Thank you for your kind words...I was nodding along when you said that packaged keto snacks can be the difference between going low carb and not for some folks. That's exactly the type of people we're trying to help and we're always working hard to try and get it right for our customers. It's a big reason why we give refunds when someone is genuinely unsatisfied...we want folks to enjoy their snacks!
Hi Steve, in 2021 I was watching my 7 year older sister lose her mind and her life to diabetes. Her sugars were running in the 6 and 7 hundreds, her A1C was about 14 or 15. She could not get it down even with aggressive insulin shots. But she ate only what she wanted. Lunch for her was a coke and a pint of ice cream. If she was still hungry she'd have crackers or a candy bar. Then I was diagnosed with diabetes and told what I had to look forward to. That was my wake up call. I lost my sister in the fall of '21. I will be 70 this fall, but I won't die from the same cause. You've helped me immensely on my journey. Thank you, my friend. And I love choc zero. I appreciate how you present them.
@angeladiaz7746 I can't find the typo? I thought I said she was 7 years older. She died in 21, and then I later said, now I am almost 70. She would have been 77 this year. Thank you for your kindness.
Steve, as a wee kid, my Dad was away at college. My Mother would tell me that "Daddy is away getting smarter for us! (the family). I would tell Colton that Daddy is away learning how to make himself smarter for Colton. For me is lasted for 6 years, so my Dad could get is masters degree in Education. He was an Industrial Arts teacher for over 30 years! My Mom said things in a way to make me *so proud* of my father, that it became easy to accept over the years. When he would come home all of us kids would jump at the chance to learn what he had learned that particular month away!!! Try to make it seem like Dad is a super-hero, because he IS a super-hero!!! (My dad was!!)
Steve (aka Flash :) If all content creators were as reliable in their explanations, facts and testing methods, the number of people understanding KETO would triple. Thank you for the hard work you put into your podcasts and videos. My main Keto journey started for brain health (dementia in family history). The side effect was the loss of 65 pounds. You are the real deal and I’m thankful that i found your channel.
I tell ya what. I was a taxi driver on the overnight shift in nine cities. I was also a big rig driver crossing the nation every week. I ate a LOT of fast food, junk from truck stops and lots of candy bars, passing time for the hundreds of miles between loads. As a cab driver I had little choices for food in the middle of the night, so I ate the easily obtainable junk. I have had four heart attacks and two strokes. All easily attributed to my diet. Then I found Keto. I have been recovering from my second stroke. I have lost 90 lbs with a sedentary life. Then I began to talk walks. I go that up to two miles at a time. I live directly a half mile from both Pacific Beach and Mission Bay. Thanks to you, and others, I have introduced friends to the Keto life. Thanks for your help. I am a disabled veteran with mobility issues, so being acle to walk so much, with a famous beach right down the street is cool.
Wow! Thanks for posting your story. It gives hope, inspires and reminds us all how forgiving and resilient our bodies can be! Congratulations to you. 🥳Continue to enjoy your journey back to health & those beautiful San Diego area beaches!
How lucky Colton is to have 2 strong male role models in his life. Seeing how you deal with things will help him learn to cope with his emotions more than anything. Children learn what they live! 🥰
I am a type 2 diabetic. I have purchased several items from Choc Zero, including the peanut butter cups, truffles and Rhea bars. I have been enjoying these items sparingly for several months and have had ZERO glucose spikes from consuming them. Everybody is different, and what is true for me might not be true for you. But I will continue to purchase selected items from Choc Zero as long as they are available. Thanks, Steve, for introducing me to Choc Zero. I am not doing a keto diet, but I do use some keto products to help decrease my carb intake and still enjoy a few of the things I like, such as peanut butter cups.
That's really wonderful news and I'm so happy we could make treats you can enjoy AND fit into your lifestyle. We're bringing back the peanut butter ghosts this Halloween and we've been working on a new candy bar I think you'll love!
