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KenDBerryMD - Starting KETO (7 Low-Carb Veggies You Can Eat)

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Author: KenDBerryMD
Categories: health education
Tags: health, education
Views: 1 · Last viewed: 2026-10-13 08:13 UTC

Short Summary

Main recommendation: Eat low-carb vegetables on a ketogenic diet rather than living only on bacon, butter, and ribeye, and Dr. Berry names seven specific ones plus an olive bonus. He argues that vegetables provide vitamins, minerals, prebiotic fiber, and phytonutrients that support gut health. He also says salt, pepper, and spices do not break ketosis, so they can make vegetables more appealing.

Key Points

  • The seven low-carb vegetables named in the video are: 1) asparagus, 2) cabbage, 3) broccoli, 4) kale, 5) celery, 6) cucumbers, and 7) Brussels sprouts.
  • Several of these vegetables contain prebiotic fiber, which the speaker says feeds the bacteria in your gut.
  • Broccoli and Brussels sprouts are described as good sources of omega-3 fatty acids, and kale also has omega-3s.
  • Vegetables contain phytonutrients, which the speaker says are beneficial even though some may not yet be discovered.
  • Olives are presented as the bonus vegetable, valued for their healthy fats and as the source of olive oil.

Details Worth Noting

  • Concrete instructions: To make vegetables more palatable, chop them, heat bacon grease in a skillet, add good sea salt, pepper, and spices such as curry powder, then stir-fry with broccoli, kale, cabbage, or asparagus, with or without meat.
  • Concrete instructions: For Brussels sprouts, clean them, cut them in half, brown them flat side down in spiced bacon grease until well browned, then flip and stir-fry a bit more.
  • Concrete instructions: Cucumbers can be grown on a vine up a wall, including on a high-rise balcony facing south or west, and eaten raw.
  • Concrete instructions: If a person dislikes vegetables, the speaker suggests retraining their palate slowly by preparing vegetables well with spices, salt, and pepper, citing a study he recently read.
  • The speaker says you can eat as much cabbage as you like and suggests celery is so low in calories and high in fiber that it is almost a "negative calorie food," while acknowledging that term is not a real scientific concept.
  • The speaker states that salt, pepper, and spices do not break ketosis, and that you can use as much of them as you like.

Bottom Line

The video suggests a ketogenic diet can include plenty of low-carb vegetables, and that flavoring them well with bacon grease and spices can make them enjoyable.