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Keto Chow at the “Zombie ApocEclipse”
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Keto Chow at the “Zombie ApocEclipse”

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Keto Chow at the “Zombie ApocEclipse”

This entry is part 101 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

Yesterday we packed up enough food (Keto Chow =), water, cash, fuel, and portable toilets to last for at least a day and drove to Idaho to watch the Eclipse. To start: yeah, it was totally worth it. If you’re around in 2024 or 2045, do not miss the next one!

We left at 02:19 and arrived at our destination just before 6 AM in Terreton, Idaho. We had originally planned to go to the exact center-line of the path of totality in the middle of nowhere but after talking with my dad, who was doing a photography workshop for the eclipse in Wyoming, we decided to use his “backup location” and try for either the High School (which was blocked off), or a church (which wasn’t blocked off, had a nice lawn to sit on, was free, AND had a bathroom we were able to use) – so we went to the church =).

The orange in the map above is when we were driving faster than 70 miles per hour (112 kph) – which actually made up the majority of the trip. In all we drove 666 miles over 11 hours and 33 minutes. If we had tried to go home through Idaho Falls it probably would have taken just as long (or longer) – and we got to see Craters of the Moon National Monument as well.

Anyhow, how does Keto Chow fit into this? I brought along 8 meals of Keto Chow in a cooler, enough to last myself and my wife for 4 meals each. We ended up having two each. They were easy to pack and I didn’t have any worry at all about finding keto friendly food. Salted Caramel was quite tasty after a morning spent waiting for the eclipse!

This is the shortened version of the 360 video I recorded yesterday – only 4 minutes long. Covers about a minute before totality, totality and just after.

By Chris|2017-08-22T07:23:03-06:00August 22nd, 2017|Categories: Future Foods, On Tour, Ketogenic Diet, Keto Chow|Tags: Eclipse, on location, portability, experience, Keto Chow, User Experiences|2 Comments

Awesome new study: more carbs = more likely to die, higher fat = less likely to die, history of dietary guidelines
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Awesome new study: more carbs = more likely to die, higher fat = less likely to die, history of dietary guidelines

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Awesome new study: more carbs = more likely to die, higher fat = less likely to die, history of dietary guidelines

This entry is part 102 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

We’re in Austin getting ready for #ketocon2017 (you can stream the presentations). Naturally, we went to get some Texas Barbecue last night. The waiter asked if we wanted the leaner cut of the brisket… “no we want the fattiest portion you can get!” because we want to live longer. Isn’t that the opposite of what everyone says? Yes, it is. Fortunately there a new study published in The Lancet showing that eating more fat correlates to longer life and that “Total fat and saturated and unsaturated fats were not significantly associated with risk of myocardial infarction or cardiovascular disease mortality.” Not to get all confirmation bias but it is good to see another study showing the conventional wisdom is messed up.

High carbohydrate intake was associated with higher risk of total mortality, whereas total fat and individual types of fat were related to lower total mortality. Total fat and types of fat were not associated with cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, or cardiovascular disease mortality, whereas saturated fat had an inverse association with stroke. Global dietary guidelines should be reconsidered in light of these findings.

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)32252-3/abstract

The great thing about this study is the media coverage of it. People are flabbergasted that what they’ve been taught for so long is completely bogus. Which brings me to: there was a really interesting presentation by Gary Fettke regarding the ACTUAL origin of the US Dietary guidelines and their foundation in vegetarian evangelism. This is the one Gary discussed on the 2keto dudes podcast (this was the episode I listened to while driving at 3AM to Idaho to watch the eclipse – fascinating stuff, interesting enough to make me wide awake!).

