If you know anything about the ketogenic diet, you probably already know that snacking is frowned upon. Every time that you eat, your body releases insulin. Insulin is the hormone responsible for inflammation and fat storage in the body. And since the goal of the keto diet is to get into ketosis, when you were burning fat for fuel, you’re typically full for longer and so can get by with just eating regular meals (whether OMAD, two, or three depending on your own diet plan).
That said, we are human.
For most of us, we were raised in an environment where snacking is a daily occurrence. If not more frequently. We snack when we’re bored, we snack when we watch movies, we snack while we’re working.
And we may be fat adapted, snacking is ingrained in our brains. And that’s much harder to get around.
I don’t snack frequently. So I do succumb on occasion. And it’s not something that I feel guilt over, most days. But I do try and keep my snacking healthy when I can. Below, in order of my favorites to just-okay, are a few of my favorite smart snack choices, for movies, road trips, boredom, or whenever the craving arises.
- Lilly’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Cheese sticks
- Meat sticks
- Beef Jerkey
- Whisps
- Atkins Lemon Bars
- Zing Keto Bars
- Quest cookies
- Quest chips
- Twin Peaks Protein Puffs
