top 15 Keto vegetables and three honorary vegetables coming right up
there is a lot of confusion surrounding Keto and some of the proponents they say
that I'll just eat whatever you want just don't worry about as long as you
cut the carbs you can have whatever you want and some of the opponents they
claim that oh why would you ever want to eat something like keto where you can't
even have vegetables all they eat is butter and bacon so both of those views
are actually wrong and with so much misinformation some of you maybe even be
surprised that you're allowed to eat vegetables on keto so yes you can eat
vegetables on keto just make sure that they are the low carb varieties so to
that end I'm going to talk about my favorite vegetables so we're talking
about 15 true vegetables and we're going to talk about three honorary vegetables
those are things that people think of as vegetables that but there are actually
fruit and that still fit the bill so this is data that have taken from
nutritiondata.com if there's any mistakes in here I apologize for that
I've done my best to transcribe correctly and this is my personal
preference so you may have other favorites and if you do please give me
your favorite your top list and the more that we share and collaborate the more
we can get healthy so first of all keto is not a diet it's not something that
someone sat down and said I'm gonna call my diet the keto diet and here's what
you can eat that's not how it works ketosis is a physiological state that is
a result of cutting carbs so low that your body has to start burning fat which
is a goal for a lot of people so yes it reduces body weight but more importantly
it reverses insulin resistance which is at the root of 95% or a
causative contributing factor of 95% of all degenerative disease so here are my
top favorite vegetables and this is my personal preference it's based on flavor
what I like it's based on the number of uses how versatile is it how many
different things can you do with it east of use is it something you can just
pick up and eat or does it take a lot of preparation and of course it has to be
very low carb and how much of it can you use because if something super healthy
but you can only eat a tiny amount then it's not gonna have a huge impact it's
not gonna be a lot of volume that you can can benefit from so those are the
factors that I included and here is my favorite list so we're gonna start from
the bottom we're gonna start with number 18
so number 18 on my list is olives and it is one of those honorary vegetables
because it's actually a fruit and it's that thing you know that they make olive
oil from so we know all know that extra-virgin olive oil is one of the
best fats that you can have on a ketogenic diet but yes you can actually
eat the olive straight so some people like them some don't I really like them
but it's not something that you sit down and eat a half a pound of you you have a
few and it's a great flavor and it's good to know that they're healthy for
you as well they have 3.1 grams of net carbs and eight milligrams of potassium
and this is all these values are going to be per 100 grams that's about three
and a half ounces or just under a quarter pound so that is also a way of
expressing in percentage that so these numbers are basically going to be
percent of net carbs Swiss chard it is super healthy it only has two
point one grams of carbs and 379 milligrams of potassium so it's one of
those super super healthy things I put it kind of low on my list because I just
don't know what to do with it I like it i steam it once in a while but I don't
find myself keeping it around that often and it doesn't stay fresh all that long
you have to steam it and so forth so super healthy if you like it go for it
number sixteen favorite is celery super healthy very very low carbs 1.4 grams
260 milligrams of potassium I like it I just can't eat tons of it okay you can
use it in salads you can use it in a Waldorf salad you can make little sticks
and and dip in things and in hummus and other healthy dips I just don't eat that
much of it so there are other things that I find I can I can eat more of but
it's a great thing to keep around and of course all of these things are things
that you want to mix up you want to use as many different vegetables as possible
throughout the day because variety is a good thing number 15 cabbage I like
cabbage you can steam it you can do coleslaw you can do various different
stir salads with it great vegetable three point three grams of carbs a
hundred and 70 milligrams of potassium it is also great you can make sauerkraut
if you want to ferment it then it's one of those things that keep forever and
also help repopulate the good bacteria in your gut so fantastic vegetable
number 14 broccoli one of those cruciferous greens that the liver loves
it has four grams of carbs and 316 milligrams of potassium it is something
that a lot of people like to eat raw I don't that's one of the reasons it's
relatively low on the list I do like it steamed or oven baked so I do eat it
quite a bit the people who like it raw they can also find that it's very easy
and you can use it for dips as well super healthy number 13 parsley
I love parsley it has only 3 grams of carbs and a-whooping 554 milligrams of
potassium it's one of those things you're not going to eat sit down and eat
a pound of parsley in a sitting but I do love to make tabbouleh and there's a
recipe on my channel where you can see how to do a keto friendly version of
that love it eat it as much as you can number 12 asparagus this is one of my
favorite side dishes it goes with a lot of different things steak one of my
favorites fish eggs there's a lot of different things that you can use
asparagus as a side dish I just pan fry it a little bit with some
ghee or maybe some coconut oil something that's heat stable use some salt pepper
and some lemon or maybe vinegar and it comes out super super delicious number
eleven cucumber very very simple very versatile I love to slice it up on
salads it's one of those always in my salad vegetables and of course you can
cut it up in little sticks and use it for a dip with various forms of of
hummus or other dips number ten tomato I love tomato and I put it in all sorts of
different things I use it fresh in salads but I also use it slightly cooked
in things like omelets and of course you can use all forms of different meats
twos and all kinds of different dishes and spaghetti sauce Oh tomato shows up
everywhere in my household and it only has 2.7 grams of carbs 237 milligrams of
potassium tomato needs no further introduction except of course it's one
of those honorary vegetables because it's really a fruit number nine arugula
and it is one of those things ie with salads sometimes I do the whole
