“I eat well but I have cheat days”, this quote is applicable for most of us. We will cut out certain foods that are not good for our health. It’s one of the reasons that cheat days have become so popular.

What do you mean by Cheat Day?

A cheat day is that you’re going to stick to your diet all week long and stay away from cravings for those foods that tempt you by remembering that you’ve got a cheat day coming up. It has proven benefits also

“A cheat meal or cheat day in your healthy diet, you are adding in more calories ,which will help you to raise leptin level. Leptin is an essential hormone in our body, it tells your brain that you have enough energy stored in your cells to engage in the metabolic process”, says Dr.Harsha, Malabar medical college.

In India, the ketogenic diet is a trend and there is no exception for cheat day in this also. It is a low carb diet that offers a  lot of health benefits .it have the potential to fight against Diabetes, cancer, epilepsy, etc.

 Recent studies of the University of  British says that if you follow a low carb diet [ ketogenic diet ] this “cheat day” will affect your body negatively. it shows that the sudden intake of glucose could cause stress on your body. Blood tests in keto dieters indicated damage to Blood vessels after one fizzy drink.

Nine healthy men were recruited by researchers at the University of British Columbia. With a small dose of sugar, they were interested in seeing what would happen. Before and after a seven – day high – fat, low carbohydrate diet, they made them eat a fizzy drink with 75 g of glucose.

The researchers found out that the blood vessel walls were being damaged by the sudden spike in glucose especially if these people are at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease. Their data suggest that You don’t have a ketogenic diet for six days a week and take off on Saturday.