I agree that the comment about such a huge bump in glucose from choczero is out of line. I am unfortunately someone who gets a spike from it and so I avoid it. I buy instead goalz which does not contain the corn fiber and I do fine. Ingredients are cocoa mass, cocoa butter, allulose, and some nut or coconut based on the type. It is great. I really loved the choczero but my CGM says stay away. Choczero does try to reach out for suggestions on how and when to eat it, but I always spike like 30-40. I am trying to keep insulin low so I just can’t eat it. Everyone should always test on their own.
I am an HSP as well. The being a sponge to other’s emotions has gotten worse as I’ve gotten older. I feel for Colton, and you as well as you see him having a hard time. I still remember when I was 7, in my 60’s now, that my Dad was living four hours away as he had switched occupations. My Mom was packing and us kids finished out the school year. My Mom even took me to a Dr because I wasn’t doing so well with the situation. The Dr advised that I be sent to where my Dad was, which was with my oldest sister and her husband, and that is what happened. I know that can’t happen in Colton’s situation but I’m sure having you, Terry, and Courtney will be of a help to him. 🙏🙏
Me, too. HSP & INFJ. Colton is very fortunate that his wonderful Grampa has insight, sensitivity and gets it! My mother never has and she’s 102! Always criticized and shamed me for being ‘weak’. That will never happen to Colton!
Choc Zero immediately spikes my glucose to over 300. I'm one of your mentioned 10ish%, and thankful for a CGM that so clearly shows what it does and the discussion. We're all different and need to know what affects us individually.
I wish I knew what the correlation was and why some people spike and others don't. But there seems to be no flags in terms of specific products, ingredients or diabetes type (or lack thereof). It would probably require some sort of meta-study looking at a very large group and multiple bio-markers. But since that's never going to happen, your advice in the last sentence is the best advice.
@@SeriousKetoYes! Everyone, and I mean everyone, should wear a CGM for a month at least every 3 to 5 years just to see what’s going on. Every prediabetic should be given one for free for a month or two in order to map out the same for them on an individual basis. Sadly, many endocrinologists actually discourage their diabetic patients from even checking themselves with a simple glucose meter! They think it will make them neurotic. I think it will inform and empower them! Hmmm… Perhaps that possibility makes some of the endocrinologists neurotic?!
I’m just curious what your average blood sugar is typically. I don’t have spikes with Choc Zero products, but my fasting blood sugar will begin to increase steadily over however many days I am eating them.
You are a wonderful grandfather. Your love for your grandson and all of your family is very obvious and a huge blessing to them. Life can be tough, but you're going to do well and have a lasting legacy of love to pass on. As far as my pre T2 diagnosis, my favorite foods were cheetos and m&ms, together. The sweet and salty combo did me in. Keep up the good work, stay strong in what you believe, and please keep making podcasts. Your honest humility is refreshing. ❤
Choc Zero does spike me too much to use, but a friend that lives in my house, does not experience the same problem. Using my freestyle Libre I know exactly what foods effect me, but that is a personal experience, not everyone's experience, I know it is a no no to many, but I still use Splenda for some things I cook. Mostly Allulose, but sometimes I make a personal decision to use Splenda. Sorry to those that don't agree, but it is a personal decision. Know your own body and buy products accordingly, AGREE.
"Politefully" SHOULD be a word - lol!🤩 I got a tattoo with the first lines of a poem I wrote for my dear boy when he passed - it helps me to put my hand over it somehow when I'm having a really bad day missing him. "If love could have saved you, immortal we would be..." I hope you find a way out of the painful phase of grief, I'm not totally there yet and it's been 3 years.
Hi Steve, I'm a type one diabetic and yes, glucose can go to 400 and beyond as a type one and probably as a type two as well, but not sure about that. For me, Choc zero does spike my blood sugar a bit, but I also know that for me, many things spike mine that may not make other people's blood sugar rise. Bodies are different. For me, even if I eat too much protein, yes protein, my blood sugar rises to over 200 I never blame a company unless it's been proven that a particular company is being deceptive.
