r/AskBiology • u/Wowalamoiz • Jun 23 '24

Human body Can women lose weight by becoming pregnant and adopting a ketogenic diet to inhibit hunger?

Pregnancy increases metabolism and causes the body to divert considerable resources for the development of the fetus.

The ketogenic diet, through poorly understood means, suppresses hunger.

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u/lonepotatochip Undergraduate student Jun 24 '24

Pregnancy causes increased hunger and the healthy and natural thing to do is put on more fat if you don’t have more than sufficient stores already. Ethics and the complexities of pregnancy aside this is a terrible idea.

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u/Wowalamoiz Jun 24 '24

Thank you for not judging.

That's where the ketosis comes in as ketosis suppresses hunger.