As of September 19, 2021, we have 1 position available. It is in-person at our Draper, Utah location. And yes: there is an employee discount =)
On an unrelated note: some of the stock photos for “hiring” and “job” are exceptionally odd.
Update: This position has been filled.
The concept of a “Protein Sparing Modified Fast” or PSMF can sound a bit complicated at first, but it can be a fantastic way to break through a stall and cut body fat. PSMF isn’t for everyone and, depending on how you implement it, isn’t typically used for extended periods of time. You’re doing a sort of “fast” that’s designed to keep muscle protein intact (or “spare” it) while still letting your body consume stored fat for energy. The PSMF subreddit sums it up as:
PSMF is a ketogenic diet designed to jump-start a weight loss program (either for rapid fat loss for a body builder or those with some weight to lose) or break a stall. It is a modified fast and as such is not a lifestyle. The idea is basically to only eat to prevent lean muscle loss (protein).
With a typical Ketogenic diet you will be getting 20-50g of carbohydrates as an upper limit, with anywhere from 90-160g of protein (depending on goals, activity, and other factors), with fat as a variable that can come from the food you consume or from your body’s fat storage. For the rest of this article, I’m going to be using numbers from Maria Emmerich’s Macro Calculator. I’m setting the calculator to give numbers for a 220 lb, 40-year-old female with 35% body fat that we will call “Jane”; YOUR numbers will be different so please make sure you pull up the page and enter in YOUR measurements. The Calculator says that if Jane wants to lose weight quickly, she should use 2 different calorie/fat/protein/carb combinations (click to embiggen!):
If Jane had selected regular “Fat Loss” instead of PSMF, it would have told her to do 1659 calories with 118g of fat, 130g protein, and 20 total carbs. There are a few important points that I would like to cover here:
How you can use Keto Chow for PSMFOK, we’ve covered some of what PSMF is and how to do it. How can you use Keto Chow as a tool to help you be successful with PSMF? First things first: we need to address the TOTAL carbs situation.
Most flavors of Keto Chow contain around 7.6g of total carbohydrates. If you wanted to use 3 meals of Keto Chow on your PSMF days, that would be 22.8g of total carbs before you even add any other food and 22.8 is more than 10! Here’s the thing about the total carbs in Keto Chow: 5.71g of that is acacia and xanthan gum fiber (mostly acacia). Acacia gum is some REALLY cool stuff, especially for a keto diet. There’s a long explanation of the benefits of acacia gum on keto on this page, but the short version is: your body can’t digest acacia gum, but your gut bacteria DOES and it turns the former carbohydrate into short-chain fats. Carbs in -> turned into fats = happy gut biome with energy for your intestinal cells. All of this is why I, personally, do not count acacia gum (or xanthan gum) towards my total carbohydrate limit. With that acacia and xanthan gum quantity removed, the result is 1.8g of fiber and lactose carbohydrates – let’s call it 2g just for fun. 6g of carbs from 3 meals of Keto Chow still leaves me with 4g and that’ll be taken up by the incidental carbs in mostly meat that I’m eating to cover the rest of my protein goal after 3x Keto Chow meals made with 10g of butter each.
Enough about me, let’s go back to Jane and her goals! Jane needs to get 159g of protein, under 30g of fat. For Jane, that means 78.6g of protein from 3 meals of Keto Chow (or 52.4g if she uses 2 meals of Keto Chow – the number of meals of Keto Chow is entirely up to you!). Jane will be 80g of protein short doing 3x Keto Chow, but she knows that she got a full 100% of her vitamins and minerals because of the Keto Chow. How can Jane get that additional 80g?
