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Reversed Season 2 partnership with Keto Chow

We are excited to announce a partnership with the Reversed TV show, season 2, to highlight the importance of health and wellness through diet.

The new program is set to start production in February 2021 and will culminate into 10 episodes of 1 hour each. It will showcase the Ketogenic Diet and intermittent fasting as a way to help treat people with underlying diseases with a focus on diabetes. “We have lined up a dream team of health and wellness experts who will educate, inspire and help tell the stories of those living under harsh conditions and how to cope. We hope this will help give the show a voice and touch the millions of people who live with disease everyday,” says Charles Mattocks, director and executive producer of the series.

Chris recently had the opportunity to interview Charles Mattocks. Be sure to check out the video below to learn more.

Renowned Producer/Storyteller Charles Mattocks To Release New Series, Reversed Focuses on the Keto Diet For Health

 

People with Underlying Diseases Should Monitor Their Health, Especially in the Time of Covid, Reversed Will Help Show Them the Way to Better Health

 

February 2, 2021, New York, NY- Charles Mattocks, host of Reversed and Eight Days is an award winning filmmaker and one of the few Black film and tv producers who owns the content he creates. His programs have aired on major TV networks such as WGN, PBS, Discovery and more.

 

Charles Mattocks has carved out an important niche. He has been creating health related content and TV since 2017. Mr. Mattocks and his team chose to move forward during this trying time to continue to highlight the importance of health and wellness through diet. During Covid, it is especially important for people who have underlying diseases to pay close attention to their diet. For everyone, a healthy and nutritious diet is also important when fending off Coronavirus. 

 

Charles also owns and produced another series called Eight Days which was featured on the WGN America network. The new season of Reversed will air in September on the WGN America networks and re-air on COX Communications.

 

The new program is set to start production in February, 2021 and will culminate into 10 episodes that will be 1 hour each. They will showcase the Ketogenic Diet and intermittent fasting as a way to help treat people with underlying diseases with a focus on diabetes. “We have lined up a dream team of health and wellness experts who will educate, inspire and help tell the stories of those living under harsh conditions and how to cope. We hope this will help give the show a voice and touch the millions of people who live with disease everyday,” says Charles.

 

The series will feature high profile experts as: Dr Jason Fung, Dr Ken Berry, Dr Lori Shemek, Karl Shallowhorn and Maria Emmerich as the show’s Keto chef. “Our understanding of how Type 2 Diabetes impacts all illness and disease is vital to reversing it. It is crucial we eliminate underlying health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and more to promote a healthy and resilient immune response. These metabolic conditions have their roots in inflammation which is the core underlying cause of most illnesses, disease, faster aging and weight gain. The ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting are both powerful tools to help reverse inflammation leading to protection from illness such as Covid-19 while promoting optimal health,” says Lori L. Shemek, PhD, CMC. 

 

Reversed is about the mental, physical and emotional healing of people. “We have brought some of the best in healthcare together to share ways of naturally healing the body. I hope after this season we can look at how the right lifestyles and exercise combined with what we eat and how we think, can play a role in improving our health,” adds Mattocks. Charles has teamed up with some partners in keto and health to bring this project to life. Those partners include: Keto Mojo, Keto Chow, Carb Manager, Swerve, ENERGYbits, Pork King Good, Select Savory Seasonings, Stevia Sweet BBQ, Redmond Life, Secco Wine Club, Ketonessa, Labin and Kilosophy. Reversed has already locked in more seasons which will cover HIV and mental health. A talk show for the plus size community is also in pre production.

 

About Charles Mattocks

Every career move Celebrity Chef Charles Mattocks has made has been in keeping with his desire to touch lives in a positive way. Inspired by his uncle, the late Bob Marley, Mattocks dared to dream big. After giving a stunning performance in the title role of the Emmy nominated The Summer of Ben Tyler, Mattocks, a single Dad, decided the Hollywood lifestyle was not the best for his young son and moved across the country. His need to create meals that were tasty, nutritious, and affordable led to his career as “The Poor Chef”. Appearances on The today show, Good Morning America, The Talk, Martha Stewart, CNN and Dr. OZ gave him the opportunity to share what he had learned about feeding a family for less money. Mattocks is no stranger to diabetes. He was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2011 at the age of 38. A tireless advocate for diabetics everywhere, Charles Mattocks, is determined to help stem the time of this deadly disease. Mattocks began to use media as a way to reach the masses. He launched Reversed in 2017 with a vision and passion to help people live better lives.

By |2021-02-18T09:46:12-07:00February 9th, 2021|Categories: On Tour, Keto While Traveling|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Please consider participating in the 2020 “Complete Foods Survey”

If you’re using Keto Chow, you’re using a “Complete Food” – it’s a class of engineered foods that are designed to be nutritionally complete. It’s not the only one out there on the market, though we think it’s absolutely the best tasting with the best nutrition =) It’s also one of the few that are designed for a keto diet. Anyhow, each year there is a survey that asks people how they use these complete foods. Please consider taking a few minutes to fill out the survey:

https://forms.gle/QUwi1AxBayAFXMHb9

By |2020-10-19T11:31:03-06:00October 16th, 2020|Categories: Future Foods|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Results of accelerated 2 year shelf life testing (passed)

Several months ago, the place that packages our samples (and puts a “best before” date on the packages) asked us to get them a report to corroborate the 2-year shelf life claim. So I did. The results came back today. It was conducted as an accelerated test with high humidity and temperature. They checked for changes in the water activity, moisture; total bacteria, yeast, and mold populations. They also did an organoleptic to check that the color, texture, odor, and taste were unaffected – as a powder and mixed with water.

