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Hey guys, I'm going to answer a question. Can I eat these vegetables on a ketogenic diet?

Well, let's go ahead and talk about this because there's a lot of confusion. So we're going to talk about

like the beets, the carrots, the peas, the tomatoes, and I'm going to throw in potato corn,

artichoke too, because they're kind of fall in that category. So if we look at beets, beets are

really high in potassium. I'm talking like 442 milligrams per cup. So all of these are based on

one cup and then the carbs are 13 grams and the sugar is 9 grams. So between the carbs and the

sugar, the sugar is the most important thing to look at because you want to keep the sugar

down really, really, really low. So if something has a higher carbohydrate, it might break down the

sugar very, very slow if the fiber is high versus high sugar. It breaks down into sugar really,

really fast. Regardless of how much fiber, the fiber does buffer it. So the beet has about

9 grams of sugar. It's pretty high. Pro team is 2.2, but look at this fiber is 3.8. So it has a

good amount of fiber, which will tend to buffer that. So the question is should you eat beets?

If you're trying to get in ketosis, probably not a good idea. However, if you're happy with your

weight, like myself, go ahead and start eating the beets because they have a lot of good benefits

for the liver, for nutrition, good for detox, the gall bladder, that type of thing. So

generally though, if you're trying to get a ketosis, probably not a good idea to eat beets.

Okay, the carrot, 195 milligrams of potassium. Again, potassium is necessary to help lower insulin.

So we want that very high. Look at this. Six grams of carbs. That's pretty low compared to a beet.

It's like half. Sugars are 2.9 grams. So that is very, very low compared to a beet.

Pro team, not a lot of protein, half the fiber. So I would say carrots would be okay to consume

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