The ketogenic diet - better known as “keto - is having a little of a brief moment right now. It’s been wildly popular on social mass media in recent weeks, and Google searches for keto-related terms have skyrocketed since the new year; celebrities the likes of Tim Tebow and Kourtney Kardashian have touted it as a detox or a “reset button” for the body. The idea is usually that you can lose weight by replacing the body’s common go-to energy source - carbs - with fats. That means its followers are downing things like whipped cream, mayonnaise, butter, and cheese If that sounds too good to be true, that’s because, well, it just might be. We talked to an expert about how exactly it works, how it’s carried out, and whether or not it’s worth a try What exactly is a ketogenic diet ? The keto diet is an eating plan that consists of 80 percent fat and little to no carbohydrates. Staples of the keto diet are fish, meat, eggs, dairy, oils, and green vegetables. Pasta, rice and othe...