There is a growing segment of the natural health movement that endorses the ketogenic diet as the best nutritional approach. The biggest challenge that people have is navigating how to set up meals to maintain ketosis.
When meal planning on a ketogenic diet, you will have to take into account your unique metabolism. Some people do great with intermittent fasting where they go 16-18 hours without a calorie source. Other individuals who have adrenal fatigue may need to eat every four hours or so to maintain stable blood sugar and elevate ketones appropriately.
What do you eat for breakfast?
If you are a coffee drinker, I recommend using an organic, mold-free coffee and putting 2 tablespoons of coconut oil and 2 teaspoons of pastured butter in it. This combines the benefits of the caffeine and antioxidants in the coffee with the medium-chain fatty acids (MCTs) in coconut oil and butter. These MCTs go right to the liver, where they are converted to ketones and used for energy.
You could make something similar with raw cacao and make a hot chocolate or chocolate milk depending on what season it is and what you would like. The chocolate milk could use organic coconut milk (full-fat) which is very creamy and provides the same MCTs as the coconut oil.
How about some real solid foods?
You could also cook some pastured eggs in coconut oil. This is a little more challenging on the digestive system than the drinks above, but it provides more quality nutrients, as the eggs have tons of choline and carotenoid antioxidants. You could throw some non-starchy veggies in with the eggs and put some olive oil on top for more beneficial fats.
Finally, you could make a protein shake with full-fat organic coconut milk, or organic almond milk with 2 tbsp of coconut oil added. You would have a small amount of frozen, organic berries, and about 15-20 grams of a quality, low-carb protein powder. The protein could be hemp, pea, brown rice, or non-denatured whey source. Be sure not to put too many berries or protein in it.
How about lunch:
Lunch could be a number of things such as creamy guacamole with coconut milk, lemon, apple cider vinegar (ACV), and herbs. You can serve this with flax crackers or with kale chips, red cabbage, celery, cucumbers, etc. You could also have a big salad (without tomatoes or fruit) with diced avocado, freshly squeezed lemon, extra-virgin olive oil, and herbs.
During the wintertime, you may want to have some bone broth stew with grass-fed beef bones and meat or pastured chicken bones and meat. Load it up with non-starchy veggies, and you have an incredibly nutrient-dense, easy-to-digest meal.
You could also have a nice performance-enhancing treat such as a coconut cacao butterball. This is a combination of coconut oil/butter, raw cacao, and stevia for flavor. This is high in good MCT’s and antioxidants from the raw cacao.
Source:
Natural News