By Chris|2017-08-31T08:50:04-06:00August 31st, 2017|Categories: Ketogenic Diet|Tags: science, saturated fat, nutrition|0 Comments

Keto Chow at KetoCon 2017
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Keto Chow at KetoCon 2017

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Keto Chow at KetoCon 2017

This entry is part 103 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

I’ve attended, and even worked, booths at a fairly large number of trade show/conferences. This marks the first one I’ve ever PAID for. We really had a lot of fun, met some awesome people, and raised awareness of Keto Chow. Because of the number of photos, I’m going to point you over to this Google Photos gallery. All 4 of us at the conference were able to pop our photos into a shared pool, worked really well to gather them all up =)

Looks like next year Keto Con will be August 24-26, 2018. I’m guessing we’ll be there!

By Chris|2017-09-06T08:09:43-06:00September 6th, 2017|Categories: On Tour, Keto Chow|Tags: Keto Chow, KetoCon, conference, texas, on location|0 Comments

Peanut Butter samples out of stock, temp change to sample bundle, Mocha availability update
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Peanut Butter samples out of stock, temp change to sample bundle, Mocha availability update

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Peanut Butter samples out of stock, temp change to sample bundle, Mocha availability update

This entry is part 104 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

Here’s a quick update on product availability. We are currently out of stock on the Chocolate Peanut Butter samples. Because of this, we just pulled Chocolate Peanut Butter from the “Sample all the Things” bundle – it’s either take out PB or not have the sample bundle at all until we get the Peanut Butter samples sometime in October. So we took it out. The price has been lowered accordingly.

Mocha week bags are going into production either today or tomorrow with delivery to us sometime early next week. We should be getting some Mocha on Monday anyway when the stuff we took to Keto Con gets back to us (there’s a dozen or so Mocha in that).

Speaking of Mocha…. I’m not a coffee drinker but if you are, you should really check out Tokelau coffee. it’s essentially “Bulletproof” coffee in a K-cup, complete with MCT oil and everything!

By Chris|2017-09-07T09:31:28-06:00September 7th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: Keto Chow, flavors, KetoCon|0 Comments

Dave Feldman – Cholesterol research reality check
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Dave Feldman – Cholesterol research reality check

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Dave Feldman – Cholesterol research reality check

This entry is part 105 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

In case you aren’t familiar with Dave Feldman, you may want to check out:

At KetoCon he unveiled the results of his new experiment. He hasn’t done the full-write up on the experiment and results yet, though if you purchased the KetoCon presentation video download, they just posted all of the presentation videos late last night and you can watch the presentation. I’m not going to spoil Dave’s big reveal so you may have to wait for him to do an update.

So what does all this have to do with Keto Chow? Way back in October 2015, Dave ordered a week’s worth of Keto Chow. In April 2017 he tried doing an experiment using keto meal replacement shakes to reduce variables and picked Ketolent instead of Keto Chow but said he would try Keto Chow later, which he did (Dave actually got the very first shipment of Chocolate 2.0) I made sure that there was absolutely no expectation of favoritism or quid-pro-quo – more than that I saw it as an excellent opportunity to get some detailed feedback on how Keto Chow affected insulin levels. Dave reported back that he didn’t see a spike in insulin in his preliminary testing, SCORE! We got to meet up with Dave at KetoFest and talk about his experiments, which is always fun.

In Dave’s Keto Con presentation he thanked PTS Diagnostics, Ketolent, and Keto Chow for helping out with his experiment:

And on his experiment diary slide, well you can see what he was eating:

Straight up ketogenic meal replacement shakes. It allowed him to hit exactly 3000 calories a day including the days that he was adding in the “mystery ingredient” he used to drive down his cholesterol – it was still 3000 calories a day just with a different macronutrient mix. It’s pretty cool to be helping out with some really cool science and making Dave’s experiments easier and more accurate!

