Glossary of keto diet
Keto friendly vegetables[edit | edit source]
- Keto vegetables - low carb edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves, nonsweet fruits, leaves of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
- artichoke - a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart; Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
- asparagus - edible young shoots of the asparagus plant; plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- bean sprout - any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans
- bok choy - elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks; Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
- broccoli - branched green undeveloped flower heads; plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
- brussels sprout - plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
- cabbage - any of various types of cabbage; any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers; informal terms for money; verb make off with belongings of others
- cauliflower - compact head of white undeveloped flowers; a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
- celeriac - thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant; grown for its thickened edible aromatic root
- celery - stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning; widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
Artichoke
Asparagus
Cauliflower
- cucumber - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons; a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
- eggplant - egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow; hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
- garlic - aromatic bulb used as seasoning; bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves
- green bean - immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable; a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
- kale - coarse curly-leafed cabbage; a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head; informal terms for money
- kohlrabi - fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant; plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
- leek - related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves; plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum
- lettuce - leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa; any of various plants of the genus Lactuca; informal terms for money
- mushroom - fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi; a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb); any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium; common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool); verb grow and spread fast; pick or gather mushrooms
- onion - an aromatic flavorful bulb; bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb; edible bulb of an onion plant
- rutabaga - the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food; a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
- sauerkraut - shredded cabbage fermented in brine
- spaghetti squash - medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti; squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti
- spinach - dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads; southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
- yellow squash - squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck; any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks
- zucchini - small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green; marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
Keto friendly Fruits[edit | edit source]
Avocado
Black berries
Blue berries
- Avocado - adj. of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado; a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed; tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
- Raspberry - red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries; woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries; a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- Blueberry - sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants; any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
- Strawberry - a soft red birthmark; sweet fleshy red fruit; any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry
- Blackberry - large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus; bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle; verb pick or gather blackberries
- Kiwi fruit - fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
- Olive - adj. of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive; a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation; one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish; hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork; evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits; small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
- Rhubarb - plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous; long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
Keto friendly nuts[edit | edit source]
- Brazil nut - three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell; tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
- Flaxseed - the seed of flax used as a source of oil
- Hazelnut - nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus; any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
- Macadamia nut - nutlike seed with sweet and crisp white meat; small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts
- Pecan - smooth brown oval nut of south central United States; tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts; wood of a pecan tree
- Pumpkin seed - the edible seed of a pumpkin
- Sunflower seed - edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil
- Sesame seed - small oval seeds of the sesame plant
- Walnut - nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell; any of various trees of the genus Juglans; hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
Keto friendly Oils[edit | edit source]
Olives
Rasberries
- Coconut oil - oil from coconuts
- Mayonnaise - egg yolks and oil and vinegar
- Olive oil - oil from olives
- Safflower oil - oil from seeds of the safflower plant; oil from safflower seeds used as food as well as in medicines and paints
- Sesame oil - oil obtained from sesame seeds
- Walnut oil - oil from walnuts
Keto friendly cheeses[edit | edit source]
- Butter - an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use; a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head; verb spread butter on
- ghee - clarified butter used in Indian cookery
- Cheddar cheese - hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
- Cottage cheese - mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
- Cream - toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin; the part of milk containing the butterfat; the best people or things in a group; verb add cream to one's coffee, for example; put on cream, as on one's face or body; beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; make creamy by beating; remove from the surface
- Cream cheese - soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream
- Goat cheese - made from goats' milk
- Gouda - mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls
- Mozzarella - mild white Italian cheese
- Parmesan - hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated
- Swiss - adj. of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture; the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
Keto friendly fish[edit | edit source]
- Fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; the flesh of fish used as food; the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces; verb catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; seek indirectly
- Clams - informal terms for money
- Cod - adj. payable by the recipient on delivery; adv. collecting the charges upon delivery; major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters; lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached; the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves); verb harass with persistent criticism or carping; fool or hoax
- Crabmeat - the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- Flounder - any of various European and non-European marine flatfish; flesh of any of various American and European flatfish; verb behave awkwardly; have difficulties; walk with great difficulty
- Halibut - marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes; lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
- Herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific; valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- Lobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae; flesh of a lobster
- Mackerel - any of various fishes of the family Scombridae; flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
- Mussel - marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.; black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine
- Salmon - adj. of orange tinged with pink; any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn; flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae; a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho
- Sardine - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned; small fatty fish usually canned; small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring; a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
- Shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible; any of various edible decapod crustaceans; disparaging terms for small people; verb fish for shrimp
- Sole - adj. not divided or shared with others; being the only one; single and isolated from others; right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European; the underside of footwear or a golf club; the underside of the foot; lean flesh of any of several flatfish; verb put a new sole on
- Squid - widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins; (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
- Tuna - New Zealand eel; any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters; important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks; tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
- Trout - any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons; flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
Keto friendly meats[edit | edit source]
- Pork - meat from a domestic hog or pig; a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
- Beef - cattle that are reared for their meat; meat from an adult domestic bovine; informal terms for objecting; verb complain
- Lamb - young sheep; the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food; a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child); a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters); English essayist (1775-1834); verb give birth to a lamb
- Goat - any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns; the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn; a victim of ridicule or pranks
- Bison - any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
- Quail - small gallinaceous game birds; flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised; verb draw back, as with fear or pain
- Chicken - adj. easily frightened; a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl; a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops; the flesh of a chicken used for food; a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- Duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs; a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents; flesh of a duck (domestic or wild); (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman; verb to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; submerge or plunge suddenly; avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); dip into a liquid
- Moose - large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
- Elk - large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
- Venison - meat from a deer used as food
- Sausage - highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings; a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
- Hotdog - a frankfurter served hot on a bun; someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself; a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- Pat - adj. exactly suited to the occasion; having only superficial plausibility; adv. completely or perfectly; the sound made by a gentle blow; a light touch or stroke; verb hit lightly; pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- Bacon - back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried; English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626); English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
- Turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food; an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted; a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923; a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
- Jerky - adj. having or revealing stupidity; marked by abrupt transitions; not having a steady rhythm; meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
- Biltong - meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun
- Vegan - a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all
- Egg - animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds; oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food; one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; verb coat with beaten egg; throw eggs at
- egg white - the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
Keto friendly beverages[edit | edit source]
- Herbal tea - tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
- Iced tea - strong tea served over ice
- Soda water - effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide; a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
- Sparkling water - effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
- Coffee - a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans; a medium brown to dark-brown color; a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
Keto friendly alcoholic beverages[edit | edit source]
- Vodka - unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia
- Gin - a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points; strong liquor flavored with juniper berries; a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers; a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose; verb trap with a snare; separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
- Whiskey - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
- Rum - adj. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; liquor distilled from fermented molasses; a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
- Scotch - adj. avoiding waste; of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still; a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally); verb make a small cut or score into; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- Tequila - Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant
Keto friendly spices and herbs[edit | edit source]
- Cacao - tropical American tree producing cacao beans
- Gelatin - a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects; an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods; a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin
- Collagen - a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
Artificial sweeteners[edit | edit source]
- Stevia - any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia; any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America
- Vanilla extract - a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)
- dark chocolate - chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added
Keto diet abbreviations[edit | edit source]
- 16/8
- ACV
- AS
- Atkins OWL
- BF
- BG
- BHB
- BMI
- BMR
- BPC
- BP
- BS
- Bone broth
- Bullet Proof Coffee
- Carb
- CICO
- CKD
- CO
- coconut butter
- collagen
- Dirty keto
- egg fast
- electrolytes
- erythritol
- exogenous ketones
- EF
- Electrolytes
- FA
- FBG
- FODMAPs
- Fat bombs
- fathead dough
- Ghee
- Gluconeogenises
- Glycolysis
- HF
- HIIT
- HWC
- Herxheimer reaction
- HgA1c
- Himalayan pink salt
- IBS
- IF
- inulin
- intermittent fasting
- IIFYM
- IR
- IS
- KCKO
- keto baby
- Keto adapted
- Keto flu
- Keto rash
- Keto sub groups
- Keto'ers
- Keto
- Ketoacidosis
- Ketogenic diet
- Ketones
- Ketosis
- Kryptonite food
- LBM
- LCD
- LCHF/HFLC
- LCHF
- Lazy keto
- Locavore
- Low FODMAP diet
- MCT oil
- MFP
- MUFA
- Macronutrients
- Macros 75% Fat, 5% Carbs & 20% protein
- Micros
- NK
- NSV
- Net carbs
- OMAD
- OWL
- PCOS
- PISS
- PSMF
- PT
- PUFA
- Paleo diet
- Paleo
- PolyCystic ovary syndrome
- RDA
- SAD
- SA
- SF
- SKD
- Scraping
- stevia
- Swerve
- T2D
- TDEE
- telegen effluvium
- TKD
- TLDR
- Very Low Carb Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD)
- WOE (Way of eating)
- WOL
- whoosh
- YMMV
- Zero-carb diet
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