You’ve heard of the keto diet. The idea behind the wildly popular low carb, high-fat diet is to enter ketosis, a metabolic state when your body burns fat for fuel. With the trendy diet has come different programs such as the Keto 30 Challenge, which involves keeping the diet plus special supplements. Jaclyn London, MS, RD, CDN, at the Good Housekeeping Institute recently reported that such supplements and similar weight-loss pills designed to accompany the keto diet may be harmful to your health—and your wallet.
The expensive supplements, according to Good Housekeeping, are made with ingredients such as “ketones designed to suppress appetite, electrolytes for the dehydrating effects of the diet, certain vitamins and minerals, and even caffeine.”
For a hefty $150, you can purchase KetoLogic’s Ket0 30 Challenge Bundle, which includes one 30-serving container of BHB and two 20-serving containers of KetoMeal, and a shaker bottle. You’re supposed to drink 1-2 servings of the BHB a day “to boost your energy, enhance mental clarity, and curb cravings.” The KetoMeal is described as a meal replacement “made with satiating and energizing MCT oil powder.”
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