Prayers for your family while the "norm" is off-kilter a bit. I'm glad you can recognize Colton's needs and help him through. I am one of those 10% who has a reaction with ChocZero products. I love some of their items so I wish they didn't use what they use. I have always appreciated that you actively DO state disclaimers, whether that's for glucose spikes or total vs. net carbs. I also appreciate you supporting other Keto folks who are doing it right like Alicia, Carolyn, Nilli, Wes, and the Keto Twins. Thanks for keeping it real!
Oh my, could I share some "true confessions" about all the stealth sweets I have eaten over the years. Krispy Kreme and I were good buds. You have been a huge help in enabling my husband and I to change to healthier eating habits and our bodies are thanking us every day! I really appreciate your comments about ChocZero. I learned about them from you and their products have made a huge difference in helping us shed our final feelings of what I call "keto deprivation" - morning all the things we "can't" eat anymore. Thanks for all you have done to help us move on to a healthier and happier future!!
I found some CZ products spike my glucose while others are mild. This is another case that CGMs should be available to anyone who wants one (i.e. w/o prescription, not without cost). We can monitor and adjust...
Hopefully by this summer or the fall, CGM‘s will be available over-the-counter. Apparently, they will be a simplified, dumbed down version, but better than no access except by prescription.
Awwww. Thank you for your posts. For my life of bad eating…. I worked 3rd shift forever at GMIA…Mitchell Airport…would make sweet treats for work regularly…however worse habit was coming home and having leftover supper for breakfast…. Meat and potatoes… spaghetti…lasagna..etc and go to bed…that must have been pretty bad… I developed fatty liver, diabetes , high blood pressure etc, which are gone with fasting, low carb, modifications… thank you again for being one of the community of encouraging, reliable information. ♥️
I’m sensitive to glucose spikes and sometimes I won’t try something unless I can test it out for myself at home in case I do have a reaction. But I would never discourage anyone from using a product just because I I have a reaction. If I eat a dish of oatmeal, my blood sugar spikes to 300. I don’t want oatmeal banned. Most people don’t even have that kind of reaction. My body is just being weird and I wish it wasn’t that way. People should be able to do whatever they think is right for them…..even if it’s dangerous. 😊
Hi Steve, just love your podcast and your vulnerability! Just so you know, your Carbonaut review has helped me so much. We live in Southern California and the cost for this bread is $9 a loaf at Sprouts Natural Foods market. Oh, my wall of shame meal: sometimes when I needed to run an errand I would go to Rite Aid where there was a Thrifty ice cream section. At 10:30 AM I would request a double ice cream scoop with a cake cone. This is before I had my coffee and breakfast! Since last November I have lost 13 lbs just by eating a low carb and curtailing my Sees candy habit. The reason is because I had a retinal tear in my right eye and a retinal detachment in my left eye. Plus, my mom died from complications of uncontrolled diabetes. Her eyes were very messed up. Although my A1C was 6.1, I am doing what I can to lower it. I really enjoy the time you take for your videos.
In my 20s (about 40 years ago), I used to have a cup of coffee and a Little Debbie oatmeal cream pie (aka marshmallow surrounded by soft oatmeal cookies) every day for breakfast. It was my favorite thing, sugar and caffeine. About ten years ago, I tried one again just for old time's sake. It was the nastiest thing I ever put in my mouth. My other favorite treat was a yeast roll filled with custard and topped with chocolate ganache. I haven't eaten one in two years. I've thought about trying one, but I think the glucose spike would be no fun. I have to brag just a little because at 61, I just had my first A1c test. It was 5.2. Hooray for keto! Thanks for all you do Steve, and thanks for reading, haha.
Your honesty is the reason why I enjoy this channel. I love how you take one for the team in order to show us how certain foods/brands affect us and I appreciate that. Bad eating habits..hmm, man there was so many pre keto lol. I would make this cheesy pasta with tomato sauce and basically eat the whole pot. As for ChocZero, it's my absolute favorite! Such yummy products I can enjoy without the guilt.