The short version is: they agree that a claim of a 2-year shelf life is acceptable for the product.

So what does that mean for you? The date we have stamped on the packages should represent the date it should last until with no discernable change in taste – and it’ll likely be absolutely fine even MUCH longer than that. The packaging we are using has an extremely good oxygen barrier and likely lasts a REALLY long time before you’re going to see any degradation in the flavor or the protein. You will, however, see degradation in many of the vitamins once you get really far out past the “best by” date. If you intend to use Keto Chow for ALL of your meals for several weeks, I would not recommend using “expired” product. If you’re using it once or twice a day, you are unlikely to experience adverse effects or deficiencies.

Planning on stocking up on some non-perishable food? Along with many of the suggestions you’ll find in a recent blog post by Dr. Adam Nally, he says:

… this has been a wonderful and needed addition to our food storage.  Simply adding water, avocado oil, butter or cream to the KetoChow powder creates and instant, and very healthy ketogenic meal

Apparently, you should also take up bow hunting.

Discussion: The water activities of the products are so low that they do not support the growth of microorganisms. However, the products are not sterile as some bacterial populations existed, possibly spore formers. For item 1, microbiological populations hovered around detection limits (100 CFU/g) for the course of the study with 1 container having a higher load (2,800 CFU/g on day 597). For item 2, microbiological populations mostly remained below detection limits. No yeast or molds were detected in either product. Overall, the data shows that microbiological populations are extremely low, and the products do not support the growth of microorganisms. The client states that the product should be refrigerated after mixing with water. [the testing lab] agrees with this precaution since the product would be capable of supporting microbiological growth after being added to water. Interestingly, moisture levels increased somewhat in both products [over the course of the test]. Water activity values fell slightly. There were no detectable declines of organoleptic quality observed over the course of the study. [the testing lab] feels the product remained unchanged over the course of the sutyd[sic].

*Recommended Shelf Life: Based upon the analytical and organoleptic data obtained over the course of this shelf life study, it is the opinion of [the testing lab] that a shelf life of 2 years is attainable and acceptable for the product analyzed herein.

By |2020-03-10T15:03:40-06:00March 10th, 2020|Categories: Future Foods, Keto Chow, Keto While Traveling|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

Kinda last minute Meat-Up in Anaheim California this Thursday

Miriam and I (Chris) were headed to California this week for a (now canceled) trade show. Since it’ll cost almost as much to cancel our flights and hotel, we’ve decided to go ahead and fly to California anyway and turn it into an impromptu meet up! If you’re in the LA area, head over to this post on our Facebook page and leave a comment! We’ll be nailing down the time and place once we get enough suggestions.

By |2020-03-03T10:14:57-07:00March 3rd, 2020|Categories: On Tour, Keto Chow, Keto While Traveling|0 Comments

Happy day: Chocolate Keto Chow is back in stock (and with a larger scoop!)

We just got in a new batch of Chocolate Keto Chow. This particular shipment comes with a change: the scoop is bigger. To get the absolute most accurate measurement of your Keto Chow, it’s best to use a scale to weigh it; that’s actually what happens to the samples of Keto Chow, each one is weighed and must be within 3% of the target. Scales are far more accurate than trying to cram the powder in just right to get the correct mass. When I did a test of the v2.1 chocolate to the new 2.5 chocolate to check for differences in the taste, the biggest takeaway was that the 90cc scoops we had been using were only yielding an average 45g compared to the 48.96g it should give – to handle that change we’re now using 100cc scoops in the chocolate.

Heading image is Samantha Dillard’s Chocolate Peppermint Fudge – one of many recipes you can make with Chocolate Keto Chow

By |2019-12-27T11:54:04-07:00December 27th, 2019|Categories: Keto Chow, Future Foods|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Facebook Live recording from Dec 17, 2019

Every week we do a live broadcast where we answer questions, talk about fun stuff, and more! Here is the high-quality recording straight from the camera in UHD4K

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Here is the facebook live recording that went up on Facebook, complete with the user comments:

By |2019-12-18T16:27:06-07:00December 18th, 2019|Categories: Preparation, Keto Chow|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Facebook Live recording from Dec 10, 2019

Every week we do a live broadcast where we answer questions, talk about fun stuff, and more! Here is the high-quality recording straight from the camera in UHD4K

We talked about:

Here is the facebook live recording that went up on Facebook, complete with the user comments:

By |2019-12-11T15:29:19-07:00December 11th, 2019|Categories: Keto Chow, Preparation|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Facebook Live recording from Dec 3, 2019

Every week we do a live broadcast where we answer questions, talk about fun stuff, and more! Here is the high-quality recording straight from the camera in UHD4K

We talked about:

Here is the facebook live recording that went up on Facebook, complete with the user comments:

By |2019-12-04T10:40:40-07:00December 4th, 2019|Categories: Preparation, Keto Chow|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Facebook Live recording from Nov 26, 2019

Every week we do a live broadcast where we answer questions, talk about fun stuff, and more! Here is the high-quality recording straight from the camera in UHD4K

We talked about:

Here is the facebook live recording that went up on Facebook, complete with the user comments:

By |2019-11-27T09:26:55-07:00November 27th, 2019|Categories: Preparation, Keto Chow|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Facebook Live recording from Nov 19, 2019

Every week we do a live broadcast where we answer questions, talk about fun stuff, and more! Here is the high-quality recording straight from the camera in UHD4K

We talked about:

Here is the facebook live recording that went up on Facebook, complete with the user comments:

By |2019-11-20T11:09:58-07:00November 20th, 2019|Categories: Preparation, Keto Chow|Tags: , , |0 Comments