If you’re new to Keto Zone or have been using it for a while, you know the lifestyle is effective and healthy. However, there are certain keto mistakes you can accidentally make if you’re not careful.
Oftentimes, people make mistakes as they get too busy to make their own foods, feel comfortable enough they stop double-checking their foods, or they simply don’t know better.
Now, with our simple guidance, you will.
Here are the Top 8 Keto Mistakes you might not know you’re making, and easy solutions!
Whether you’re following Keto Zone, Paleo, Mediterranean, or even a Vegan diet, you can easily make the mistake of eating ultra-processed foods.
Once a “diet” becomes trendy, food manufacturers from all over will begin to make “products” for this trendy diet, in order to make money.
Some products are great. Most products are not.
Some are slightly processed, and others are ultra-processed. Ultra-processed foods are simply those high in sugars, unhealthy, processed fats, junk “fake” ingredients, and more. They are strongly linked to poor health outcomes (1,2).
Just because a product claims it’s low-carb, doesn’t make it a healthy Keto Zone food.
In fact, with Keto Zone, we urge you to study all the ingredients in any commercial food and look beyond low-carb and high-fat.
For example, the low-carb portion should be naturally low-carb or made with healthy-low carb sweeteners (more below). The high-fat portion should come from healthy fats, and not low-quality, cheap, inflammatory fats, such as soybean oil or hydrogenated oils.
How can you avoid this mistake?
Solution:
We all need fiber. While we may not actually need quite as much as has been recommended in the past, our guts need fiber-based foods to feed our healthy bacteria (soluble fibers and prebiotics).
You must be proactive to avoid fiber keto mistakes to ensure you’re getting enough.
When you’ve eliminated many high-carbohydrate foods, such as grains, beans, most fruits, and legumes, you mind yourself low on fiber. However, as you replace low-quality starchy foods such as bread and pasta, with natural Keto Zone foods like inulin, nuts, nut flours, and vegetables, you’ll find your fiber intake increases in quantity and quality ( 3).
Solution:
To get more fiber, eat daily:
I wish we could get all the nutrients we need with foods alone. I do.
However, the diminishing quality of our soil, processed foods, use of pesticides and antibiotics, and our own digestion ailments can make it tough to consume, digest, and absorb everything we need.
High-quality supplements make up the differences in the nutrients we need, but don’t get in foods.
Solution:
Some important supplements on Keto Zone include:
The Keto Zone Diet is all about minimal carbs, and large amounts of fat. Unfortunately, people make many keto mistakes with fat intake.
Your body needs large amounts of healthy fats to provide the substrates for ketones and to keep your body healthy.
High-quality fats are needed, not optional.
A huge health-wrecking mistake is to minimize carbs and fats.
When you do this, you won’t get the health benefits of healthy fats, you will go too low in calories, which can affect metabolism, and will likely be overly-hungry.
Solution:
As you can see, fats are important.
One way to add fat is to use “fat bombs” as snacks.
Not all fats are created equal. Some are highly inflammatory, while some are healthy. Choose the latter.
Sure, you can eat a high-fat diet loaded with processed fats, trans-fats, and inflammatory fats. But, what good would this be?
Use the fats in your diet to promote health in addition to entering the Keto Zone.
Solution:
Avoid:
Eat:
When eating low-carb, you’ll find all sorts of foods and recipes with aspartame, saccharin, and sucralose. These are not the best ingredients for your health.
Why?
For one, they disrupt the healthy bacteria in the gut (4). Healthy gut bacteria is a cornerstone of overall health, and disruptions can induce hormone imbalances, digestive issues, inflammation, food intolerances, and more.
Additionally, aspartame and saccharin have had a sketchy history with cancer risk, and should be avoided.
Solution:
Find foods that use higher-quality, natural sugar substitutes. These include stevia, xylitol, and erythritol.
Intermittent fasting is a great, health-promoting tool on Keto Zone.
However, some people make the mistake of fasting too much; usually by combining different fasting styles.
If you use the 5:2 method, fast for 2 days per week, and then also use the 16:8 method, fasting 16 hours per day, and then add in 2 days that are restricted to 500 calories each (total), you’re likely going to be hungry.
Hunger itself is not always a problem, but too much can lead to binges, disrupted sleep, and more.
Solution:
If you find yourself so hungry that you’re having a hard time falling asleep or staying asleep, make sure you’re not combining fasting styles, and that you’re eating enough during your eating window (add more fats if needed).
If you find that the Internet is overflowing with “diet success stories” that seem too good to be true, remember that they probably are.
Now, Keto Zone usually delivers quicker and better results than any other diet.
However, it’s still a marathon, not a sprint.
Getting into and staying in ketosis, requires study, work, and commitment. While it’s simple, it’s not necessarily easy day in and day out.
Solution:
As long as you’re making progress, keep going! Everyone’s different, and everyone’s weight loss story is their own. Don’t compare, and stay positive.
Keto Zone is extremely effective and healthy. However, if it’s not followed as directed, mistakes can be made. Make sure to these Top 8 Keto Mistakes.