How about eating fruits on keto?

People always ask if they’re allowed to have fruit on the keto plan.
The simple answer is that you don’t have to give up fruit completely…

Fruit is a natural part of a healthy diet and they offer many benefits. But since the keto diet does focus on low carb eating, what you have to do is make smart choices.

How? You have to find the fruits that are as low in carbs as possible. There seems to be some advice going around that if you want to stay in ketosis, you have to avoid all fruits, but that’s not the case.

Not all fruits are high carb. You can have tomatoes (yes, they’re a fruit!!). A small tomato only has around 3 grams of carbohydrates.

Lemons! Eating a lemon like oranges is not what we’re talking about here. Add it to drinks to give it a tangy, citrusy flavor, but without all the carbs.
Avocados are another fruit that you can safely have on the keto diet. In fact, it’s probably the signature “Keto Fruit”. An entire avocado only has 4 grams of carbs and boy does it fill you up! 

So you can either eat half or a fourth of an avocado and still not go over your net carb limit.

Berries are another fruit to eat when on the keto diet. Though they might seem high in carbs, they’re not. Just like with any fruit, though, you want to watch your portion size. You can have blackberries or raspberries for less than 2 net carbs for ¼ cup.

You can have strawberries, too – although the carb count comes in slightly higher at 2 net carbs per ¼ cup.

When consuming fruit, just remember that the keto diet isn’t so different from any other carb limiting diet.

You just want to aim for the foods that give you the lowest amount of carbs for the biggest health benefits.

Hope that helps and happy keto-ing!