Hi Steve. I agree with you regarding Choc Zero. I think they are an honest company trying to make great tasting products. And they do taste great. How blessed is Colton and his family to have you and Terry as such a strong support system. God bless. 😊
I think sometimes people don't think before they post. I enjoy your channel because you take the time to test and research whatever you review. Keep up the good work. I wish I could trust some content creators as much as I trust your reviews.
We hope you feel better! I can’t imagine consuming 100g of carbs in one sitting, yikes! I recently attended birthday party, I brought my own crackers and chicken cottage cheese dip. When it came time for the cake, I had my keto chocolate chip cookies. I was good. I think people should take responsibility for their own actions, do their own research, checking and be mindful! Thanks for the chat!
You and Terri helping your son out while he is away is showing that you prioritize family. That’s squared away to me. It’s a small blip in time and your channel will not suffer for it in the long term. I admire that ❤️
Great video Steve! I'm a T2D and tried Choc Zero products and unfortunately I did get a spike. I can't remember how high. It never crossed my mind to get the torches and pitchforks out.😀 DKA is defined as glucose over 250. There's got to be more to the story. She must've eaten the whole jar/case. I'm retired from the Army and I can relate to your son's situation. I missed a lot of family events when I was deployed that I'll never get back.
I LOVE ChocZero products so much! I hope their company continues to put out sugar free alternatives for those of us who aren't ready to give up sweets yet❤❤❤
I "politefully" agree with you about not policing what people eat when it comes to keto. I saw a TH-camr response on another channel that because someone else had a glucose spike they were going to throw away their choc zero product, and I was thinking let's not be so hasty, that is one person's experience and opinion. Anyway, hang in there! ❤
Hey Steve, you and your family are just wonderful. I appreciate your teaching, and your candor. I understand how hard it is to be HSP. I’m afraid I ate all of my emotions as well as everyone else’s. Thanks for helping me eat so much healthier! Thanks to your kids for their service! And here is a hug for Colton.
Great shirt Steve. My worst eating behavior was actually drinking alcohol. That is what I know put a lot of weight on me. I don't drink anymore and for a few years. That and eating keto with my Choc Zero snacks have kept me at about 155 pounds which is where I feel my best. Keep up the good work!
My thoughts will be with you and your family as you go through this difficult patch. My oldest child is a HSP as well. I understand how stressful those times of change can be. I used to eat A LOT of candy before changing my eating. Like, I would eat M&Ms until I was sick. Good times. 😜 I am one of those who can’t eat Choc Zero, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t make their products for others. There are too many Keto food snobs. This way of eating needs to be accessible to all lifestyles and economic levels. Ok, super long comment, sorry! 😊
Glad you mentioned the nitrous oxide cartridges. I think it's crazy that we can't buy them on Amazon. I do have quite a few in reserve but I don't understand the reasoning behind it. When I was young and worked at Gimbel's Tasty Town as a waitress, we had huge bags of half and half in dispensers to fill the cream pitchers for the tables. I would drink it by the glass full. Also added root beer to make a quickie root beer float.
Hi Steve, first and foremost , THANK you for your time. Grief takes time please be kind to yourself. i'm happy to see your posts anytime. I'm excited to see more of Colton.What can we do to cheer him up and make this time go easier on him?? I'm sick and tired of other people being my police. They need to get a life and take care of their own business.
Frosted Strawberry Pop tarts (71g Carbs) and pint of whole milk (24g Carbs) to wash it down. Pizza was my addiction. So at least 2-3 times a week I would have that. I was just clueless as to what this was doing to my body. I started eating a very low carb diet when I was 51. Now I’m 54 and I have reversed my type 2 diabetes and lost about 60 lbs. I went from 240 to 180 now. Off all meds. I also feel better now than I did in my 30’s.
