Strawberry and Avocado Keto Smoothie – A Keto Recipe
What is the Keto Diet?
The ketogenic diet may seem like it is only gaining popularity in the last years, but it has actually been around for a while. According to its history, as early as the 1920s and 1930s, people were already adhering to the principles of the keto diet. It was mostly used as a dietary therapy for those who were suffering from epilepsy.
With the development of drugs for anti convulsion, the keto diet became less popular.
Nowadays, it has become popular as a way to lose weight.
The thing with the keto diet is that it is a low-carb high fat diet. For your daily meal, only 5% should be composed of carbohydrates. And this should come from non-starchy vegetables and should not include grains, beans, and even fruits.
Then, 20% of your diet must be from calories that come from meat, eggs, and cheese while the rest or 75% of your diet has to come from fats. These are healthy fats like avocado, butter, cream, and coconut oil.
Pros and Cons of the Keto Diet
One of the most obvious effects of the keto diet is weight loss. By cutting carbohydrates and consuming healthy fats, the body is able to burn fats. The process of breaking down fats is called ketosis and it will take about three weeks of deleting carbohydrates from your diet in order to achieve this state.
Another benefit of this is that people will not become hungry right away. The foods that you will eat takes longer to digest, helping curb your appetite. Plus, people with this diet will feel good knowing that they can still a lot of variety of food.
You will not be prohibited from eating foods like red meat, cheese, butter, and fatty fish.
But while there are many benefits to this diet, there are also some downsides to it. Since you will be limited in the fruits you can eat, you may not be able to get the proper nutrients that your body needs. This is the reason why some people experience what is called the “keto flu”.
Eating many fats may also pose some risk for people that have underlying heart conditions.
What are the foods I can eat with the Keto Diet?
If you are looking into trying the keto diet, don’t be intimidated by the fact that many people say it is very restrictive. There are still many foods that you can eat. You can have seafood, cheese, butter, red meat and poultry, and of course eggs.
As for vegetables, you need to steer away from starchy vegetables like potatoes and carrots. Instead, choose leafy greens like spinach and the like. If you are craving for something a little heavier, you can use cauliflower as a replacement for your potato or even for rice. If you are craving pasta, why not try zoodles, which is made of zucchini and spaghetti squash?
There are not many fruits that can be consumed when doing the keto diet, but the two that you can be sure of are strawberries and avocados.
These two are not only delicious, but they are also very healthy. A serving of strawberry contains very little carbs and sugar, the same is true for avocados. The latter is also high in vitamins and minerals such as potassium and can even help with cholesterol levels.
Here’s a recipe that will combine these two that are perfect for those in the keto diet. ( you might also like my banana and pineapple smoothie recipe)
Strawberry and Avocado Smoothie – A Keto recipe
This strawberry and avocado smoothie recipe is so easy to make and will only require four ingredients and a blender! Just get about. a pound of frozen strawberries and one avocado. Next, you will need some liquid.
Because this is a keto recipe, you cannot just use any milk you’d like. Make sure to get almond milk. Last but not the least, you will need a sweetener. You can choose keto-friendly ones like erythritol or monk fruit.
Just blend them all together and you will have an amazing keto smoothie recipe that the whole family can enjoy. You can have this for breakfast for days when you are pressed for time as this recipe only needs less than 5 minutes to be done.
Also, you can try this delicious Strawberry Banana Smoothie. It is refreshing, and the perfect drink to enjoy during any season!
Keto Strawberry Cheesecake Fat Bombs
Here’s another recipe that you can try. You might think that something as decadent as this cannot actually be part of any diet, but these keto strawberry cheesecake fat bombs are absolutely keto-friendly.
You can have them as a post-workout dessert or just whenever you are craving for something sweet. They will surely satisfy anyone with a sweet tooth.
The recipe does not require baking. All you will need to do is stir the ingredients such as cream cheese, butter, and your chosen sweetener. You then need to chop some strawberries and fold them into the mixture. After chilling, you can form balls and then roll them to some chocolate shavings before chilling then overnight.
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