Keto Versus Vegan Diet: Who Is the King of the Weight Loss Regime?

The age-old—wait, scratch that, the recent battle between keto and vegan camps to claim the undisputed title for the most effective weight loss diet couldn’t be more intense.

Indeed, individuals from both camps are claiming that their respective diets are the champs when it comes to shedding off those dreaded pounds for a gorgeous summer bod.

Both parties can agree to one thing though; that the two diets couldn’t be more different. While one diet practically eliminates all signs of animal-based products from your life, the other encourages you to fill it up will all kinds of highly concentrated fat products.

Interestingly, despite them being worlds apart, both plans have strongly been linked to massive weight loss success (although the vegan diet is commonly tied to environmental and ethical reasons rather than weight loss).

Which brings us to the question lingering in the back of our minds; which is the most effective when it comes to weight loss?

So What Are the Vegan and Keto Diets?

First things first, we need to know exactly what each diet is before crowning a champ.

Keto is the short form for the ketogenic diet, which describes an eating plan that increases our fat intake while minimizing the number of carbs that we consume.

The idea is to enable our body to enter into a state of ketosis, where it will rely on fats as its main source of energy instead of glucose.

Even though our bodies differ from one individual to another, the main agenda of the keto diet is to enable our bodies to get 75 percent of its calories from fat, while 20 percent from proteins, and the remaining 5 percent coming from carbohydrates.

On the other hand, a vegan diet aims at eliminating any trace of animal-based products from our diets. So that means saying goodbye to the likes of dairy, fish, poultry, and meat.

Quite frankly, the vegan diet does not have a restriction on the number of carbs that one eats!

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Keto diets eliminate a high concentration of carbohydrates while vegan diets eliminate any animal-based product in the diet.

So Which Is Better for Weight Loss?

According to R.D. Jessica Cording, what one was eating before beginning either diet is the strongest influence in determining the weight loss of the individual.

Yep, that’s right.

For example, if one is currently on the keto diet, and they were used to eating a lot of carbs prior to commencing, they might notice a staggering amount of weight loss as their bodies’ transition into ketosis.

This is because the body has cut down on foods that it found problematic to its digestive system, and sources from which it was deriving plenty of calories from.

The same goes for an individual that is currently on a vegan diet who consumed plenty of meat and animal-based products, as their major source of calories.

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That being said, keto diets require plenty of mental strictness to adhere to

Keto Steals the Show Though

That being said, founder of Beth Warren Nutrition, Ms. Beth Warren, believes that the keto diet is much better for weight loss.

According to here deduction, when an individual replaces a majority of their carbohydrate intake with plenty of proteins, they tend to feel more satiated and therefore eat less.

This is in stark comparison to the vegan diet which requires a lot of mental fortitude.

Nevertheless, this does not mean that there aren’t any advantages of consuming a vegan diet for weight loss.

If weight loss is the main goal, it is vital to focus on foods that are dense with nutrients. Foods such as healthy grains and plant-based proteins can lead to improved weight-loss gains as compared to eating cookies and vegan pizzas.

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It might also be harder to start a vegan diet if you’ve always been a big fan of meat

So, Which Diet Should One Go For, Vegan or Keto?

This depends on our dietary preferences. If one happens to be a big fan of meat, then the vegan diet won’t certainly be their cup of tea.

It is important to note that even though one might start either of the diets, they may or may not see significant weight loss in the process.

It all depends on our goals for each of the plans. If indeed one is looking to lose weight, then beginning these plans with a more nutritious mindset can be beneficial.

Secondly, there is the whole issue of sustainability. Though rarely discussed, does an individual have the mental power, planning and meal preparation skills to successfully carry out such a diet? These are questions we should ask ourselves before beginning either one.