Fat is Where It's At

A follow up to my post below, How Low Can You Go? regarding carb restriction.

Friend and PhD Mike Deskevich posted this picture over on Facebook with his status update: "Mmm, 1700 calories, 200g of fat, and only 6g of carbs. Best tasting source of fuel all day."

What is it?

A latte made with heavy whipping cream. Essentially heavy whipping cream is pre-churned, liquid butter. Pure fat. Mike's post made me brave enough to up my fat intake instead of upping the protein or carbs to shake my ketogenic fatigue. Even after all the reading and conversations, it's tough to shake the twenty plus years of "low fat" indoctrination.

Although I still haven't gone whole hog to the 1700Kc latte, I have switched over from half and half (half and half, I have come to believe, is for pussies) to adding a few Tbsp of heavy cream to each of my cups of coffee. Even more in my ice coffee. I can say the cream has done the trick. I find myself wanting to eat at lunchtime, but it's more out of habit than hunger. And my carbs are still near 0 a day. Whatever I get out of green veggies.

Mike's wife Amy Santamaria, also a scientist and PhD did a controlled study of the Paleo diet at their Crossfit Affiliate. It's really fascinating how simple and effective this way of eating is.