Why the keto diet is to blame for rising avocado prices
High-fat foods increasing in price as diet trend grows
High-fat foods increasing in price as diet trend grows
High-fat foods increasing in price as diet trend grows
According to the Wall Street Journal, keto, is to blame for the rising costs of avocados, among other high-fat foods. The cost of other high-fat foods like butter, olive oil and salmon have all reportedly risen by as much as 60 percent in the last six years, while starches like corn, soybeans and wheat have either remained steady or fallen in price.
The dieting approach, which has thanks to its fast and effective weight loss results, calls for .
This makes avocados an ideal pick for meeting keto requirements because it has roughly 188 calories of monounsaturated — or healthy — fats, the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service reports.
It also makes sense that prices would, in turn, rise.