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Keto meals CAN be amazingly delicious, but at the same time extremely unhealthy.

Here in Mexico we have a large number of keto friendly recipes, but the amount of saturated fats in them guarantee a heart attack.

- carnitas - barbacoa - birria - queso fundido - taquiqueso

Among many others

I eat and enjoy quite a lot of Mexican food and all of it has way too much protein and carbs to put you in ketosis. We’re talking about getting 90% of all calories from fat here, I seriously doubt many if any Mexican recipes at all are that fatty.

I didn't consume whipping cream except when making sauces.

You could drink water instead.

Sure, but then the same fat has to be consumed in solid form instead.

When kids are put on the diet for epilepsy they make them chug cream and mayonnaise, not exactly my idea of a delicious meal: https://www.epilepsy.com/treatment/dietary-therapies/ketogen...?