We love Cron-o-Meter around here! More info here about using Cron-o-meter to track your net carbs. The key difference between Cron-o-Meter and most other tracking programs like MyFitnessPal and Carb Manager is the Cron-o-Meter uses a curated database. That means every entry you find has been verified to be correct. I switched from MyFitnessPal after I tried entering butter into my tracking and there were 7 different entries that were wrong, one even said “butter (net carbs)” butter has 0.01g of total carbs per tablespoon, it doesn’t need a “net carbs” entry! Anyhow, the intricacies of Cron-o-Meter are beyond this particular blog post, but Jane took the numbers from Maria’s calculator and put them into Cron-o-Meter as custom targets:
Jane goes ahead and enters the food she’s planning to eat that day. In this case, it’s 3 different flavors of Keto Chow, along with the 10g of butter that she’s having in each meal to make sure that she will be able to absorb the fat-soluble vitamins in the meals:
Wait a minute: the fat is a little high when she uses 10g of butter in each shake! 10g of butter has 8.1g of fat and each of the skinless chicken breasts also 6.1g of fat. Let’s change the amount of butter in each Keto Chow to 7g. That will make for 21g of butter in total. Jane still wants to get around 10g of fat per meal so she can either have a chicken breast as part of 2 meals, or actually split up the 2 pieces of meat into 3 portions and have 2/3 of a breast with each meal. Check out Jane’s targets NOW!
That looks REALLY good. Jane is half a gram over on fat and 3g over on protein, but both are exceptionally close to her targets. For her non-PSMF days, Jane could take the approach of maybe doing 2 Keto Chow and having some beef for her 3rd meal. In fact: Jane decides to go to have 2 of the same 7g of butter Keto Chow shakes she had the previous day and then she’s going to go to Texas Roadhouse and get a 12oz Prime Rib along with a side salad.
Honestly, that’s phenomenal. Jane has a good plan in place! Additional PSMF Resources:
We love a good, homemade, completely-from-scratch meal as much as anyone…but let’s be honest. Sometimes that’s just not in the cards. With work, travel, and general modern life (hello, ever-growing work hours), sometimes a quick stop for takeout or fast food is all we can manage.
When a quick stop at a place like McDonald’s, Wendy’s, or KFC is what you need, it might seem impossible to stay keto. Lucky for you, we’ve done the legwork in pulling together a list of 9 keto-friendly fast food options. Anytime you find yourself in a pinch, you can rest easy, knowing you’ve got some meal solutions even when you’re out and about.
We hope these selections from some of the top fast food chains make it easier to stay in ketosis when you’re out and about and need a grab-and-go meal from the nearest restaurant. But what about if you’re at a restaurant that’s not on the list? Here are a few general hacks for when you’re eating out and need a bit of help staying keto.
One thing we love to do with Keto Chow is making ice cream, it’s extremely satisfying to make an entire meal into a delightful frozen, soft-serve treat. There are a LOT of different ice cream makers on the market, which makes picking one a bit difficult and so we frequently get asked “what ice cream makers should I buy?” After getting that same question 3 times in one day a few weeks ago, we decided to try out several Ice Cream makers and see how well they work to make Keto Chow ice cream.
One of the unique challenges with Keto Chow is that compared to traditional ice cream, there is a LOT of water in it and that water tends to form rather large ice crystals. Quality ice cream is marked by small, even ice crystals. Keto Chow also makes a great soft-serve style ice cream but turns into a solid block if you try to put it into the freezer to harden as you would a typical ice cream mix.
There are three main styles of ice cream maker:
We didn’t test out any of the “old-time” units, those are better for large batches and really don’t work well for Keto Chow. We tested 5 “freezer bowl,” and 2 “compressor” style units. So let’s meet our contenders!
Starting with the smallest, and least expensive, we have the DASH “My Pint” 0.4 quart. This thing is extremely tiny and only holds ⅓ of a serving of Keto Chow. It is cheap at $20 on Amazon and relatively easy to find at stores like Target
Next, we have the Americana Maxi-Matic EIM-520 1 quart. It’s still quite small but was able to hold an entire serving of Keto Chow with no overflow. I bought this one for $33 on Amazon The red one is 1.5 quarts and likely is the same as the next ice cream maker, or at least exceptionally similar.
The next ice cream maker is also by DASH, the DIC001AQ 1 quart. Easily holds a full serving of Keto Chow with ample expansion room. This one’s a bit tricky to find though. I got it on Amazon for $67 but it’s currently only available from 3rd party sellers for $171! Interestingly, the exact same lid and mixer design are also available from VPCOK for $56 leading me to think that it’s the same product with different branding – the VPOCK claims to be 1.5 quarts which actually sounds more accurate than the 1-quart figure.
Next, we have the Cuisinart 1.5 Quart Frozen Yogurt ICE-21P1 which comes in a stink-load of different colors for $70. This is one of the preferred ice cream makers by Carrie Brown, Keto Ice Cream guru extraordinaire and proved to be one of our favorites, as you’ll soon see.