salad just arugula I love that slightly peppery a little bit nutty flavor
it only has 2.1 grams of carbs 369 milligrams of potassium and you could
substitute for virtually any of the salad greens okay so this is one of the
things that you can use for fresh salads over and over number eight romaine
lettuce another salad green you eat it raw you can actually put these romaine
and arugula in a blender and make a smoothie as well sometimes I do a fruit
smoothie or even a chocolate smoothie where you can put some salad greens in
there works great it has 1.2 grams of carbs 247 milligrams of potassium and
it's one of the the staples in my fridge number seven favorite vegetable is
mushrooms and it goes in a lot in my household you could make various forms
of lasagna with it of course without the dairy and wheat you can do a lasagna
with tomatoes and eggplant and onion and things like that
you can also slice it up and cook it slightly and I put mine in omelets or
you can use it fresh in salads if you like that as well so mushrooms wide wide
range of uses we use it a lot number six bell pepper and this number I got is
four green bell pepper has 2.9 grams of carbs 175 milligrams of potassium the
red yellow and orange bell peppers are gonna have higher values so you may want
to restrict those a little bit if you're on a really really tight carb schedule
bell pepper goes in everything you can stir fry it you can use it fresh you can
use it for dips it goes in omelets it's a great snack there's just no end to the
ways that you can use bell pepper always keep some around
number five French green beans this is a surprise to a lot of people and I have
to explain this over and over that there's a difference between beans and
beans because most people know they can't have black beans and kidney beans
and pinto beans and lentils on a keto diet because they're way high in starch
and protein but green beans are different because the bean portion is
almost non-existent in comparison to the pod and the pod is a green watery
vegetable so you could have as much green beans as you desire
it only has 1.6 grams of net carbs and 209 milligrams of potassium I love love
this vegetable I always keep some around it's super easy to steam and after you
steam it you pour out the water you put the beans back in there you throw in a
tablespoon of butter and a little bit of salt maybe even a drop of lemon and
they're just super super delicious my two favorite side dishes in terms of
vegetables are green beans and asparagus a very very regular item on the menu
number four eggplant very very versatile I sometimes cut it up like little french
fried potatoes I put butter and olive oil on it then you throw some spaghetti
sauce on it and now you have kind of a like a pasta dish you can make lasagna
type dishes with it you can do eggplant parmesan
lots and lots of different uses 2.9 grams of carbs 230 milligrams of
potassium this is one of the ones that can sort of become a meal in itself it's
very very substantial number three spinach another wonderful food you can
eat it fresh you can saute it you can turn it into soup there's just so many
different ways of using it it has only 1 point 4 grams of carbs and 558
milligrams of potassium so it's super super rich in minerals and this is one
that if you eat it fresh like a salad you can't eat
a whole lot but if you saute it maybe add a little butter and sour cream at
the end to make them creamed or if you turn it into a soup you could
conceivably eat 150 200 grams of spinach and you would get over a gram of
potassium just from that so get as much spinach as you can find different ways
that you like to use it I love it number two favorite keto vegetable is
cauliflower it is so versatile it goes in so many things it has three grams of
carbs and 303 milligrams of potassium you can use it for so many things I
don't like it raw like some people like to dip it I don't much care for that but
you could use for rice cauliflower I do something called stir-fried not rice
where I use rice - cauliflower diced mushrooms and diced onion a little bit
of onion that's that higher in carbs that's why it's not on this list but I
certainly use onion then you add some butter you add a little bit of lemon
salt and pepper maybe a dash of soy sauce or Bragg's aminos
and you have a wonderful wonderful side dish I call it stir-fried not rice and
it goes with just about everything where you would normally have had rice you
could steam it as well just put a little butter and salt on it so many so many
different uses some people even do pizza crust from it and because it is so
versatile you can eat quite a bit you could probably eat a pound of
cauliflower in a day and that would give you over a gram of potassium just from
that number one favorite vegetable you all knew that was going to be on the
list it is avocado and it tops the list even
though it's not strictly a vegetable it is a fruit but who cares so I eat
probably a couple of avocados per day I use it in almost everything you can
slice it put it on omelets you can eat it fresh with a spoon just scoop it out
I put it in my smoothies whether it's a chocolate smoothie or a fruit smoothie
or a berry smoothie I put some avocado in there there's so many different ways
you can use it it is so delicious I sometimes use do a little bit of
mashed potato and then I'll use a little bit of potato a little bit of
cauliflower and some avocado you mix it up with salt you steam it mix it up with
salt butter and a little sour cream and you have a wonderful incredible creamy
potato mashed potato substitute with very very little potato in it if you're
not super strict you can put a little potato in there if you're super strict
just do it with cauliflower and avocado incredible incredible food and it's one
of those that it has two grams of carbs on 507 milligrams of potassium so if you
eat two normal two large avocados a day there's about a hundred and fifty grams
apiece times two is three hundredths you get one and a half grams of potassium
that's like half of what you need in a day just from two avocados and on top of
that it's just super super delicious figure out what you like let me know
what your favorite list is maybe we can share and and make even more progress on
this and realize that you can eat vegetables on a keto diet even though it
is a carbohydrate it matters how much carbohydrate plus most of these things
have a lot of fiber in them which will further slow down the carb
uptake so it's almost like you really don't even have to count carbs that come
from leafy greens and from extremely low carb vegetables because there's so much
fiber that they buffer that sugar uptake so I'm then say you don't have to count
it I said you almost don't have to count it so eat tons and tons of vegetables if
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