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What to Eat on a Cyclical Ketogenic Diet

What to Eat on a Cyclical Ketogenic Diet

Carbohydrates are generally avoided on a ketogenic diet, but they can be utilized with hard workouts that push your body. If you sit all day and eat refined carbohydrates (like cookies, chips, and candy), your risk of heart disease and diabetes increases dramatically — bad. If you use carbohydrates as a way to fuel intense workouts or replenish your body's depleted energy stores, then you can get the most out of your body without any negative side effects — good. The same principle applies ...

Are Pork Rinds Keto? The Many Benefits Of This Zero Carb Snack

Are Pork Rinds Keto? The Many Benefits Of This Zero Carb Snack

Yes, pork rinds are keto-friendly and used widely by people on low-carb diets. That said, it’s still easy to be fooled into thinking that this humble keto snack food is unhealthy. Though they are crisp like chips (and are typically found in the same grocery store aisle), pork rinds share very little else in common with those high-carb options. In fact, unflavored pork rinds are one of the few zero-carb snacks you can eat on the ketogenic diet. Plus, they can be used as a keto substitute ...

Complete Guide to Exercise on the Ketogenic Diet

Complete Guide to Exercise on the Ketogenic Diet

Exercise more, and you'll have better health. Follow the ketogenic diet, and you'll lose weight rapidly and take your health to the next level. But what happens when you combine the two? Although it's reasonable to assume that combining exercise with keto would take your health and weight loss to the next level, the truth behind it is a bit more complicated than that. When we restrict carbs, we cause a plethora of changes throughout the body — some of which affect exercise ...

The Best 5 Keto Pancake Recipes

The Best 5 Keto Pancake Recipes

One struggle that many of us have when we first start the ketogenic diet is the cravings we have for all of our sugar-filled favorites that we can't eat anymore. When it comes to breakfast, one of the most widely missed sugar-filled foods is pancakes. With their fluffy, cakey texture accompanied by melted butter and sweet maple syrup, it is hard not love pancakes — but they are so unhealthy. The processed sugar and white flour that are typically used to make pancakes are a nightmare for your ...

Jacqueline Barrett Lost 62 lbs

Jacqueline Barrett Lost 62 lbs

I wanted to share my story with keto, and using Ruled.Me as a resource. I've found Ruled.Me to be invaluable! It's one of my go to's for recipes because they're always solid. I don't have to worry that I'll get a questionable result. I've always enjoyed cooking and baking and wasn't sure which end was up when transitioning to a ketogenic diet.  There were so many unfamiliar ingredients and I found it overwhelming. I've watched hours, and hours, of America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country.  Just ...

Luscious Caramel Pecan Pie

Luscious Caramel Pecan Pie

I'm really excited about this pie! Pecan pie is my all time favorite and after lots of searching I thought I was going to have to miss out this Thanksgiving. I had specific ingredients in mind and wasn't sure if it would work. Thankfully, it all came together in the end. Please note: I used LC-Sweet Natural for this recipe. Please be sure to see notes at the bottom of this post for information about using other sweeteners. I really like this pie crust. I think it could easily pass for a ...

Is the Ketogenic Diet Healthy? How to Know If Keto Is Right for You

Is the Ketogenic Diet Healthy? How to Know If Keto Is Right for You

The keto diet is so vastly different from most dietary patterns that many people are concerned about its impact on our health. After decades of being told how bad high-fat diets are for us, it may seem like the high-fat, low-carb keto diet would be the most harmful and least healthy diet that one can possibly follow. However, the research on the keto diet reveals a different story. The severity of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity, for example, can all be reduced by cutting the ...

Guilt Free Portobello Bun Burgers

Guilt Free Portobello Bun Burgers

I know plenty of people out there love a good burger and want to skip the bun...but we're all tired of burger patties and salads. It's just not the same, until now! Next time you are grilling up some patties, use the perfect low carb hamburger bun - a portobello mushroom! Now you can enjoy that burger bun mostly carb free. Have vegetarians over? Not a problem! Use only the portobello bun and serve that as a patty. Pile the fixin's high and let them chomp away. This recipe is ...

Best Low Carb Rice Substitutes for Keto

Best Low Carb Rice Substitutes for Keto

Some of the most delicious dishes feature rice as a key ingredient. Risotto, fried rice, paella, and sushi, for example, all rely on this starch-filled grain, but are there any rice varieties that won’t pack on the carbs? Unfortunately, the answer is no.  If you’re on a non-keto low-carb or standard ketogenic diet, you should avoid rice for optimal results. That being said, you can still get your rice fix by using low-carb substitutes and keto recipes. Let’s begin our journey through the ...

Keto Chocolate Cake in a Mug

Keto Chocolate Cake in a Mug

There comes a time in everyone's ketogenic life where you crave something sweet. Cookies, brownies, cake - but there's nothing that you've pre-made and nothing that is low carb laying around. In under 5 minutes you can have a chocolate cake that's rich, delicious, and sure to slam those cravings straight into the ground. Cake in a mug! Chocolate cake in a mug, that is. Absolutely divine in taste, just like you spent 45 minutes slaving away baking it in the oven. I know, I know, you need ...