Making a decision to change your eating habits can be empowering and energizing. It is, after all, a choice that could change your life! So you head to the grocery store, ready to kick off a new eating pattern on the right foot. But then you walk through the doors of your local market and realize that you have no idea where to start. That’s where we come in.
For those on the ketogenic diet — or for anyone trying it out — it’s important to know what’s keto-friendly and what isn’t. Sure, you probably know the basics. You may be aware, for example, that the keto diet is a high-fat, low-carb eating program that aims to put the body in a metabolic state where instead of carbohydrates and that it burns fat for fuel in a process known as ketosis. But do you know what foods you should actually eat on the keto diet?
As you start checking nutrition labels, finding foods that are healthy sources of fat and comply with the low-carb requirements of the keto diet can be tough. To help kickstart any of your keto goals, we bring you a grocery list, with everything from meal ingredients to snacks to keto-friendly alcohol — Yes! — that prioritizes nutrient-dense foods to ensure that your keto goals are met the right way.
What are the benefits of the keto diet?
One of the most notable benefits of the keto diet is its ability to lower overall appetite and reduce hunger. The keto diet eliminates foods that are high in carbohydrates and are high on the glycemic index, meaning they raise your blood sugar by a significant amount in a short period of time, which then affects how we release insulin.
Kristin Kirkpatrick is a registered dietitian with the Cleveland Clinic who tracked her experience trying the keto diet for 30 days. She said that these high-glycemic index foods put us on a “roller coaster” of blood sugar changes. After insulin is released and blood sugar dips back down, we will want more and more of the original food, making it difficult to control…
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