Monthly Archives: April 2016

Day 093 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 76 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 204.7
  • Blood ketones: 0.3 mmol/L

I launched the new front page yesterday, overall the reactions are positive; should have done that a long time ago =). Yesterday I did 3 keto chows, it’s awfully convenient to have when you’re really busy and have to work through lunch.

I got a letter from my health insurance, seems they looked at my most recent lipid profile test (strangely enough, that’s from nearly a year ago). They wanted to mail me to let me know that they think  I have hyperlipidemia and think I should be taking statins. They also say I should stop eating cheese, red meat and eggs, eat more fruit and use low fat dairy products. So… I should ignore the last 50 years of ACTUAL scientific study that show dietary cholesterol does not affect serum (blood) cholesterol and start poisoning myself with carbohydrates again. Yeah, no thanks.

The fact that my Triglycerides are about half what they used to be, my HDL is up I guess the next step to do is get a VAP or NMR test, I’ll probably arrange for that during my next doctor appointment.

By |2016-09-01T13:19:37-06:00April 6th, 2016|100 days of keto, Keto Chow|Comments Off on Day 093 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 092 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 75 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 206.0
  • Blood ketones: 0.4 mmol/L

More Vanilla for breakfast, lunch and dinner today, that’s all pretty unremarkable. The fun part for today is I just launched a new home page. Hopefully this should give people more information in a nicer format. Let me know what you think!

By |2016-04-05T19:22:47-06:00April 5th, 2016|100 days of keto, Site or Store Stuff, Keto Chow|1 Comment
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Days 090 & 091 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 74 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 205.7
  • Blood ketones: dunno
  • Weight: 205.3
  • Blood ketones: 0.4 mmol/L

Had a fun(ish) weekend – we did a lot of mixing and packaging on Thursday and Friday so we could go for a drive on Saturday. Our family gave up trying to drive up the snow and mud after seeing the snow getting worse and decided to hike, our friends had new tires and made it up further, then they broke through the ice crust and got buried up to their axles. We had to dig it out. Memorable trip! The kids had sandwiches and I had a vanilla Keto Chow with some peanut flour (yum!) that my awesome wife made.

Looks like my order for 100kg of the vitamin pre-mix is confirmed and should be shipping by April 18th (to me), still no word on the protein and flavorings though. Baby steps to Keto Chow 2.0!

By |2016-04-04T09:15:00-06:00April 4th, 2016|100 days of keto, Keto Chow|Comments Off on Days 090 & 091 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Update to Keto Chow review, seems he liked it

This entry is part 124 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

In his own words:

Overall, I would probably give Keto Chow a 4 out of 5. The top flavors are fantastic, and I only give 5 out of 5 for things that really blow my mind. Chris commented that the “build a month” deals are cheaper, so I’ll take a look at that. It comes to around $4 a meal after shipping, so there is quite a bit of value in ordering Keto Chow.

Honestly, if you are looking for a keto soylent option, you are probably more worried about time and health than money. The amount of hassle saved from fewer dishes, decreased time going through security at work, and cooking is worth the money. Don’t listen to me though. I’m a guy that prefers Five Guys over Eleven Madison Park and has a suitcase that hasn’t been unpacked for half a year because I hate laundry.

Jefferey Zhou posted a review of Keto Chow back on March 19. A few days ago he posted an update. While I think he’s completely crazy for scoring SnickerDoodle lowest =) it was a nice review. The clumpiness he mentions does indeed happen if you don’t mix it up a second time:

I find that after 10 minutes or so, the fiber collects in the bottom; give it a good shake to stir things up. If you don’t mix it up, you might get some clumps of fiber which are a bit weird, it’s also the #1 complaint so make sure you mix it up!

By |2016-04-01T12:20:02-06:00April 1st, 2016|Keto Chow, Ketogenic|Comments Off on Update to Keto Chow review, seems he liked it
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Day 089 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 73 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 204.6
  • Blood ketones: I’ll measure this evening

So after yesterday’s post where I was befuddled with the lower ketone levels in the morning, a nice redditor pointed me over to an article about the Dawn Phenomenon. That article was really cool and explained a lot, I also found a bunch of outer really interesting posts on that site. If you have some time and want to learn some really cool stuff about metabolism, insulin and fasting I would recommend checking it out.

The take-away from that article is that in the morning your body releases glucose, which in turn will lower ketones. This is normal and natural, even in ketosis. So measuring ketone levels in the morning turns out to be a bad idea. So 89 days into this experiment I’m going to start measuring ketones in the evening after I get home from work. Wish I had known that earlier.

After the crazy fasting I expected to gain back some water weight and I did not disappoint =)

Also: http://radiopaedia.org/cases/cactus-disease-paleo-induced-mineral-periostitis and http://www.questnutrition.com/quest-protein-spray-tan

By |2016-10-13T07:27:41-06:00April 1st, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Day 089 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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