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Even if you\u2019re fuzzy on the finer points of what precisely the keto diet is, you\u2019ve likely heard the term more often within the past year.\u00a0According to the Mayo Clinic, the keto diet\u2019s high-fat, low-carbohydrate regimen means your body begins burning fat for energy, a state called ketosis. (All that fat plus a prohibition against many nutrient-rich vegetables and fruits, the Clinic notes, is \u201ca concern for long-term heart health.\u201d) A lack of studies on keto\u2019s long-term effects hasn\u2019t slowed the popularity of the diet, and \u201cketo-friendly\u201d foods are popping up everywhere from\u00a0the cereal aisle\u00a0to strip-mall pizza chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enter Blaze Pizza,\u00a0the second fastest-growing restaurant chain\u00a0in the country, which today launches its new keto pizza at its more than 300 locations nationwide. According to a press release, the crust has just six grams of carbs;\u00a0Blaze\u2019s website\u00a0lists its ingredients as cauliflower rice, mozzarella cheese, casein protein, flaxseed, eggs, whey protein, yeast, spices, and cultured brown rice. It\u2019s topped with spicy red sauce, mozzarella, ovalini mozzarella, bacon, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, and spinach. Blaze is also rolling out three other new pies, including a \u201cprotein pizza\u201d with the keto crust plus lots of meat; a vegetarian pizza; and a vegan pizza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We at\u00a0The Takeout<\/em>\u00a0are less interested in the keto pizza on face, and more interested in what Blaze\u2019s launch means about the diet\u2019s ongoing popularity. Companies as large as Blaze have done their research before launching new products\u2014they\u2019ve crunched the numbers, analyzed the trend data, and are banking on the keto trend continuing to deliver enough sales to offset the research and development that goes into new product launches. That keto pizza has reached a chain posted up in strip malls\u00a0across 41 states\u00a0indicates the high-fat, low-carb revolution has no doubt hit the mainstream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: thetakeout.com Even if you\u2019re fuzzy on the finer points of what precisely the keto diet is, you\u2019ve likely heard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1066,1070,1068,382,136,1067,1069],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss-gain","tag-america","tag-apparently","tag-available","tag-demand","tag-keto","tag-nationally","tag-pizza"],"yoast_head":"\n