The FREE 100 Ketogenic Diet Food List
We have compiled this list of 100 ketogenic foods to provide a picture of the huge array of options available to you. Many of these foods are considered to be the healthiest on our planet. They are typically high in healthy fats, nutrient dense and wholefoods.
Start to incorporate more of these 100 ketogenic foods into your meal plan today.
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Here are a few of our most popular posts to get you started:
1.ย What Is A Ketogenic Diet?
Start here for the one minute explanation on what a ketogenic diet is all about.
2.ย 10 Reasons To Try The Ketogenic or Low-Carb Diet
Check out this post if you are still on the fence about low-carb diets and want to explore some of the potential benefits for you.
3. 5 Tips For Getting Started On A Ketogenic or Low-Carb Diet
Easy tips on how to transition from high-carb to low-carb and avoid some of the negative aspects of detoxing from carbs!
4. Ketogenic Diet Food List
This post gives an overview of what foods to eat and what to avoid. Don’t forget to download our free 100 Ketogenic Foods Listย which can be printed out for easy reference.
5. The Ketogenic & Low-Carb Pantry
How to set up a basic low-carb pantry with just the bare essentials.
6. Hunger Busting Low-Carb Snacks Guide
This is an important post to read when you are starting out as it’s helpful to have some easy low-carb snacks at your fingertips. In the beginning, you will feel hungry. This is because it takes some time for your body to adapt to burning fat. When you do adapt though, you’ll start to experience suppressed appetite. ย That’s when you know you are on track, so be prepared with a list of go-to keto snacks.
7. How To Replace Carbs In Meals
Starting a low-carb diet will be a lot easier if you have a few “ketogenic carb swaps” up your sleeve. Ketogenic carb swaps are foods that you can use instead of traditional carbs like pasta, mashed potato, bread, rice and sugar. I wish I had embraced these earlier when I first started eating low-carb. It allows you to reduce carbs in your meals easily.
8. What To Do If The Rest Of Your Family EATS CARBS!
This is a tricky one. I struggle with this constantly as I am the only person in our family eating true low-carb. This post has some ideas on how to manage this without having to cook yourself a separate meal.
9. Testing For Ketosis
When you have been eating low-carb for a couple of weeks, it’s a good idea to test yourself so you know if you are in ketosis (burning fat for fuel, not carbs). Find out the 3 methods for testing for ketones.
10. Ketogenic Macrosย
This post explains the ketogenic macros (proportion of fat, protein and carbs in the diet) and explores whether you need to get into tracking them. Hint – initially it is useful but not something you need to continue long-term. I don’t track my macros and can tell if I’m in ketosis by how I feel (i.e. not hungry!)
11. Troubleshooting The Ketogenic Diet
We have 3 in-depth posts that cover many of the common problems that come up. It’s definitely worth a read. We cover alcohol, keto flu, hidden carbs, increasing healthy fat intake, protein intake, snacking, calories, weight-loss and supplements.
Keto Diet Not Working Part 1 – Keto flu & salt, ย hidden carbs, increasing healthy fat intake
Keto Diet Not Working Part 2 – Too much protein? Carb swaps, snacking
Keto Diet Not Working Part 3 – Alcohol on keto, calories, supplements
12. Simple Weight Loss Habits And Motivation
10 simple habits to set you up for success with any dietary change.
13. Easy, Easy Recipes – Tasteaholics 5 Ingredient Seriesย
If you are looking for a larger selection of recipes, then this is my favorite series of low-carb recipe books from Tasteaholics. I recommend them for anyone but especially if you are new to low-carb and ketogenic cooking. Each book contains 30 recipes that use ONLY 5 INGREDIENTS, have up to 5G NET CARBS and you can make them in 5 EASY STEPS. These books make it so easy to try new recipes without being complicated. They are my kind of recipes!!
We hope you have received value from our Essential Guide To Starting A Low-Carb Diet. Let us know below in the comments if there is something that we should add to this list that might help us and others on their journey.
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