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There are various types of nutritional plans and diets that can be found either online, or in many other sources. Many of them are based on a biological mechanism that is known as ketosis, in which ones body stops using carbs as the main source of energy, and instead uses its own body fat, and fat that is taken with food, as the main source of energy. The mentioned state of ketosis can be achieved by a ketogenic type of diet, which is actually nothing else but just another name for a low carb diet, because on the ketogenic diet, your goal is to eat food that is rich in fats and proteins, and low in carbs. There are many different meals and food you can eat in order to meet the mentioned criteria.

However, some types of foods should be avoided. A common topic that is debated are the vegetables – whether they should be taken on such types of diets or not. In situations like this, one should always try to find compromises. There are vegetables that can be eaten on such types of nutrition, and vegetables that should rather be avoided. As a general rule, we could mention, that the more carbohydrates that a vegetable has per 100 grams, the less it is appropriate for a ketosis based diet. Related to this group of vegetables, the following types should be avoided: beans, peas, onions, beet, potatoes, rice and similar. Relatively high amount of carbohydrates is what all the mentioned species have in common, and because of that, they are not appropriate for a low carbohydrate diet, because eating food like that would probably disturbe the state of ketosis.

Fortunately, there are also many vegetables that can be eaten on such diets with no problems. Vegetables like lettuce, endive, cabbage, cucumbers, and various other types. There are many different salads appropriate for a ketogenic type of diet that can be made, one should only make sure that nothing containing too many carbs is added.