Yes...poptarts! Was never a fan of any of the frosted varieties but definitely addicted to unfrosted, toasted blueberry slathered in butter. The last time I ate one it no longer tasted good....about 2 years ago.
Unfortunately, I'm one of those who get a spike from ChocZero. I'm certainly fine with them selling their products as keto friendly but do wish they would put a disclaimer on their products that in certain individuals consuming their products do have a rise in glucose. Perhaps even saying type 1 diabetics. This may save individuals from purchasing and then having to get a refund from the company. I do give credit to the company for offering a refund to begin with! I'm glad you settled the "masked wall" of nasty comments that occur on the internet. I'll never understand why people feel they should bad talk others. You handled it so nicely! Take you time with family this month. Family is more important and we support you.
I've tried to figure out a correlation between the people who have spikes with ChocZero products, but I can't find it - either in terms of specific products/ingredients or diabetes status.
@@SeriousKeto I found this study that shows a difference in glucose response to straight dextrose and two resistant dextrose types. The increase wasn't as significant as pure dextrose but there was a rise in RS-2 and this small study was on healthy people not type 1 diabetics or insulin dependent type 2. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911581/
I am so sorry. I just started listening to you about a few months ago, and appreciate all you do (your blood glucose and food products and information to help us) You definitely has helped me on my diabetic journey to make good choices and my diabetes 2 is reversing and down 35 lbs!! Thank you so much!
I am sitting here with my 17 year old cat Charlie lying beside my laptop. I can certainly understand your missing Thumper. Hard to explain to someone without a cat. (or dog) Looking forward to your future weekly email.
I was once given a great bit of life advice: "you don't have a time management problem, you have difficulty identifying your priorities." Nothing but true and served me well.
Is this referencing a particular part of the podcast? I record these and almost instantly forget what I talked about. Incidentally, "priorities" is a word that was created by businesses who couldn't agree on what the "most important thing" is. Priority, by definition, is singular. There can only be ONE most important thing. Yet I spent countless years in board meetings where the C-suite had a hard time agreeing on NINE priorities for the next year's business goals.
@@SeriousKeto Very funny! 😆 Yes, that advice came back to me when you were kindly saying that people often don't have time to cook and 'products' become an option. I think that is an easy 'trap' to fall into. If food is your medicine, as good ol' Hippocrates advised, then I think preparing healthful food should be a priority. From that premise, I find that time to cook is available, although it sometimes takes a bit of planning ahead. (Written while waiting for some low-carb, homemade chicken soup leftovers to reheat for lunch....😉)
I've always been a stickler for reading labels but Dreamfields pasta taught me that you can't always trust those nutritional labels. When I'm on low carb, I do occasionally use low-carb tortillas but I don't lose weight when I incorporate them often. Due to my personal experience, I avoid modified flours and starches. YMMV
I feel like these products are fine as the occasional treat or "safety net" to keep a person away from falling into sugary snacks. But speaking as someone who routinely reviews these breads/tortillas/snacks, I believe they are what are keeping me from taking of the "Quarantine 15" I gained. They don't necessarily spike my glucose and they don't knock me out of ketosis, but they do keep me (and I think most people) from losing weight.
Past food binging included ruffles potato chips and canned chocolate frosting as the dip. Also all the bread I could eat. So glad to leave those habits behind me. The low carb life is so much better! Thanks for this video! ❤
Whatever way of eating people follow, it is always preferable to make your own food. However, the reality is we don't all have the time to do such. I'm a T2 Diabetic and there are times that ChocZero (and other Keto-friendly items) will spike my glucose. What people don't realize at times is that stress levels and other things can change the sensitivity for us T2s (can't speak to if this is the case with T1 - different disorder). Some times I'm more insulin resistant, some times I'm less (and my cgm is going off cause I've gone low). If you're worried about what affects you, track it and read the labels for food stuffs. Take information from the internet as a starting point for our own research. I've been so thankful that as part of your testing, you go through all the ingredients. That way, I can manage my expectations. And truly, there are some things that have gone on my - "Yep, not buying that" list. So, keep doing you and we'll keep watching....