The final “freezer bowl” maker is the Cuisinart ICE-30BC 2-Quart – this one is supposed to be $120 but for whatever reason is the same $70 as the previous Cuisinart despite having a larger capacity and being much cooler looking.
Now we have the first Compressor style, the Whynter ICM-15LS 1.6 quart is far more expensive than the previous models at $220 but the bowl does not need to be pre-frozen for 12-24 hours. You can actually make multiple batches, one right after the other. Strangely, extra bowls are still quite pricey at $30. The 1.6 quart bowl is just the right size for a full serving of Keto Chow.
For a baseline comparison, we also ran a batch in the Cuisinart Cuisinart ICE-100 1.5 quart that Miriam bought for Father’s Day several years ago. At $300, it’s REALLY expensive compared to many of the freezer bowl makers, but it makes REALLY good ice cream.
We could have also tested the Whynter ICM-200LS 2 Quart that we have at the Keto Chow office, but it makes essentially the exact same results as the Cuisinart one. This model is currently $290 but we got it on a prime-day special in 2019 for $260. This ice cream maker gets a lot of use and we have 3 bowls and 2 paddles.
Hey, it’s been 6 months since we last looked at the popularity of the different Keto Chow flavors – that means it’s time for an update! Based on feedback, we’re leading with a “treemap” graph above that shows the relative popularity of the different flavors. It’s really no surprise that Chocolate and Chocolate Peanut Butter continue to lead the pack. What IS interesting is that the main movers here were the Lemon Meringue and Pistachio – two new flavors that jumped rather quickly into remarkable popularity. I’d have to say, they are both KEEPERS! (you may have noticed that both were added to the subscription page a short time ago). Here are the relative popularity comparing the November 2020 and May 2021 figures:
Here is the popularity data in tabular format:
| 1 | Chocolate | 16.10% |
| 2 | Peanut Butter | 11.10% |
| 3 | Toffee | 7.20% |
| 4 | Caramel | 7.00% |
| 5 | Snickerdoodle | 6.20% |
| 6 | Vanilla | 5.40% |
| 7 | Lemon | 5.30% |
| 8 | Raspberry | 5.10% |
| 9 | Mint | 4.30% |
| 10 | Mocha | 3.90% |
| 11 | Strawberry | 3.90% |
| 12 | Banana | 3.80% |
| 13 | Cookies | 3.80% |
| 14 | Pistachio | 3.20% |
| 15 | Pumpkin | 3.00% |
| 16 | Orange | 2.70% |
| 17 | Nat. Straw | 2.10% |
| 18 | Rootbeer | 1.90% |
| 19 | Chicken | 1.70% |
| 20 | Eggnog | 1.50% |
| 21 | Tomato | 0.80% |
| 22 | Taco | 0.50% |
| 23 | Beef | 0.40% |
| Flavor | Nov | May | Change |
| Chocolate | 17.10% | 16.10% | -1.00% |
| Peanut Butter | 10.00% | 11.10% | 1.10% |
| Toffee | 7.20% | 7.20% | 0.00% |
| Caramel | 7.60% | 7.00% | -0.60% |
| Snickerdoodle | 6.50% | 6.20% | -0.30% |
| Vanilla | 6.40% | 5.40% | -1.00% |
| Lemon | 0.00% | 5.30% | 5.30% |
| Raspberry | 5.10% | 5.10% | 0.00% |
| Mint | 4.40% | 4.30% | -0.10% |
| Mocha | 4.20% | 3.90% | -0.30% |
| Strawberry | 4.30% | 3.90% | -0.40% |
| Banana | 4.50% | 3.80% | -0.70% |
| Cookies | 4.30% | 3.80% | -0.50% |
| Pistachio | 0.00% | 3.20% | 3.20% |
| Pumpkin | 3.70% | 3.00% | -0.70% |
| Orange | 3.60% | 2.70% | -0.90% |
| Nat. Straw | 2.60% | 2.10% | -0.50% |
| Rootbeer | 2.90% | 1.90% | -1.00% |
| Chicken | 1.60% | 1.70% | 0.10% |
| Eggnog | 2.40% | 1.50% | -0.90% |
| Tomato | 0.70% | 0.80% | 0.10% |
| Taco | 0.50% | 0.50% | 0.00% |
| Beef | 0.30% | 0.40% | 0.10% |
| 1 | Chocolate | 7.80% |
| 2 | Raspberry | 7.60% |
| 3 | Peanut Butter | 7.20% |
| 4 | Toffee | 7.10% |
| 5 | Cookies* | 7.10% |
| 6 | Orange* | 6.80% |
| 7 | Banana* | 6.40% |
| 8 | Caramel | 5.90% |
| 9 | Eggnog | 5.20% |
| 10 | Pumpkin | 5.20% |
| 11 | Mint | 5.00% |
| 12 | Snickerdoodle | 4.90% |
| 13 | Vanilla* | 4.70% |
| 14 | Rootbeer | 4.10% |
| 15 | Strawberry | 3.90% |
| 16 | Mocha | 3.50% |
| 17 | Nat. Straw | 2.40% |
| 18 | Chicken | 2.10% |
| 19 | Tomato | 1.40% |
| 20 | Taco | 1.20% |
| 21 | Beef | 0.60% |
Miriam and several of the other people here at Keto Chow decided that they wanted to do a 90-Day Keto Chow Challenge starting today and ending July 4. Unfortunately, we were not around to let the public know about it ahead of time in the event they wanted to join in as well.
