What Is The Ketogenic Diet?

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Although it is high in fats, the ketogenic diet is particular about the type of fats it recommends. The ketogenic diet avoids hydrogenated fats such as margarine and keeps Trans fat intake to a minimum. Vegetable oils such as canola, sunflower, sesame, and flaxseed should be cold pressed and not heated to high temperatures, which changes their chemical composition. Because of this, the ketogenic diet recommends avoiding these oils for frying. Instead, the ketogenic diet suggests using clean non-hydrogenated lard, coconut oil, ghee, olive oil and beef tallow for frying since they have high smoke points.

The ketogenic diet does not allow for starchy vegetables such as corn, potatoes, peas, squashes, tomatoes, carrots and peppers to be consumed.