Low Carb Keto Food List

“What you don’t bring home, you don’t eat.”

~ Kelly Peterson

Planning the weekly menu or at least 3 days ahead help to organize the groceries shopping list. It will help you to focus on what to buy when you are in the groceries store and reduces impulse buying. When you are focus on what to buy during shopping, you save time and avoid the ‘browsing’ habit which usually end up putting items into your shopping cart before you know it.  

Have you realized that most groceries store would welcome their customers with fresh produce as you enter the store? If you haven’t, pay attention each time you go to a different grocery store. Have you come across any grocery store that places canned food, packaged food, or frozen food right at the entrance instead of the vibrant color of fresh greens and fruits? I haven’t. Fresh vegetables and fruits are most commonly found right at the entrance of the store follow by fresh meat or seafood leading along the outside perimeter of most groceries store. Shop mainly around the perimeter. To enjoy food at its best state is to eat fresh. Buy only fresh cut meat or seafood with no marinade. Several times I ask the butcher at different store what is in the marinade and when I read the ingredients in the marinade sauce they usually contains corn syrup or some kind of sugar in the second or third ingredients on the list. In my low carb lifestyle, I focus on creating delicious meals using fresh produce with fresh herbs and spices in their most natural state I can find. Eating good food every meal is the key to an enjoyable and sustainable healthy low carb lifestyle, for life.  

Low carb eating choices

Many low carb plans including Atkins. Paleo or Dukan Diet plans etc. mainly focus on a similar concept. Which is to eat real food and eliminate process food. Each plan have its own suggestion for entering phase and maintenance phase to start and to follow. And there are no doubts many proven example of people benefiting from following the plans. When I started eating low carb years ago, I did not research on any of the plans. I saw the example from my husband what he eat and staying healthy. I just follow the same. I eliminate all starch and sugar in my meals everyday and focus on eating all the delicious meat and seafood that I like. It didn’t take too long before I realised that my pants were getting looser. I am not deprived of food and have no cravings for carb because I eat very well. It was than that I started reading and understanding the science behind metabolic syndrome. It makes total sense. When I finally understood how our body metabolism respond to choice of food intake, it raises my awareness in choosing the food to eat. In fact, there are more delicious food selections to eat for a low carb eating lifestyle than you might imagine. If only you are willing to explore beyond what you are used to and let your creative mind work. You could be pleasantly surprise there are plenty of good food waiting for you to savour.

Food list for creative eating 

Below are the lists of the food to buy in a grocery store.  Just about almost every fresh meat, poultry, seafood and good fat has 0g of carbs and packed with protein. Eat according to your ideal body weight. The carbohydrate listed here are the ‘less bad’ complex carb. Aim to eat below 50g of carb for maintenance and below 20g of carb if you are diabetic. The fat choices listed here you can eat till satiety.

 

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Protein

(and the good fat..)

Meat

Natural fed pork

Natural cured bacon

Natural raised grass fed beef or veal

Natural raised lamb

Wild game meat – buffalo, deer, elk or venison etc.

 

Poultry

Cornish game hen

Goose

Organic natural raised chicken

Organic natural raised turkey

Organic natural raised duck

Quail

Wild pheasant

 

Seafood

Alaskan wild caught salmon

Black cod

Chilean seabags

Clams

Crab

Haddock

Halibut

Herring

John Dory

Lobster

Mackerel

Monkfish

Mussels

Octopus

Orange roughy

Oyster

Pacific cod

Prawn?Shrimp

Pomfret

Rockfish

Sardine

Scallop

Swordfish

Squid

Tilapia

Trout

Tuna

Eggs 

Fresh whole free-range chicken egg

Fresh whole free-range duck egg

Fresh whole quail eggs

Fat

(and some protein..)

Dairy

Blue Cheese

Brie

Cheddar Cheese

Cottage cheese

Camembert Cheese

Cream Cheese

Feta Cheese

Greek yogurt

Goat cheese

Gouda cheese

Heavy cream

Mozzarella Cheese

Muenster Cheese

Parmesan Cheese

Provolone Cheese

Real butter

Swiss Cheese

Sour cream

 

Oil

Almond oil

Avocado oil

Bacon grease

Coconut oil

Duck fat

Extra virgin olive oil

Ghee

Lard

Carb

Vegetable

Alfalfa Sprouts

Asparagus

Bamboo shoots

Bean sprouts

Beet greens

Bok Choy

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Celery

Collard greens

Cucumber

Eggplant

Endive

Green bean

Kale

Lettuce

Mushrooms

Mustard greens

Parsley

Pickles

Sauerkraut

Seaweed

Spaghetti squash

Spinach

Spring onion / scallion

Squash

Sweet pea

Sweet Peppers

Tofu

Tomato

Watercress

Zucchini 

Root vegetable

Carrot

Garlic

Ginger

Jicama

Radish

Onions

Note: Root vegetable contain higher carb compare to leafy vegetable. Have it occasionally.

Fruit 

Avocado

Blackberry

Blueberry

Lemon

Limes

Olive

Raspberry

Strawberry

Note: Fruit contain fructose. Eat a small amount each day.

 

Spices

Himalayan pink salt

Real sea salt

Truffle salt

Anise

Basil

Black pepper

Cajun without sugar and salt added

Caraway

Cardamom

Chili powder

Chives

Cilantro

Cinnamon

Cloves

Cumin

Chicken curry powder without salt

Dill

Five-spice

Galangal

Garlic

Ginger

Green pepper

Herb de Provence

Marjoram

Meat curry powder without salt

Mint

Oregano

Paprika

Parsley

Red onion

Rosemary

Seafood curry powder without salt

Saffron

Sage

Savory

Shallot

Szechuan pepper

Tandoori rub without sugar

Tellicherry pepper

Thyme

White onion

Yellow onion

Natural mushroom seasoning (no MSG)

 

 

 

 

Sauces & Dressings

Bragg’s liquid aminos

Chili sauce (contain no sugar and starch/thickening agent)

Coconut amino

Homemade Blue cheese dressing

Homemade mayonnaise

Mustard

Sour cream

Soy sauce (use sparingly)

Tamari

Tartar sauce*

French dressing*

Italian dressing*

Thousand island dressing*

Balsamic vinegar

Apple cider vinegar

Asian dark vinegar

Chinese cooking wine

Dry red wine

Dry white wine

Sherry

Bourbon

My choice: A dash of wine during cooking enhances the flavor of the food.

Note: *Most store bought dressings contain certain kind of carb. Read the ingredient list and the carb amount. I make my salad dressings and mayonnaise with fresh ingredients.

Others items

Home-made chicken/bone broth

Flour

Almond flour

Coconut flour

Hazelnut flour

Whey protein powder

Sweetener

Stevia

Erythritol

Xylitol

Beverage

Breakfast tea

Chamomile tea

Coffee

Green tea

Green tea powder (Matcha)

Oolong tea

Red wine

Rooibos tea

Rose bud tea

Sparkling water

White tea

Water with fresh lemon wedges

Snacks

Almond

Pecan

Walnut

Pork rind

90-100% dark chocolate

100% cocoa powder (unsweetened)

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