GREAT video Steve. I hate the mob mentality! I am a grown adult and can make decisions for myself. I love Choc zero, I bought it on your recommendation, it's not something I eat everyday but I do like to keep it on hand for those times that the rest of my family or company have their sugary treats. I use it as a tool to maintain my keto lifestyle.
I totally agree with you about Choc Zero. My husband is Type 1 diabetic, and unless he eats too much at one time it does not spike his blood sugars at all and it's a product that does not affect me at all either. The people that do have a problem with it, that's too bad, as they are great tasting products for sure!
It's just sad that some folks don't recognize that DIFFERENT people have DIFFERENT reactions to all kinds of foods, and that this particular influencer allowed (and perhaps even encouraged) the witch hunt against ChocZero and the calls for people to boycott my channel because I do reviews of ChocZero.
I hate to say how bad I was when I was younger when it came to food but I was definitely all-out addicted. I commuted to college and every day I would stop at McDonalds and get TWO full on breakfast meals, then I stopped at a bagel shop a little further down the highway and got three to four specialty bagels (pizza, cheese, etc.). When I got to the campus I would park in the parking structure and eat it all! It was insane. I used to have nightmares that I would get in an accident on my way home and they would just leave me in my car piled under fast food wrappers and soda containers because I was too fat to get out! I was over 400 pounds back then. I lost about 100 pounds during my last semester but have been up and down ever since. Keto/Ketovore have been super helpful over last few years. I never did get back up over 400 pounds but I got as high as 375 at one point a few years ago. Also, in terms of ChocZero, I enjoy a piece of chocolate now and then and think their products are really tasty. I'm pretty sure most packaged keto products are not the best for me personally but I completely get the need for them. I don't do a lot of cooking so tend to do simple things that don't require a ton of prep (basically I'm lazy). I appreciate your honesty on all the products you review, I always feel I can count on you for that honest opinion which is extremely helpful for me. Thank you.
Yes! If we are going to keep keto sustainable we sometimes need these convenient products to keep us from going off the rails on the more accepted Standard American Diet which is really a lot worse then some choc zero or other products to help us stay on track.
It is a miracle that I am not Diabetic. I had a fairly healthy diet for the first 40 years with junk food in moderation but a new job at 40 the junk food took over my eating. By the time the pandemic showed, I was in burnout but my work hours were over the top so I was drinking 4 to 6 power drinks a day just to keep moving. I was generally too exhausted to eat much for supper, my one meal a day, would crash then get up and do it again. Finally had total crash in 2023 and went Carnivore. I am presently slowly moving to Keto. Great video❤️👍 🥰🥰🥰🇨🇦
I was doing a little of sourdough baking pre-keto so the amount of bread, crumpets, bagels, baguettes, croissants, rolls and other breads was astronomical when looking back.
Anything has the potential to do things to someone that is unexpected, or should not happen. It just is. Life is like that. Seems everyone has become crazy and become the lynching mob. Social media has done that to the crazies. Serious Keto is still the first place I look for reviews on keto and other hacks. Steve stands tall with integrity in my books
SO many foods on my wall of shame. I'd stop buying one because of no will power, but I'd soon find another to take it's place. Notables: Costco macadamia chocolate caramel clusters - I'd eat them by the dozen. Ice cream of any flavor - one of my faves was to buy the cheapo tub (2 gallon?) of vanilla and add about a cup of Jif and mix until smooth like a DQ blizzard. Little Debbies - in particular Swiss cake rolls and the peanut butter sandwiches - 3-4 at a time. Don't even get me started on Halloween candy! Ugh! Been Keto 6 months now and down 40 lbs. and feel great. Never thought I'd be able to 'give up' pasta, bread, rice and potatoes, but the cravings are gone. Look back and just shake my head at the things I used eat in excess. Really love your channel Steve!
