss but producing ketones. Initial weight loss on a ketogenic diet depends on several factors such as hormone regulation being restored, less glycogen
that binds water, cells are not used to use fat directly and requires other fuel (ketones) instead of glucose. In the state of "fat adapted" one strategy is to let your
body use more from your stored energy than supplied. It can be done by: fasting, exercise and less supplied energy. However, it is vital to have the body signal
satiated signals (leptin). This is when a shift from much fat to less fat and more protein comes in. A higher percentage of protein will make you more satiated than
the same amount of fat, but with only half of the energy content. The result is you still get satiated signals, but body needs to use more of your reserves.