By Chris|2017-09-08T10:16:16-06:00September 8th, 2017|Categories: Ketogenic Diet, Keto Chow|Tags: Keto Chow, science, nutrition, cholesterol, User Experiences, KetoCon, blood test|0 Comments

n=me experiments – 100% Keto Chow, blood tests, dealing without a fridge
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n=me experiments – 100% Keto Chow, blood tests, dealing without a fridge

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n=me experiments – 100% Keto Chow, blood tests, dealing without a fridge

This entry is part 106 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

I’m in the final stages of doing some changes to the Keto Chow recipe (v2.1) and I wanted to do a “burn-in” test to make sure that everything is working properly. Might as well experiment on myself, right? My plan for the next 4 weeks is to ONLY eat Keto Chow, drink only water, take fish pills, and have some salt if necessary. On Friday I went over to my local LabCorp and had 14 vials of blood drawn for 25 tests. Around vial 9, the vein in my left arm gave up and they had to pull the remainder from my right arm. Here’s what I got:

GGT	Cortisol	Heavy Metals	Lipid Panel	Thyroid Cascade Profile
Apolipoprotein A-1	C-Reactive Protein	Hemoglobin A1c	Lp-PLA2 Activity	Uric Acid
Apolipoprotein B	Fasting Insulin	Homocyst(e)ine	NMR LipoProf +Graph	Vitamin A and E
CBC	Ferritin, Serum	IGF-1	Reverse T3, Serum	Vitamin D
Comp. Metabolic Panel	Free Fatty Acids	Iron	T3Free	Zinc, RBC

My plan is to have 6 other tests done every Friday for the next 4 weeks:

NMR LipoProf +Graph

Lipid Panel

Comp. Metabolic Panel

CBC With Diff.

Fasting Insulin

C-Reactive Protein

Today I’m running a test on my Postprandial glucose after eating. It’s something I’ve done before but it was time for an update I’ll probably report on that tomorrow.

Now, here’s where it gets fun: I started my experiment yesterday and it’s going well so far. Then I started thinking about what’s going on in the near future and realized I’m going to be heading off to San Francisco for the DreamForce conference in 2 weeks. Crap. “That’s like the worst timing ever for a test!” I thought, then I thought “Might actually be good timing for a test” The likelihood of me breaking keto traveling while I’m doing a nuts-o test on myself like this is actually lower.

Big problem is: the “hotel” I’ll be staying at does not have refrigeration available. I’m going to need to come up with a game plan during the 5 days I’ll be traveling. Here’s what I have so far:

I’m going to use avocado and MCT oil instead of heavy cream.
I’m going to portion out the powder for meals into individual bags ahead of time.
This week I’m going to test to see how adding the oil to the powder beforehand affects storage and taste.
If that works, I’ll put the oil right into each bag, making a sort of thin oily paste.
I’ll triple-bag the mix =)
I’m going to find a place that has ice and ice water available (they have it all over the place at the conference) and mix my keto chow in HydroFlasks, they should stay good for several hours, more than long enough for the “just mixed” taste to go away (which takes like 30 minutes).
I suspect I’m going to do some kind of intermittent fasting, maybe I’ll leave all of the stuff at my hotel and just eat 3 meals in a small window.
I’ll bring soap and a bottle brush and wash out my HydroFlasks every night.
I’ll have my magnesium supplements handy along with some salt. I’m planning on mixing salt with water to drink during the day if I feel like I need it.

Anyhow, that’s the plan. I’m posting this ahead of time to further decrease the likelyhood of me failing (accountability FTW!!!)

By Chris|2017-10-23T12:53:44-06:00October 23rd, 2017|Categories: Ketogenic Diet, Keto Chow, On Tour|Tags: experience, Oil, blood test, Salesforce, Keto Chow, User Experiences, on location, Dreamforce, preparation|7 Comments

Effects of Keto Chow 2.0 On (My) Postprandial Blood Glucose
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Effects of Keto Chow 2.0 On (My) Postprandial Blood Glucose

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Effects of Keto Chow 2.0 On (My) Postprandial Blood Glucose

This entry is part 107 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

Quite some time ago I tested Keto Chow 1.5 and how it effects (my) blood glucose levels. Time to run the experiment again! This time I didn’t forget to not eat so I started with a clean sample. My first meal was at 11 am, with my previous meal 17 hours earlier at 6 pm (18:00). I also recorded my ketone levels, which were kinda sad at 0.5 both times I tested (but up from the previous day). I’m using a KetoMojo ketone/glucose tester which has ketone strips that only cost $1 (compared to $2-5 a test depending on which tester you get). The short version of the results is: there wasn’t any significant change in my blood glucose following meals of Keto Chow 2.0. I’m also not anemic and not Diabetic, at least when I’m consuming Keto Chow =) One other interesting thing to note is that my average (mean) blood glucose last time I tested like this was 94, this time it was 87. Cool beans.

