Depending on your diet type, while logging the food, you may notice the Keto (or Low-Carb) Grade, the assigned letter that describes if the chosen food fits your diet type. Particularly, each of these letters mean the following:
- A - Best foods
- C - Ok in moderation
- D - Limit.
The main difference between Keto and Low-Carb diets is carbohydrate intake.
Whereas both are focused on low-carb intake, the Low-Carb diet typically is less restrictive toward carbohydrate intake than the Keto diet. The person would eat more carbs on a Low-Carb diet than on a Keto diet. In addition to total carbs, both diets consider trans fat and saturated fat as negative factors. Dietary fiber, sugar alcohols, protein, and total fat, emphasizing unsaturated fats, positively impact both diets. Along with the mentioned nutrients, Keto and Low-Carb grades calculations take into account iron, cholesterol, calcium, potassium, vitamin C, and a few other minerals and vitamins. The impact of most of the used nutrients on the grade is more significant in the Keto- than in the Low-Carb-grade calculation.
The described above explains the score/grade/letter change of a particular food when the customer switches between a Keto and a Low-Carb diet. Whereas the same nutrients are used in calculations of both grades, the nutrient coefficients are different for each type. Thus, while choosing the same food with the same portion size, the client may notice that Keto Grade shows the letter different from what appears for this food while the Low-Carb diet tracking.