Organic foods, ranked for keto

Catalog matches

Always-on staples

• Organic avocado

  Produce · The potassium fruit. Half an avocado with salt is a protocol.

• Organic spinach

  Produce · A cheap meadow. Buy a lot. Cook some, eat some raw.

• Pasture eggs

  Dairy / eggs · Yolks are the liver supplement hiding in breakfast.

• Wild salmon

  Fish counter · The inflammation cooler. Frozen wild is fine.

• Sardines in olive oil

  Canned fish · The two-dollar superfood. Eat the bones.

• Extra-virgin olive oil

  Oils · The house fat. Look for a harvest date and a dark bottle.

• Grass-fed butter

  Dairy · K2-leaning fat for cooking eggs and vegetables.

• Unrefined sea salt

  Spices · Keto’s most underrated supplement. Grey or red, not bleached.

• Organic bone broth

  Soups / freezer · Fasting-window mug. Read the label — some cartons hide sugar.

• Organic pumpkin seeds

  Nuts · A handful, not a trough. Magnesium and zinc in a pocket.

• Organic broccoli

  Produce · Steam, roast, or smash. Always on the 70% plate.

• Organic olives

  Deli / jars · Salty fat bombs that are actually a food.

• Raw sauerkraut

  Fridge ferments · Probiotic food with salt. Skip the pasteurized shelf bottles.

• Raw apple cider vinegar

  Vinegars · Dilute a spoon in water before meals if it agrees with you.

• Nutritional yeast

  Health food · The cheesy flakes that carry B vitamins for keto-adaptation.

• Grass-fed beef

  Butcher · Palm-sized, not platter-sized. Zinc for hair and skin.

• Organic mushrooms

  Produce · Umami potassium. Sauté in butter until they actually brown.

• Avocado oil (high-heat)

  Oils · For the skillet when olive oil is too shy of heat.

• Organic bell peppers

  Produce · More vitamin C than citrus, without the sugar.

• Brazil nuts

  Nuts · Two, not twenty. Thyroid spark.

• Toasted nori

  International · A thyroid snack. Modest sheets, not iodine drops.

• Unsweetened cacao

  Baking · For mousse and a bitter spoon. Not a chocolate bar in disguise.

• Organic zucchini

  Produce · The pasta impersonator. Ribbon, roast, or spiral.

• Organic asparagus

  Produce · Roasts in twelve minutes. Pairs with every fish.

• Organic liver (occasional)

  Butcher · A few ounces, not a daily dare. Vision, liver export, B12.

• Oysters

  Fish counter · The zinc food. A tin of smoked oysters counts on a Tuesday.

• Organic cauliflower

  Produce · Mash, rice, roast. The starch impersonator.

• Fresh ginger

  Produce · For broth and a gut that complains after fat.

• Organic cabbage

  Produce · Cheap volume. The unsung keto vegetable.

• Organic chia seeds

  Health food · Soaked, not dry. Fiber without a cereal box.