QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE KETOGENIC DIET
Before we dive into the snacks I want to provide you with some quick background on the ketogenic diet so you understand the logic behind these snacks.
The ketogenic diet is a low-carb, moderate protein, and high-fat diet. The goal of the diet is to get your body into a metabolic state known as ketosis so that instead of burning glucose for energy it burns fat.
This is kind of mind-blowing because you are eating fat to burn fat. It’s important to keep in mind that not all fats are bad and in fact, most of our ancestors didn’t have the luxury of making bread, pasta, or cake.
Once your body becomes keto-adapted, insulin isn’t being produced preventing fat from being released
You might think I’m crazy for this one because pork rinds seem to be the epitome of an unhealthy snack. However, when you are on the low-carb fix then pork rinds are awesome!
Most pork crackle contains zero carbs (check for yourself) and have just fat and protein. Perfect for keto and most low-carb diets!
Even better, you can get them in a variety of flavours so you aren’t stuck with just the regular.
If you want to add even more variety then I suggest adding some popcorn seasoning to the mix.
Mr Crackles, what a guy!