I Tried It Keto

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10514302 If you conduct a quick internet search on the ideal ratio of fat to protein for your ketosis diet, you'll probably see a few different numbers floating around, and you'll quickly realize that macadamia nuts are the BEST NUTS EVER! Not only do macadamia nuts contain a ton of fat, but they're also reasonable in carbohydrates and protein. The weirdest thing (in this author's opinion) about adopting the keto diet is the reduction in carbohydrates AND protein required for the diet to flourish. You'll often see advice that suggests you should try to consume around 65 percent to 75 percent of your daily calories on fat calories while also virtually eliminating carbs and eating the rest of your calories in protein. Here's a label from my personal favorite brand of macadamia nuts ( MacFarms Dry Roasted Macadamia Nuts with Sea Salt ): Notice the outrageously and deliciously high amount of fat in mac...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12084776 If you're supposed to avoid sugar and carbs like the plague on a keto diet, why on earth would you eat chocolate? In most cases chocolate will give you tons of carbs, mountains of sugar, and stats so bad you can barely give it a sniff before throwing yourself out of ketosis. The fine folks at Harvard Medical School suggest that dark chocolate . . . ". . . package labels often state the percentage of cocoa in dark chocolate. Those figures can be misleading because they refer to the combined amount of cocoa powder and cocoa butter in the product, and the flavanol content varies widely." In what might be considered a marketing ploy to increase the acceptance of chocolate as a "health" food, the Mars company (they make M&Ms and other chocolates that are easy to wolf down like a ravenous dog) says this about cocoa: "Cocoa flavanols are unique. While there is a range of flavanol sources,...