Here is the data table for my tests.

Time	Glucose mg/dL	HCT %	HB g/dL	Ketones mmol/L
9:30	83	49	16.6	0.5
10:00	77	46	15.6
10:30	89	39	13.2
11:00	83	41	13.9
Consumed Chocolate Keto Chow
11:30	77	45	15.3
12:00	82	41	13.9
12:30	88	48	16.3
13:00	95	44	14.9
13:30	96	49	16.6
14:00	95	41	13.9
14:30	85	46	15.6	0.5
Consumed Chocolate Keto Chow
15:00	88	41	13.9
15:30	89	39	13.2
16:00	90	40	13.6
16:30	90	43	14.6
17:00	84	43	14.6

You can expect another test like this in a week or so regarding Keto Chow 2.1 and its effects on (my) glucose!

By Chris|2018-11-06T21:45:50-07:00October 24th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: blood test, results, Keto Chow, User Experiences, glucose|0 Comments

N=me experiment: 4 weeks of *ONLY* Keto Chow – 3rd week tests back
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N=me experiment: 4 weeks of *ONLY* Keto Chow – 3rd week tests back

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N=me experiment: 4 weeks of ONLY Keto Chow – 3rd week tests back

This entry is part 108 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

I have the second-to-last test results from my experiment back. To quickly recap: I’m doing a test where I’m only eating Keto Chow and only drinking water. Nothing else. No snacks, no diet soda, no gum, no nothing. I am taking the Keto Chow fish oil pills as they are required to get the right EPA and DHA Ω3 fatty acids, and I was taking a magnesium malate supplement (I need more than normal) but I recently stopped that because the version of Keto Chow that I’m testing (v2.1rc2) has additional magnesium malate in it and the supplement I was taking had a gram of dextrose (which sucks). Here’s my complete food log and information from Cron-o-meter for the experiment so far, and here are my blood tests, updated with the results of my latest blood test.

The week proceeding this test was interesting. The short version is: I was at a tech conference with no refrigeration so I was using avocado oil instead of heavy cream. Because of this, I was getting around 2g of net carbs (or lower) A DAY. On the test, my insulin was low, my glucose showed in the red because it’s so low, my LDL-P is below 1000 and my triglycerides are higher. It’s almost like my body is using lipoproteins to transport energy (adding another data point to Dave Feldman’s hypothesis).

The last 5 days since this blood draw, my ketones have come down from the 4.5-5.5 range to the 3.0-3.5 range and my weight loss has slowed a bit too. I’m guessing this is due to using heavy cream as the fat source. Starting today through the end of the experiment, I’m switching from all heavy cream to half heavy cream, half avocado oil. Avocado oil is OK but not nearly as yummy as heavy cream, so I’m hoping that by splitting it I can get the good taste plus lower net carbs. Even with 100% heavy cream, I was still under 10g net carbs though. Protip: heavy cream has half the calories as oil for the same volume. If you’re replacing heavy cream for oil you use 1/2 as much (roughly).

A few days ago a post showed up on the Keto Chow Subreddit: Full month on KetoChow – 13 lbs lost and loving it and this showed up last night: Week 1 with Keto Chow and not much else . . .– looks like I’m not the only one doing this, N=3 then =)

On a final note, I’d like to illustrate one of the interesting challenges with this experiment. The evening after I got this blood draw, I was in charge of preparing the food for a neighborhood game night (I was also in charge of bringing the Raspberry Pi with the 4 player arcade version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). I had previously prepared a brisket with my sous-vide (recipe and more coming =) so I just needed to smoke it, along with the chicken legs and the bratwurst. I also made pulled pork using the InstantPot. It was a truly glorious sight to behold once it was all done.

