Table 3.

Recommended and restricted food in ketogenic diet (adapted from Dashti et al. [27])

Recommended food in ketogenic diet
Proteins	Fish: tuna, sardine, prawns, shrimps, lobster
	Meat: kababs, sausages, minced
	Poultry: chicken, eggs
	Cheese: full-fat cheese
Vegetables/fruits	Spinach, watercress, eggplant, parsley, mulberry, coriander, mint, artichoke, okra, cabbage, mushroom, avocado, leek, carrot, radish, celery, cauliflower, green pepper, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, 10–15 olives/day, lemon, strawberry-6/day, avocado, berries-10/day
Oil	Olive oil (5 tablespoons) added to the salad, flax seed oil
Restricted food in ketogenic diet
Carbohydrates	Flour, potato, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, bread, rice, sugar, sweets, honey, cakes
Fruits/drinks	All fruit juices, all soft drinks