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Interested in keto and want to know more? Read all about where keto originated and where chicken fits into the diet. Foster Farms strives to bring you resources to help you understand how to meet your dietary needs and goals.

 

What Is Keto?

Keto is defined as a "diet trend that cuts out carbohydrates and sugars to stop the blood sugar from spiking and have the body enter a state of ketosis, a process in which body burns fat for energy because it does not have enough carbohydrates to burn." – Merriam Webster

Is Chicken Keto?

Chicken is keto and can generally be consumed in as high of a quantity until comfortably full in a keto diet. Unlike other ingredients such as fruits, cheese, and other vegetables. The keto diet does not limit the amount of chicken consumed.

See our Foster Farms chicken products to find the perfect free range chicken products for you.

Where Did Keto Originate?

Keto derives from the term ketogenesis, a Greek based word dated in 1910-1915. Ketogenesis means “producing ketone bodies”. Originating in the 1920s, the Keto diet lost traction and regained a growing popularity in the 2000s.

 

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