Thirsty while being on Keto Diet? It’s pretty much natural. The question here is What you can drink? You have to choose your keto drinks with extreme care as it could be harmful for you as well.
A Quick Tip: Water is the ultimate drink sparkling or simple it doesn’t matter. Water has no carbs and it’s the perfect drink to quench your thirst. You can add a little bit of salt to if you’re having headache or symptoms of Keto-flu.
Following are some points regarding, what you can drink while you’re on Keto Diet.
1. Size of the Drink Matters
Talking about sugary drinks, while being on Keto Diet it’s not a good idea to have soft drinks. But in this regard size of drinks matter for sure.
- Soda cans have at least 35 g of carbs.
- Liter bottle has 53 g of carbs.
- 1.5 Liter soda bottle has 159 g of carbs
The larger the size of drink the more will be the carbs and more damage it could cause to your diet. From the looks of it, soda can is a good option in this such conditions. But if you have diabetes or insulin resistance. You must want to quit sugary drinks at all costs to keep your blood glucose stable.
2. Diet Sodas are good or not?
It’s not a new term to hear, I guess? These drinks are now around for more than 40 years. Diet drinks contain low calories and carbs and have a huge market around the world these days. These drinks claim to have sugary taste but no sugar or any sweetener is added. Well it’s not that simple.
Loaded with artificial sweeteners likes aspartame, sucralose, acesulfame K and refined stevia, these drinks are not suitable for health and weight loss. Affecting your keto diet, it could also aspire your inner cravings for sugar.
The Bottom Line
The problem with the diet is to maintain cravings for sweetness. It’s the most undeniable hindrance in keto progress. Drinking diet soda is no less than drinking the real one. But one thing is clear that if you can cut off both from your diet that your health and waistline both will be thanking you in near future.
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