Or strawberries, which are very high in vitamin C and yet fit into a Keto diet.
When I started this, I looked at all of the widely recommended “safe” diets as well. There are certain core components of all of them. They all say cut out sugars, starches, refined foods, processed foods, and focus on real foods that you prepare yourself from fresh ingredients, with healthy proteins, healthy fats, and healthy carbs. Where they differ is the percentages, and in some instances what constitutes “healthy carbs” and “healthy fats.”
There seem to be extreme viewpoints on all sides, and crazy tangents that people follow. Whatever works for them.
I am trying to stay somewhat in the middle ground, based on things actually recommended by real doctors that are not too far out on the quack ends of the spectrum. So for example, Westman’s page 4 food list. Where it specifically requires 2 cups of leafy greens, and 1 cup of above-ground low carb veggies. And the recommendations from Dietdoctor.com, which essentially says you can have all of the leafy greens you want.
That’s working well for me. I feel better with some carbs in my day.
I have a while to go before I get to what I consider a maintenance weight, but when I do get there I plan to adjust the macros to a little lower fat, and a little higher carbs, while staying within the same general foods I eat now. Just adjusting the quantities. So I probably won’t go back to bread, potatoes, rice, and sweets, but I may have more broccoli, salads, cauliflower and maybe less butter. I’ll test it out when I get there.
) you could find folks who have been eating very low carb for years and years. They are out there. This forum is younger than that old diet but they are both ketogenic diets.