WHAT IS KETOGENIC DIET?
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used mainly to treat hard-to-control epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Wikipedia
HOW DOES KETOGENIC DIET WORK FOR WEIGHTLOSS?
SIMPLE EXPLANATION
For people who eat high-carbohydrates food, the body uses the carbohydrates to convert into energy and the fats will remain stored in the body,
For people who eat high-fat food and has almost zero carbohydrates in their body, the body uses stored fats to convert into energy. That's how people doing the ketogenic diet lose weight.
WHAT FOOD CAN I EAT OR SHOULD I AVOID IN KETO DIET?
VEGETABLES
Based from the illustration above, you can eat those vegetables that are listed on the upper part. those are the allowed vegetables in keto diet. As for the illustration in the middle part try to eat it as little as possible, And avoid eating the vegetables listed on the lower part of the picture because those vegetables contain high amount of carbohydrates and will kick you out of ketosis.
MEATS
CONDIMENTS
MILK
COOKING OIL
For cooking oil, Baguio oil brand, Minola oil, any coconut oil that can be bought in the market, olive oil, avocado oil, sesame oil.
NUTS
CHEESE
For the cheese here is the list of my recommended brands in the Philippines:
-Che Vital
-Che vital quick melt
-QuezO
-Philadelphia cream cheese
-Bega Cheese
KETO APPROVED SWEETENERS
I highly recommend Stevia naturals and equal gold, take note it should be equal gold and not the plain equal sweetener. You can easily find these in our local grocery stores here in the Philippines.
OTHER NAMES OF SUGAR (AVOID!)
KETO GROCERY LIST
KETO SAMPLE MEAL PLAN
VIDEO EXPLANATION:
There you have it guys! I hope that you learn something from this blog and now you're already familiar with the food that you can eat or avoid while in Keto diet, Goodluck on your journey guys I know it will be hard at first but I know you can do it! just keep on pushing and think about your goal and it will be all worth it! Always remember that you're doing this for yourself, to improve yourself, to gain back the confidence that you've lost :)
Thank you so much for reading guys! Please don't forget to comment if you have any questions and if I missed something. Please also share this blog to your friends who want to start doing the keto diet,
Have a blessed day! xoxo!
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