Now that you know what food addiction is , let's talk about using a ketogenic diet to combat it. Could a Keto Diet Help with Food Addiction? In a word, yes! Food Addicts need to abstain from trigger foods and sugar. Trigger foods are more often than not, processed carbohydrates. What to do you eliminate on a keto diet? Sugar and processed carbohydrates. Is it easy? Not at first. Spend a week or so adjusting to new eating habits and it becomes second nature. You don't have to think about it. Set your macro goals, log everything you eat, and prepare snacks and/or meals in advance whenever possible to avoid making poor choices. But Does It Really Work? Again, yes! I wasn't even thinking about my addiction when I decided to try a keto plan. I lost weight right away and began discovering other benefits of this lifestyle. After about 2-3 weeks, I suddenly realized that I had almost completely lost the desire to overeat. I wasn't hungry and I wasn't thinking about