Meat, Fish and Poultry
You can eat most of meat, fish and poultry. Chicken, beef, pork, turkey, fish and seafood. List can be very long. Just stay away from anything breaded, battered or pickled.
Also some seafood like oysters and clams have significant amount of carbs. Processed meats like ham, bacon, sausage, hot dogs often have added sugars. Read labels carefully.
But good news most of meat, fish and poultry have almost zero carbs. Try to choose produce with most amount of fat. This way you have no problem to hit your daily fat intake and satisfy your hunger for longer.
Vegetables
Variety of vegetables you can eat on low carb diet quite big. Most of people eat more vegetables after they switch to low carb than ever before. But there are some rules.
Aim for dark and leafy vegetables, they are are high in nutrients and low in carbs. All types of lettuce, spinach, kale.
Other rule is choose the ones that grow above ground like cucumbers, broccoli and cauliflower. Try to avoid starchy vegetables all together like potatoes, peas, corn, beans, parsnip and legumes. Than sweeter taste of vegetable then higher amount of sugars and carbs. Although you still can have some of them in moderation. These include carrots, squash, onions and peppers.
Dairy
You gonna eat a lots of cheese, cream and butter when you start your low carb journey. Unless you are lactose intolerant. But never choose low fat products (they are full of carbs), go only for full fat. Usually more fat means less carbs.
You can eat most of cheese, cream cheese, heavy cream, butter. But be careful about milk, it has about 5 g carbs per 100 ml. Use alternatives instead like almond or soy milk. Some yogurts could be high in carbs too. Read labels carefully. But overall full fat dairy is a great source of calcium, potassium, vitamin D, protein and very good source of fat. That is very important for keeping you hunger under control.
Eggs
Eggs are very low in carb and full of nutrients and vitamins.
One contains only 77 calories per serving and five grams of healthy fat. It contains six grams of total protein. There are trace nutrients in eggs that you can’t get in high amounts in other foods. Eggs are perhaps the most perfect food you can eat because they contain the vitamins and minerals the body needs for good health. Even better than regular eggs are omega 3-enriched eggs, that are higher in vitamin E and vitamin A.
Nuts and Seeds
Nuts and seeds packed with vitamins, minerals and fats. They are rich source of minerals like potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, fluoride and selenium.
They contain very good levels of vitamin-E and B-complex groups of vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B-6, and folates. Nuts and seeds are great for snacking and cooking/baking. Chia and flax seeds are good sourse of fibre with very little carb count.
