keto game changer

The rules for a ketogenic lifestyle are pretty simple.  Eat anything you like but keep your carbohydrate intake to 20 grams or less per day. 

That means you can eat protein in the form of bacon, beef, pork, chicken, fish, butter, lard, tallow, heavy cream, and just about any animal based product.  Carbs are plant based fruits and vegetables with varying amounts of carbs, depending on the amount of natural sugars they contain.

Starchy foods like potatoes, corn, peas, and rice are keto no-nos.  Most leafy greens have next to no carbs and everything else falls somewhere in between.  Avocados are preferred for their high fat content and the fiber compensates for the carbs.

Grains are considered the worst foods to consume and a small bite of toast will knock you right out of ketosis.  Considering our most popular foods are made from grain, like pizza, pasta, gnocchi, lasagna, pirogi, hoagies, baguettes, donuts, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, and just about everything on a fast food menu is off limits to the hardcore keto enthusiast.

I'm happy to say I found a way to have my cake and eat it, too.  This information has been out for at least six months, and since I'm into this kinda stuff, I'm amazed I didn't hear about it til just a few days ago.

It's called a chaffle.  That's a waffle made with cheese instead of wheat flour.  The basic recipe is simple.  1 egg and a quarter cup of grated cheese will make two chaffles, enough for a sandwich.  This will give you protein and some fat and next to zero carbs.  The same amount of regular waffles will give you about 40 grams of carbs.  That's two days worth of carbs on a ketogenic diet.

What you see here is a liverwurst and onion sandwich with 2.8 grams worth of total carbs.  And that's only because I put some almond flour in the mix to simulate real bread.  I tried making coconut flour tortillas and almond flour mug bread but nothing I tried compares to chaffles, as far as taste and texture.  I'm just overjoyed because now I don't have to miss a good sandwich. 

It sure is a keto game changer.    

So, what's so bad about grains?  Nothing, if we lived 200 years ago and did physical labor for a living like getting up before dawn to pull stumps, haul rocks, build log cabins, fetch water, and fight off Indians.  Instead, we're in the 21st century and live mostly sedentary lives.  We consider walking to the mailbox as taxing, and the hardest labor is making a machine do the work.  Why is everyone you know getting heart attacks, cancer, or strokes?  Ya think it might be diet related?  I do.  All that stuff in the center of the supermarket is the tastiest stuff but it's the deadliest, too. 

It all comes down to carbs as the beginnings of all our diseases.  Don't take my word for it.  The research has been going on for a long time and they're learning new stuff every day.  I'm of the opinion carbohydrates shouldn't even be a macro-nutrient necessary for human life.  Carbs are good looking and taste good and keep you regular and that's about it.

And now I have something to go with my steak tar tare.

       
Bone appetite