So, happy late notice =)
Here’s what we’re doing:
If you are joining us, the very best of luck to you! Now let’s do this!
Our new Chow Club – Monthly Meal Box takes the work out of staying keto with automatic shipments that will keep your keto corner stocked! When you join, you will receive a curated collection of Keto Chow meals, delivered at the beginning of each month WITH FREE SHIPPING (within the 48 contiguous United States) PLUS special surprises like early access to new flavors and exclusive swag!
To become a member of the Chow Club, please note there is a cut off for new members on the 15th of each month so we can ship the boxes in time to arrive by the 1st of the month. (For example, if you create a subscription on May 15, you’ll get the June box; if you create a subscription on May 16, you will receive your first box in July.)
Note that the 60 Meal Box contains the same percentage savings as the 30 Meal Box, plus an additional $10 off.
Please also note that you cannot use any other discounts, rewards points, coupons, etc. with the subscriptions. You can earn rewards points with the Chow Club, however.
Due to changes related to Brexit with customs and VAT, we simply do not have the ability to devote what amounts to a full-time position JUST for managing the pre-payment of VAT for orders going to the UK, in addition to the added customs and other regulatory overhead involved. It’s really unfortunate, but we will be turning off shipping to the United Kingdom on December 28, 2020.
We’ve really liked being able to ship to anyone worldwide (despite the insane costs to ship to some locations) but the regulatory overhead and high potential for orders to never arrive at their destination mean this is a decision we really have no choice to take. I suspect that in the coming months, our friends in the UK will find shipping forwarding services that will enable them to get around the Brexit regulations with VAT and all.
If all of this is confusing, or you’re unaware; since the UK voted to leave the European Union, on Jan 1, 2021, a lot of things are changing. Goods imported from Europe and other locations will be subject to new taxes. Most notably: any parcel with a value including the shipping over ￡135 is required to have the Value Added Tax pre-paid by the shipper meaning that for any order going to the UK, Keto Chow would need to calculate, collect, and remit the VAT before the package ships. This is a lot more work than we have workers available to perform for the number of orders we ship per year to the UK.
On Dec 1, 2020 Chris was interviewed by Charles Mattocks on his “Reversed TV Network” Podcast. Charles is currently in the midst of creating a second season of the Reality TV program Reversed. This new season will highlight using a ketogenic diet and lifestyle to manage Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and will feature some amazing experts on the show including Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Jason Fung, and Maria Emmerich.
So what does Keto Chow have to do with this? We’re one of the sponsors for the second season and will be participating in the show.
More details about Reversed Season 2:
Following the overwhelming success of season one of Reversed, Charles and the producers are working on creating another amazing season that will take a new set of guests, both type1 and type 2 diabetics, to another exciting location!
The new season will come with more exciting twists and turns as we will introduce a ketogenic diet along with intermittent fasting. The guests will be put in situations where they will be pushed to make the changes to live a better overall quality of life.
The results of the guests from season 1 have been truly amazing and they have maintained their changes and have become advocates for diabetes and better health. Some guests and experts from season one will be brought back to be house mentors and experts.
