Keto Zone Bacon Pickle Fries

Bacon pickle fries are just how they sound: pickles wrapped in bacon. These low-carb ingredients make for a great combo, especially when dipped in a keto sauce or topped with cheese.

Ingredients

12 organic dill pickle spears

12 slices organic, uncured bacon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Wrap each pickle spear in a slice of bacon and place seam-side down on a large baking sheet.
3. Bake for 20-25 minutes, turning each bacon pickle fry over at the halfway mark. Remove from oven when bacon is cooked through and crispy, then transfer to a serving plate.
4. Serve warm and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Servings: 6

Per Serving:

Calories: 134

Fat: 11 g

Total Carbohydrates: 6.5 g

Fiber: 3.2 g

Net Carbs: 3.3 g

Protein: 2.8 g

Recipe adapted from dinneratthezoo.com

5 Health Perks of Pickles

Fermented pickles have amazing benefits. However, most of the pickles you find in stores aren’t fermented. Instead, they use vinegar and spices to reach that classic pickled treat, but this doesn’t mean they don’t have benefits, too! With the help of the vinegar and cucumbers, there are quite a few advantages to consuming typical pickles.

1. Helps Blood Sugar Control

Studies show vinegar may help to regulate blood sugar and insulin after a meal, which means Type 2 diabetics can benefit from adding vinegar products, like pickles, into their diets. (5,6)

2. Treats Physical Conditions

Vinegar has been used medicinally for thousands of years because of its acetic acid and antimicrobial properties. It can help treat burns, infections, fungi, and warts. (7,8)

3. Lowers Cholesterol

In some reviews, the acetic acid in vinegar was also shown to reduce cholesterol and fat composition. (9) This in mind, those struggling with high cholesterol and obesity might benefit from including vinegar pickles in their meals. (10)

4. Eases Muscle Cramps

Pickle juice has proved to add relief to muscle cramps, and all it takes is 1/3 cup. It’s thought the vinegar directly impedes the pain-creating nerve signals, lessening the symptoms. (11,12)

5. Contains Antioxidants

While cooking can downgrade the antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables, pickling can preserve them. Thankfully, cucumbers have loads of antioxidants, and if you eat dill pickles specifically, you also get the many antioxidants found in the dill herb. (13)

Why Pickles are Great for Keto Zone

During the keto flu, your electrolytes are out of balance as your body secretes more water while phasing into ketosis. The high amount of sodium in pickles can help rebalance the minerals in your body, giving relief to those struggling with keto symptoms like headaches and fatigue. (You can also use Keto Zone Instant Ketones to rebalance electrolytes!) On top of that, one cup of pickles add up to only 2.1 grams of net carbs, making it a great addition to recipes like Quick and Easy Keto Zone Egg Salad or Spicy Keto Zone Chicken Salad. (14)

Which Pickles are Best & How Much to Eat

Overall, fermented pickles are the better way to go, because they have lots of probiotics to improve your gut health. You can either find them in stores or make them yourself. But vinegar-based pickles work well too, as long as they’re organic. Stick to including them in your meals, but don’t go out of your way to consume more than a few jars a week. Too much pickle juice can lead to bloating and high blood pressure from excess sodium. As always, everything in balance. Too much of anything can cause harm!

Bottom Line

The Keto Zone Bacon Pickle Fries recipe above offers a lot more than just a tasty addition to the menu. Pickles have loads of extra health pros, especially if you’re on Keto Zone looking to enjoy the fat-burning benefits of ketosis. So, stock up on healthy fries and enjoy!

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If the keto diet has been around for that long, what makes it so special? Let’s find out! Here are the top 7 benefits of adding Keto Zone products to your lifestyle.

1. Aids Weight Loss

Studies continue to show that the keto diet offers huge relief for those struggling with weight loss. (2) Because of its concentration on high-fat and low-carb foods, ketosis can take place, a metabolic state in which your body burns fat for fuel.

Sounds like a dream come true!

Along with its fat-burning properties, keto’s inclusion of high-fat foods makes you feel full for longer, decreasing your appetite and suppressing your urge to overindulge in calories– a win/win for anyone looking to shed some pounds. (3)

2. Curbs Cancer

Finding any sort of alleviation for cancer patients is huge, and believe it or not, keto has proven to make a positive impact.

Studies show that the ketogenic diet can curb colon tumor progression and cancer cachexia because of the diet’s metabolic changes to the body. (4)

Other evidence goes on to show that the implementation of keto alongside chemotherapy can suppress cancer’s inflammatory response and even alter its progression. (5, 6, 7)

3. Stimulates Mental Clarity

Who doesn’t love to save time? We all know how frustrating it is to spend 6 hours on a task that should only take you one.

And this is where keto comes in.

Recent findings show those who follow the keto regimen have improved motor skills, cognitive function, and even added relief to mental disorders like Alzheimer’s and dementia. (8) Other studies also prove mood stabilization properties that ease symptoms of bipolar disorder. (9)

4. Helps Type 2 Diabetics Quality of Life

Diabetics have to watch their carb intake to monitor glucose levels. But on the keto diet, your body doesn’t use glucose for energy; it uses fats. Studies suggest keto specifically improves Type 2 diabetics’ quality of life by alleviating inflammatory responses and aiding the glucose process. (10)

This means keto can not only lessen diabetic symptoms and overall use of insulin, but it can also improve glycemic control. (11, 12, 13)

For those with Type 2 diabetes, this can bring an extra sense of comfort to their lives, as it saves a headache of trouble, as well as extra money spent on insulin and other medical needs.

5. Improves Cholesterol

No one likes going to the doctor only to hear they have high cholesterol.

How can you improve it?

There is evidence that low-carb diets like keto improve cardiovascular risks by lowering bad cholesterol, LDL, and improving the good kind of cholesterol, HDL. (14, 15, 16)

It’s also worth noting that Keto Zone MCT Oil Powder improves cholesterol on its own, making it a two for one! (17)

6. Includes Anti-Inflammatory Properties

Studies show that the keto diet is profoundly anti-inflammatory.

BHB, one of the ketones produced during ketosis, is thought to block one of the main signals for inflammation. (19, 20) This means that a keto lifestyle can influence inflammatory diseases like eczema, arthritis, and psoriasis for the better.

Take my story for example, I used keto to ease my psoriasis, and the effects were life-changing.

7. Allows Your Favorite Foods

Keto challenges the “fat makes you fat” stigma. By incorporating foods high in healthy fat, it lets you enjoy the foods you love to eat while simultaneously losing weight.

Cheese, butter, heavy cream, peanut butter, meat, and oils are all allowed on your shopping list, pointing you away from other conventional low-fat diets.

To top it off, Keto Zone supplements, like the Cookies & Cream and French Vanilla Shakes, offer all of the health benefits without sacrificing the classically flavored treats you would miss.

Bottom Line

Keto offers more than just another diet to lose weight. From curbing cancer, helping diabetics, and improving cholesterol, to stimulating mental clarity and aiding inflammatory diseases, it’s definitely lived up to sticking around for 100 years.

What are some of the benefits you’ve experienced from keto? Comment below!

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