With all of the butter, cheese, and heavy cream you can eat on the keto diet, it is easy to forget that dairy milk is packed with carbs and sugar (from lactose). Because of this, milk is not a good drink to have on keto. This rings true for ALL dairy milks -- including whole, 1%, 2%, and skim -- each one being far from keto-friendly. That being said, there are plenty of low-carb milk alternatives you can easily find in any grocery store. Whether you want to cut carbs or dairy from your ...
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Keto Milk Substitutes: The Best, the Worst, Tips, and Recipes
- December 21, 2019
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Starbucks Drinks and Hacks for the Keto Diet
Staying in ketosis when you're on the go can feel like an obstacle course, especially at Starbucks. Though many of the menu items sound like they may be keto-friendly, their nutrition labels tend to read more like a candy bar than a low-carb beverage. However, this doesn't mean that you have to give up on your favorite Starbucks drinks while you are on the keto diet. Instead, you can be your own at-home barista with the help of our ketoproof coffee options (like our Keto Pumpkin Pie Spice ...
- November 4, 2019
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The Best Nuts for Keto: Low Carb Nuts, Seeds & What to Avoid
Nuts are known for their vitamin, mineral, fiber, and healthy fat content. What is often overlooked, however, is how many carbs they add to the diet. Since nuts are designed by nature to provide nourishment for a new plant, each one comes with some net carbs in the form of starches and sugars. This is why it is crucial to consider the carb counts of each nut before you incorporate them into your keto lifestyle. To give you a better idea of the best nuts for keto, let's take a look at carbs ...
- March 7, 2020
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Ketosis, Ketones, and How It All Works
Understanding how ketosis works is an important part when starting a keto diet. Ketosis is a process that the body goes through on an everyday basis, regardless of the number of carbs you eat. This is because this process provides us with energy from ketones whenever sugar is not readily available. In fact, you may have already experienced a very mild level of ketosis if you ever skipped a meal or two, didn't eat many carbs during the day or exercised for longer than an hour. By doing one of ...
- November 27, 2013
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Keto Guide to Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting has become an immensely popular dieting strategy. Although it may seem like another diet fad, there are several reasons why skipping meals can be so helpful for many of us. The first (and biggest for most) is that intermittent fasting can help you bust through weight loss plateaus. Down to those last couple of pounds, or been stuck at the same number for weeks? Give this a try. The other reasons are for the sheer health benefits of fasting. Better metabolic adaptions, ...
- December 31, 2013
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The Best 10 Keto Cookie Recipes
Grain-based desserts are the number one source of calories across all ages in the United States. One of the most popular grain-based desserts is cookies. In fact, the best selling cookie in the world, the Oreo, is one of the most widely consumed foods in America. This is not surprising when you consider the fact that cookies typically contain so much sugar and fat that it is almost impossible to pass them up. The only problem is that they are not even close to being healthy. Most cookies ...
- October 2, 2019
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30 Day Ketogenic Diet Plan
Hey guys! So I know you're all looking for something that's easy to follow and I set out to make something that's exactly that. A full one month meal plan of the ketogenic diet, the breakdown, the overview, and of course - the meals. Included are all recipes, all breakdowns of final macros, and the daily breakdown of what you should be eating. Tips Before Starting A lot of people take their macros as a “set in stone” type of thing. You shouldn’t worry about hitting the mark every single ...
- March 13, 2014
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A Comprehensive Guide to Keto-Friendly Salad Dressing
Greens, meat, and high-fat dressing — the quick and easy keto trinity that’ll help you meet your needs for vitamins, minerals, fiber, fat, and protein in one low-carb meal. Finding a healthy and tasty keto salad dressing, however, can get tricky when you venture beyond olive oil and vinegar. Most of the popular dressings will either be high in sugar or packed with inflammatory oils (and sometimes both). Even dressings that seem keto-friendly may still contain unhealthy ingredients. To ...
- December 9, 2019
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Keto Egg Fast: Rules, Recipes, Meal Plan, and Risks
The keto egg fast is one of the most popular strategies for breaking through weight loss plateaus and accelerating fat loss. Essentially, it is a short-term keto diet plan centered around eggs, cheese, and butter, with very few exceptions. Though this approach would make old-school cardiologists gasp, there are plenty of low-carb and keto dieters that implemented the egg fast and achieved incredible results. However, this doesn’t answer the most important question: Will the keto egg fast be ...
- April 10, 2020
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