• 🥩 Any fresh/unprocessed meat and fish (Be careful with processed ones like crab sticks or pre-prepared burgers - they usually have carbs!)
• 🥓 Processed meats/fish like bacon, ham, smoked salmon, etc - limit these (They also often contain artificial ingredients which we are trying to avoid)
• 🥚 Eggs - there's no limit on these!
• 🥦 Fresh veggies/salad from the allowed veg list (Focus on those with 3g carbs per 100g or less)
• ❄️ Frozen veg - surprisingly good. Whole leaf spinach, cauliflower, and broccoli are great standbys.
• 🐟 Tinned fish like tuna (If you're buying sardines/pilchards/mackerel in sauces, check the carb count first)
• 🍅 Tinned tomatoes - great for soups/sauces; although they are quite carby, a little can go a long way.
• 🫒 Olive oil - perfect for salad dressings (Ideally, don't cook with this, use coconut oil instead)
• 🍚 Sesame oil - excellent for stir-fries and marinades
• 🥗 Vinegar - for salad dressings (Avoid balsamic vinegar, it's very high in carbs)
• 🍱 Soy sauce - for marinades or adding to stir fries, but beware it does contain carbs!
• 🍔 Mayonnaise - Check the labels as the carb counts vary tremendously (always full fat)
• 🧈 Butter - as much as you like for either cooking or putting on veg
• 🧀 Cheese/cream - in moderation; dairy can stall some people so go easy on this until you know if it affects you or not
• 🥛 Yoghurt - Always, always, always full fat though and always plain! (Vanilla extract in yoghurt is lovely!)
• 🫒 Olives - these are very low in carbs and make a useful snack as well as an addition to salads/sauces
• 💧 Water - Aim to drink at least two litres of water a day. If you find still water boring, sparkling water is fine.

The moral of this story - if it's packaged food or processed in any way - always check the label for the carb count.