You can find out more about Carles and the Reversed show at https://www.reversedyourhealth.com/
Hey, it’s been 6 months since the last time we looked at what flavors of Keto Chow are most popular. We are looking at data on how many are sold a month, using data from the last 12 months (or since they were introduced). We also have data for the 21 meal bulk bags and the samples, surprisingly, the leaderboard differs somewhat between the sizes. You will notice two omissions: the Pistachio and Lemon Meringue; both of those are too new to have reliable data, expect them on the next update.
You’ll notice (as we do) that some of the flavors, especially ones that are more “seasonal” don’t sell as well as others. Back in May, we announced that going forward, we planned to move some of these into seasonal availability once the current inventory of the large bulk bags ran out. Root Beer Float and Orange Cream are available in summertime. Eggnog and Pumpkin Spice Caramel will be restocked in the fall. The Savory Flavors (which are meant to be made hot) will also be restocked in the fall to be available for the cold months of the year. If you’re like me (Chris) and are a bit of a Root Beer fiend and an Eggnog aficionado, be sure to stock up and take advantage of the long shelf life of Keto Chow so you won’t run out of your favorite flavors.
| Flavor | % May | % Nov | Change |
| Chocolate | 17.1% | 17.1% | 0.0% |
| Peanut Butter | 11.0% | 10.0% | -1.0% |
| Caramel | 7.9% | 7.6% | -0.3% |
| Toffee | 5.1% | 7.2% | 2.1% |
| Snickerdoodle | 5.5% | 6.5% | 1.0% |
| Vanilla | 7.5% | 6.4% | -1.1% |
| Raspberry | 4.5% | 5.1% | 0.6% |
| Banana | 4.4% | 4.5% | 0.1% |
| Mint | 4.3% | 4.4% | 0.1% |
| Cookies | 6.2% | 4.3% | -1.9% |
| Strawberry | 3.9% | 4.3% | 0.4% |
| Mocha | 4.0% | 4.2% | 0.2% |
| Pumpkin | 3.5% | 3.7% | 0.2% |
| Orange | 3.2% | 3.6% | 0.4% |
| Rootbeer | 3.2% | 2.9% | -0.3% |
| Nat. Straw | 2.7% | 2.6% | -0.1% |
| Eggnog | 2.5% | 2.4% | -0.1% |
| Chicken | 1.9% | 1.6% | -0.3% |
| Tomato | 0.9% | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| Taco | 0.6% | 0.5% | -0.1% |
| Beef | 0.4% | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| Flavor | % May | % Nov | Change |
| Chocolate | 8.0% | 8.8% | 0.8% |
| Raspberry | 6.9% | 7.5% | 0.6% |
| Toffee | 7.5% | 6.9% | -0.6% |
| Cookies | 7.0% | 6.6% | -0.4% |
| Caramel | 5.6% | 6.4% | 0.8% |
| Peanut Butter | 10.6% | 6.3% | -4.3% |
| Banana | 6.5% | 6.1% | -0.4% |
| Orange | 4.7% | 5.6% | 0.9% |
| Pumpkin | 3.7% | 5.4% | 1.7% |
| Snickerdoodle | 5.5% | 5.3% | -0.2% |
| Mint | 4.9% | 5.1% | 0.2% |
| Eggnog | 3.0% | 4.8% | 1.8% |
| Strawberry | 3.9% | 4.6% | 0.7% |
| Vanilla | 4.5% | 4.2% | -0.3% |
| Mocha | 3.2% | 3.9% | 0.7% |
| Rootbeer | 3.2% | 3.9% | 0.7% |
| Nat. Straw | 2.4% | 2.4% | 0.0% |
| Chicken | 3.9% | 2.3% | -1.6% |
| Tomato | 2.5% | 1.8% | -0.7% |
| Taco | 1.6% | 1.4% | -0.2% |
| Beef | 1.0% | 0.8% | -0.2% |
The content of this website is not intended for the treatment or prevention of disease, nor as a substitute for medical treatment, nor as an alternative to medical advice. Use of recommendations is at the choice and risk of the reader. If you are on any medication, please consult with your family doctor before starting any new eating plan. Keto Chow is not intended to treat, cure or prevent any disease. Pregnant or breast feeding women should consult their health care professional before consuming.
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