It's true that the keto diet is very low-carb and your body needs to eat under a certain carbohydrate threshold to enter ketosis, the fat-burning mode in which your body burns through fat instead of glucose for fuel. But keto isn't a zero-carb diet.
"Carbohydrates are naturally found in vegetables — even nonstarchy ones — nuts, berry fruits, and other foods that are allowable," Dr. McCarter told POPSUGAR. "Everyone has a different carbohydrate threshold for ketosis, though less than 50 grams of total carbohydrates per day is a good place to start." You can test to see if your body is in ketosis with strips that you pee on or a finger-prick blood test.
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