Ketogenic diet is getting popular, especially for those who want to lose large amounts of weight in a shorter period of time. Ketogenic diet means restricting the carbohydrate intake in the diet and couing less than 15 grams of carbohydrate per day. Why is it keto? It increases the amount of ketones, which is the by-product of protein metabolism in your body. Ketogenic diet has a good side to it an also a flip side to it. If you are a person who has a short amount of time and need to lose weight faster and no other diet is working for you and your PCOS is getting worse day by day, it is with trying Ketogenic diet once in a while, not always. Because it restricts the amount of carbohydrates which goes inside the body, in the long run, it will have lots of benefits for you. Research says that if you go onto Ketogenic diet while you are having PCOS do help you figure out insulin resistance better, it makes the body use the extra amount of fat inside the body. So when you restrict carbs, your body goes into a starvation mode and start utilising the fat which is there inside the body to produce energy. So if you do Ketogenic diet make sure a doctor is monitoring. You need to do this under the guidance of a dietician or a physician because you have to get your blood work right an make sure that it is not damaging your body. Also it does help the body shed large amount of fat within a short period of time. Some amount of the fat will come back again. There are certain rules you have to follow if you are on Ketogenic diet. You should drink large amounts of ways, exercise for 45 minutes to 1 hour for 4 days of the week and you should be physically active and also the intake of greens should be good and healthy so that you r body is not deprived of mineral an vitamins. If you are on a Ketogenic diet, it is better to ensure to take vitamin supplements and dietary supplements so that your body doesn’t go into nutritional deficiencies. We should not go for Ketogenic diet? If you have sever grade of insulin resistance, do not go for Ketogenic diet unless advised by your endocrinologist. If you are having thyroid issues or having hypothyroidism then Ketogenic diet can be very dangerous for you. If you are suffering from any kind of kidney disorders where the kidneys are not able to filter out the blood properly or if you having any kidney related disease, the you should not go on for a Ketogenic diet. Make sure that you are doing it in the ethical way and not doing Ketogenic diet in the crash way. If you are not doing it for permanently and just to rave up your metabolism, and help your body to shed the initial weight so that you can manage it with other diet, which is a good blend of diet which includes healthy carbohydrates as well, that is quite good also remember that if you are doing Ketogenic diet check your blood and urine regularly to get the level of ketones in your urine and if you have high levels, it means it is causing quite a lot of damage inside the body. So do make sure that whoever is advising you for the Ketogenic diet is completely aware of the do’s and don’ts and known how to manage that phase of your life where you will be going really low on your carbs and calories