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Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by vladvasiliu on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:32PM (#31757235)
> It’s really interesting to see the diet industry attack this. Calling it a “fad diet” as if eating low carbs is somehow a fad. Other things I’ve seen are essentially “keto diets are for treating epilepsy, not for losing weight!” Etc.

> Keto diets don’t require you to buy any products or books or take any courses or anything. Just literally read the nutrition facts and eat 20-50 carbs a day.

But that's the issue, isn't it?

Sometimes I feel like changing my usual snack of apples with some kind of biscuit / cookie. It's next to impossible to find anything below 500 kCals / 100 g at my local grocery store. And when I look at the ingredients, there's always a ton of sugar in there.

The only lower-ish processed food I can easily find is sorbet. But that's impractical to deal with at work (we don't have a freezer).

So most of the time, I end up buying nothing if I don't feel like an apple. Why would "big ag" cheer me in going this route?

I should note I'm not even into Keto or anything, just paying attention to how many calories I eat.

Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by ajhurliman on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:37PM (#31757326)
There are plenty of snacks that are keto-friendly: beef jerky (no sugar added), boiled eggs, celery + peanut butter, smoked oysters... the list goes on. Yes, cookies are not included in that list, if that's a deal-breaker for you then it seems like this diet wouldn't work for you I guess.
Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by tbihl on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:43PM (#31757422)
Cookies are one of those rare foods that most diets can agree you shouldn't eat, so that doesn't really have anything to do with keto. The only space for debate about cookies is whether you should have little or none (other than for high-power people who need to cover an energy deficit, which sounds like it would be a nice problem.)
Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by nerdawson on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:54PM (#31757602)
I've done keto a handful of times and found some really great snacks. Low carb cheesecakes, macaroons, peanut butter cookies, brownies with walnuts. They certainly don't taste as good as the regular version but they'll fill a craving.

Typically you're swapping flour for almond flour and sugar for erythritol.

Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by BirAdam on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @09:21PM (#31761539)
One cup almond flour, one quarter cup erythritol, 3 tablespoons of butter, a tablespoon of cinnamon, half a tablespoon of vanilla, bake at 350 for 12 minutes, let cool for a half hour. Keto cookies.
Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by vladvasiliu on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @03:34PM (#31758224)
I used cookies to mean "generic sweets", as opposed to fruit. I don't particularly like "actual cookies".

I'm in France, so the only time I've seen beef jerky in my life was when some dude I used to know brought some from the US. Furthermore, I'm really not sure if we have anything similar over here.

Note, I said I wasn't doing keto (never have) so I don't specifically look for no-carb options. I just realize that those foods are more like "cravings", so they won't make me eat less during the regular meals. If I want to reduce my calorie intake, I need to cut somewhere. So I usually look into cutting the calories of the snacks. While I love almonds and other dried fruits (and their butter), they typically have a lot of calories. IIRC, pistachios have something like 600 kCals and I can easily eat way too many.

Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by lolc on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @04:28PM (#31759017)
Beef jerky is just a form of cured meat. You can also eat salami :-)
Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by bujak300 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @03:01PM (#31757734)
You can try baking your own cookies, biscuits and dry stuff like that. It's one of the really easy things to bake, they're durable, you can make them exactly to your preferences, add fiber etc. And if you want to geek out tuning the recipes and stuff, there is a lot of potential for that.
Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by vladvasiliu on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @03:26PM (#31758112)
I usually do either that, or eat fruit. But sometimes I haven't had the time to bake, the fruit at the local store doesn't look all that great, etc.
Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by flyinglizard on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:44PM (#31757431)
Try Quest Nutrition Chocolate Chip cookies. They are awesome (like most of the things Quest makes), and less than 1g of carb per unit.
Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by vladvasiliu on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @03:36PM (#31758257)
I'll try to find some, but I've never seen that brand around here (France).

I usually tend to buy protein bars from a sporting goods store, which have the benefit of making me feel full after one or two, and make me eat noticeably less at the following meal. But said store is quite out of my way, so I don't always have those on hand, and they do have a bit too much sugar for my taste.

Re:A mystery of the ketogenic diet: benevolent pseudo-diabet... by flyinglizard on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @04:50PM (#31759314)
iHerb ships those internationally.