Tag: ketogenic
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Keto Chow 1.5
TL;DR: swapped psyllium husk for acacia gum, added more xanthan gum resulting in better texture and improved bowel… stuff. It’s been some time since there was a major formulation change in Keto Chow, it’s been stable for over a year. As part of the progress towards Keto Chow 2.0 I’ve updated the recipe. On paper…
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Sous Vide Update: Yeah, it is yummy.
Completely unrelated to Keto Chow but still quite relevant to ketogenic diets. The chuck roasts I had cooking for 44 hours with my Sous Video “Precision Cooker” finished cooking (like yesterday but whatever, I was going for awesome overkill). Turned out awesome. On an unrelated note, I’m claiming a personal victory: none of my kids…
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Old flavors, new flavors, dead flavors.
My wife just reminded me that I need to post something about the state of the flavors of Keto Chow. The ones I can get have diminished significantly in the last while: Piña Colada: discontinued Smooth Banana: discontinued Butter Cream Toffee: discontinued Cinnamon Bun: discontinued Mint Chocolate: not certain, most of my suppliers have removed it…
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The Biggest Loser Diet – Explained!
This week results of a study were posted showing that contestants from “The Biggest Loser” from several years ago had mostly regained all their lost weight. From the conclusions offered in the findings it would seem there is no way to lose weight. The subjects metabolisms slowed down so much that it was nearly impossible…
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Stronglifts5x5 update, random stuff
My Dad made the news last night. Funny thing is I was in a bunch of the photos shown…. though you can’t see me because I’m hiding behind rocks holding lights =) Glorified light stand and pack mule I am. So I guess I made the news too =) I had the day off yesterday so…
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Started StrongLifts 5×5 at the Gym, couldn’t stand it – time for home gym
I’ve been wanting to start lifting and StrongLifts 5×5 looked like a simple and effective way to get back into it (not to mention there is a seriously awesome app to keep track of it, it even has android wear integration!). I did lifting back in high school and some in college but that was 6…
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Testing with acacia gum progressing well, thinking about starting lifting
So my test of Keto Chow with Acacia gum instead of Psyllium Husk powder seems to be going pretty well. Acacia gum doesn’t thicken like psyllium does so I’m having to use a thickening agent too, MOAR fiber I guess. It’s smoother that the psyllium, like really smooth with almost no texture at all except…
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Day 100 – 100 days of Keto (Chow) retrospective plus a rant about skinny weight loss coaches
Weight change for the 100 days: 209.9 lbs to 205.4 lbs. That’s not really stellar progress but compared to gaining I suppose I’ll take it. I also didn’t “cheat” once; meaning I didn’t ever deliberately eat foods containing sugar, starch or other carbohydrates – but that wasn’t a surprise, aside from “robins eggs” that are still…
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Interesting NPR article about Keto and cancer
There’s an interesting reddit thread over on /r/keto about a NPR article that talks about the potential of keto for cancer treatment. The basic premise is: cancer cells aren’t doing what they are supposed to do, particularly metabolically. If you deprive them of readily available glucose they don’t grow/shrink. More research is needed but it’s…
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Days 055, 056 & 057 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
Weight: 204.8 Blood ketones: 0.3 mmol/L Weight: 204.1 Blood ketones: 0.3 mmol/L Weight: 205.7 Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L This weekend went great, mixed a bunch of Keto Chow powder and completely filled up all my recycle bins with Dymatize 5lb tubs (the picture is after I was already half done crushing the ones from Saturday). I…