True confession. I used to consume a 1-pound bag of Hersey's Kisses in 2 days...repeat when bag was empty...so 3 ish bags per week every week. No wonder I weighed over 300 lbs!
"Chicharron" is a word that is more accurately translated to "crackling" in English and does not mean pork or meat, though it is typically made from animal skins. But in Hispanic cultures chicharrones are made from Pork, chicken, and beef, and particularly in Mexico, Chicharrones de Harina (fried wheat crackling) are a very common snack. This isn't meant to be deceptive, it's just a pun on the word for crackling based on a Mexican treat. They sell them fried fresh at local flea markets in my area here in Florida. I know to look out for them because I've been exposed to them, but I can see how others might miss it on the package.
So my big “what the H was I thinking” with food was that when I was a software analyst for the Department of Transportation back in my working days, our building was right across the street from McDonald’s. Need I say more? Lunch from there almost every day of the week. That and the office candy dish (IT people will eat anything sweet) got me into a lot of trouble.
Keep on educating people Steve. We all don’t react in exactly the same way to food, or music styles or even colors for that matter. I react not so positively to a very popular keto product. I think it is the type of fiber used. Do I bad mouth it and lobby to have it removed!? No. There are lots of people who love it and have no problems with it!!
I've mentioned it before but my carb addiction is pasta. I have in fact left the house in the wee hours of the morning to go to 7-11 to buy cup-o-noodles. I used to eat two packages of brick ramen at once - that's four servings. I still haven't found a great keto pasta substitute, but I'm dealing! :)
A keto lifestyle saved my eyesight and helps me maintain weight control and overall good health as a 74-year-old. ChocZero products are a big part of my keto life. I can't say enough good things about their customer service, too!
I love Choc Zero! I don't have any problems with BS spikes. Each person has to see what their results are. My binge foods before I learned better? Soooo many! Whole boxes of pop tarts, Whole boxes of cereal in a sitting. Every month with PMS I would eat bags of Lay's chips with Snickers bars! 😮
Pre-keto I would go to the grocery store and buy a variety of what we in the UK call "crisps", and you can "chips", along with other deep fried crunchy snack things, all in the large size packs, and then at home I'd mix them all together in a big bowl ... and eat them. I mean, I'd share the megamix with others, but I'd eat most of it!
Good Morning Steve...I am also a HSP and still really don't know how to handle it at times so I can only imagine how Colton is right now...and by the way my prayers for Connor and thank him for his service ...Family always comes first and your "true followers" know this especially with all going on ....we will be there for you....and for Terry, Courtney and Colton...I think the email thing is great look forward to hearing more. There are sooooo many things on my wall of shame Bagels are a biggie pizza !/2 a pie...But eating two, yes two Macdonalds big breakfasts at once ( the pancake,sausage english muffineggs and hash browns) probably tops... Really good video today Choczero has an affect on my husband but not the dark chips....It does nothing to me Haters will always be haters Non GMO Dextrin is what you meant ... again GREAT VIDEO PODCAST.Thanks Steve And God Bless!....Julianna NC
I share your strong empathy, etc. I so enjoy your videos (all of them). I’m willing to be patient with the uploading. Know some people, in fact, many are kind
I get spikes from some Choczero products and not others and I haven't figured it out yet. I thought it was the resistant dextrin, but that is present in just about everything they make. The caramels do not spike my bg at all. The dark chocolate peanut butter cups cause a huge spike. I guess it must be something in the peanut butter filling, but not the dextrin. I don't know what to think.