I didn’t eat any of it.

I had thought about eating some before, but I decided that there were too many variables shifting around (coming back from a trip, switching back from avocado oil to heavy cream, etc…) plus I wanted to keep the inputs clean. I fully intend to do a press release after all this is done announcing that I lived for 4 weeks on JUST Keto Chow and I didn’t want to have to add a little asterisk footnote: “*except that one meal where I pigged out on brisket” (on an aside, anybody know how to do a press release? =) Really, it was just like cooking any other meal I didn’t eat these last 3 weeks (like the CavemanKeto chili I made Sunday). Once committed to this course of action, I just keep going. It’s a little like fasting in some respects. I’m not the only one cooking though, my awesome wife has been feeding the kids some really great keto meals too.

Don’t worry: I put a bunch of the meat in the freezer for lunch on Friday after my final blood draw =)

By Chris|2017-11-15T11:59:34-07:00November 15th, 2017|Categories: Ketogenic Diet, Keto Chow, Weight Loss, Future Foods, On Tour|Tags: Weight loss, User Experiences, Oil, blood test, results, Keto Chow, science, saturated fat, experience, cholesterol|0 Comments

Keto Chow 2.1 update – packaging is printing right now!
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Keto Chow 2.1 update – packaging is printing right now!

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Keto Chow 2.1 update – packaging is printing right now!

This entry is part 109 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

Like literally this very moment. One of the guys sent me a photo of the “Sample all the NEW things” bags that are on the press right now. There was a huge storm this weekend here and the media was delayed, a bunch of their production team came in today (Saturday) to get it rolling out in time. The way they’re rocking it we might have the finished bags by the end of this next week.

So, what does that mean for Keto Chow 2.1? The protein was ordered and should be coming soon. The flavorings are supposed to be on the way as well. Ostensibly everything should be coming together for a relatively quick production cycle but I haven’t been able to get definitive schedules for the filling and such. They are supposed to be doing Chocolate, Peanut Butter, and Cookies & Cream first but as with anything of this sort, it could get delayed for random reasons (like snow storms!)

By Chris|2018-02-24T12:38:17-07:00February 24th, 2018|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: Keto Chow, ketochow2.1|1 Comment

Clinging with all their might

This entry is part 110 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

OK, so I recently did an experiment where I consumed the same 2000 kCal a day for 6 weeks. I was messing around with the source of the bulk of those calories, mostly using different fats but the final week I substituted out all of the saturated fat I ate the week prior, and instead ate candy. Remember – still the same 2000 calories. I had been losing weight pretty consistently the 5 weeks I was living on fat. I gained weight the week I was eating the same 2000 calories from carbohydrates. It’s all documented ad nauseum on the experiment page, with data, graphs, DEXA scans, and more. I posted about it on reddit and have gotten some rather interesting comments from people who insist that the type of calorie is irrelevant and the only cause for weight gain is eating too many calories and not exercising enough. I’m rather forthcoming with my views on the subject (I think sugar is fattening and fat is not).

Today I got the best one yet. I said:

It’s like saying “Bill Gates is rich because he saves more money than he spends” or “The room is crowded because more people entered than left”. Sounds rather silly right? That’s because it’s the EFFECT and not the CAUSE.

To which they replied:

Bill gates isn’t rich because he saves more money than he spends. He’s rich because he takes in more money than he spends… which sounds an awful lot like calories in calories out.

Wait…. what? I’ve never had anybody actually think that “he makes money” is the CAUSE and REASON Bill is rich (as opposed to his ruthless business acumen and the lucky break he got with licensing QDOS, among other things) but if that’s what someone wants to believe, that’s what they want to believe.

By Chris|2018-02-26T15:37:14-07:00February 26th, 2018|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: saturated fat, nutrition, User Experiences, Weight loss, Keto Chow, science|0 Comments