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How To Stay Keto Approved and Enjoy Movie Snacks
Jan 08, 2020
There is a common misconception that adopting the keto diet means giving up your favorite activities that involve junk foods. Let's debunk that myth right now. You can have your cake and eat it too! Enjoy your favorite activities without depriving yourself of delicious foods. One of the most common myths is that you cannot enjoy your favorite movie snacks when enjoying an outing to your local movie theater. While it is true that you will not be able to enjoy the same sugary snacks as you once did, you can still watch the newest movies while enjoying what only feels like sinful snacks. This is your ultimate guide to enjoying keto-friendly snacks at the movies!
Basics of the Keto Diet
The ketogenic diet is more of a lifestyle
that calls for consuming low carbs (5%), a moderate amount of protein (20%), and a large amount of healthy fats (75%). Limiting the carbohydrates consumed puts your body into ketosis. This is a metabolic state in which your body is more efficient at burning fat and utilizes ketones (fat-derived) as the primary source of energy as opposed to glucose (carbohydrate-derived).
The keto diet has the ability to help individuals lose weight and maintain a healthy weight. This type of lifestyle can also help people manage their diabetes by stabilizing insulin and blood sugar levels.
One of the most important things to understand about the keto diet is that unlike traditional diets, where you can have a cheat day once a week or so and then hop back on your diet without any negative effects, you cannot without the keto diet. If you cheat while on the keto, it will throw your body out of ketosis and you will have to put your body back in the metabolic state of ketosis. For those who are contemplating the keto diet, there can be a concern that the diet is too restrictive and that they can't enjoy some of their favorite activities.
This is not at all true. With a little planning, you can still enjoy all of your favorite activities, including enjoying keto-friendly snacks while at the movies.
Why Keto Dieters Need to Steer Clear of Movie Concessions
When you think of snacks at the movies, you probably think of the endless amounts of candies, soft pretzels, chips, ice cream, nachos, pizza, popcorn, sodas, etc. The list goes on and on. Some movie theaters even offer alcoholic beverages. These sugary, carb-loaded snacks are a keto dieters nightmare and should be avoided at all costs. Each of these snacks offers very little nutritional value, being high in carbs, low in protein, and low in healthy fat.
The good news is that just because you can't partake in traditional movie snacks, doesn't mean you can't enjoy movie snacks while watching the big screen. Plan ahead and take delicious keto-friendly snacks with you to the movies. As a bonus avoid spending an arm and a leg on junk food!
Tasty Keto-Friendly Movie Snacks Any Movie Goer Will Love
If you're in search of delicious keto-friendly snacks to take to your next outing at the movies, these keto snacks are sure to do the trick!
- Roasted nuts - Nuts are low in carbs and high in healthy fats, making them the perfect keto food and a great snack. You can either roast your own or purchase cans ready to go from the store. Be sure to read the label to ensure there aren't any added sugars that could derail your keto diet. Seeds - flax-seed, pecans, and macadamia are all great keto-friendly options.
- Pistachios & Almonds - Pistachios are extremely tasty, healthy, and best of all keto-approved.
- Cheese - Cheese is a great snack to take to the movies. Snack cheeses, such as string cheese are the easiest to carry around. You might also mix it up and combine nuts and cheese together.
- keto-cookies - This delicious snack is high in healthy fats, offers adequate protein while most importantly being low in carbohydrates.
- Veggie sticks with nut butter - Make your favorite veggie sticks and choose your favorite nut butter as a fun dipping sauce.
- Chips - There are plenty of keto-friendly chips such as zucchini chips that can give you the highly sought-after crunch that will make you feel like you are indulging in junk food while staying on your keto diet.
- Keto bombs - Keto bombs are the keto-dieters version of a dessert. They are delicious single-bite snacks that are high in fat and protein while being low in carbs. Peanut butter and cheesecake bombs are just a couple of the delicious flavors available to the keto dieters.
- Keto bars - This delicious snack is a combination of high-fat nuts, granola, nut butter, and even delicious flavors like peanut butter, coconut, and chocolate.
- Beef jerky - Beef jerky is a great option. Make sure to choose options that do not have added sugars.
- Olives - Believe it or not olives are high in fat and great for those on the keto diet.
- Crackers - Keto-approved crackers are great as a plain snack at the movies or combined with nut butter.
- Yogurt - As long as you have a way to keep the yogurt cool until your movie, keto-yogurt is a great treat at the movies.
- Pork rinds - If you are a die-hard lover of popcorn and a movie, pork rinds are a great alternative that is low in carbohydrates.
- Eggs - Eggs aren't a traditional movie snack, but a boiled egg or two at the movies makes for a delicious treat.
If you love to cook, you can easily make any of these keto movie snacks yourself. If you find yourself in a time crunch and do not have the time to make your own keto-snacks, there are plenty of pre-packaged keto-friendly snacks that you can purchase and keep on hand for movie outings.
Join the Keto Community to Get the Most of Your Keto Lifestyle
It is true that everything is easier with the support of others. This is why the Casual Keto Doctor
offers a place for keto dieters just like yourself to talk with others, share personal stories, get advice, and learn useful tips. Check out the doctor's podcast and Instagram for more conversations, tips and personal stories!
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