I guess we should be that surprised that DIFFERENT people will have DIFFERENT reactions. Yet some people (not you, obviously) extrapolate that because something affects them it must affect everyone. I honestly think that even for those of us who use continuous glucose monitors and try to control other external variables, there can still be inconsistent results. For example, I dipped my finger into the ChocZero white chocolate syrup for a taste and my glucose went up 40 points. The next day, I put a full serving (2TB) into my coffee and there was zero movement in my glucose. So mark me down also as "I don't know what to think". 😉
❤ Hi Steve, first off I will be Praying for Peace and Comfort (as I have been doing) for your whole family 🙏 I'm sorry but, I have been insulin diabetic for 17yrs and, I absolutely LoVe LoVe Love Choc Zero products. There is NO WAY someone's blood glucose rose "That" high unless it was already extremely high Before they consumed any Choc Zero products! I have a piece of chocolate every afternoon "sometimes" my sugar spikes a little but never more then 10-15. I use the syrups occasionally and my sugars remain in check. Thank You for always being you my friend 🤗 Give Colton & his momma a big hug from US. ~Kaye ❤ Big Tight HugS, much love, and Holy KisseS to you all. 😘😘
You guys take care. Lots going on. It can be overwhelming. Wonderful to hear about the love and support you have for each other. Wall of shame: WaWa soft pretzels - 2 in a pack. They come in a single pack but c'mon! get the 2!!! Of course washed down with Diet Coke. LOL
Hey Steve I read an article that the FDA was approving an over-the-counter CGM. (For people not on insulin) Might help more people find out what foods spike their blood sugar. I know they have them available now through certain companies, but maybe the price will be cheaper? I could certainly use one.
The question that is still unanswered is whether these OTC devices will report actual numeric data or if they’ll just say “low, normal, high”. The issue is that OTC products are categorized as “general health” and not meant to treat or diagnose. Hence my concern.
Choc Zero is interesting. My brother who is type2 and takes metformin loves them and has no spikes. I tried their milk chocolate hazelnut rectangles and loved them as a pre-diabetic not taking any medication but 3 of those pieces gave me an 85 point glucose spike. I'm sure that is less than it would be if it were the same amount of Mr. Goodbar. I make my own chocolate nut things with Lillys and don't get near as much a response.
Ive been enjoying choc zero products for months, coffee syrup, maple syrup, chocolate syrup. After this vid I did the serious keto test and tested glucose before and after a serving of my keto ice cream with chocolate zero topping. 76 before, 144 two hrs later! I'm assuming it is the resistant corn flour/dextrin. Thanks or heads up. Wonder if choc zero paid for the study claiming no glucose spike?
What study? ChocZero admits that some people get spikes and they offer refunds to people who experience spikes. Read through the comments and see how many people it doesn’t spike, including type 1 and type 2 diabetics, and refrain from starting any conspiracy theories please.
When i started keto in February this year, i was coming off a 6 can of Mellow Yellow per day, plus filling in the rest of my day with a pitcher of Sweet Tea (made with 1.25 Cups of Sugar per gallon)! * My sugar addiction was ROUGH as hell for the first 10 days, but by the 2nd week i felt like a life switch had been turned on inside me. I'm glad you blocked the A-hole comment dude! Keep yourself and your family as your priority! We are here for you regardless of how your schedule changes. ❤️
Hey, Flash! (Steve) you are always so reasonable and thoughtful in your explanations on things. I appreciate that. I have a sciencey (is that a word?) question: I’m one of those people whose glucose rises significantly when I eat sweet things, even those with the fake sugars, like erythritol, monk fruit, stevia…except for allulose…but I’m realizing that when I use allulose, I only use a small amount so the food hardly tastes sweet at all. Anyway, I want to know what causes the glucose rise…what is the mechanism in my body? I asked my doc, but she didn’t know. My thought is that after tasting something sweet, my body expects some sweet food and starts pumping out insulin to balance the sweet. Then, since no glucose appears, my liver has to make some to balance that extra insulin. Do you have any ideas or suggestions of where to start researching? Thanks!
Choc Zero does send my glucose higher than I would prefer. However, it is not every product, nor does it go up more than 40 points. As I test like you do - nothing else but the product, in what I consider a serving, with no “exercise” to blunt a rise - I determined that, if I want to enjoy a couple of peanut butter cups and don’t want to make them, choc zero is still better than the sugary ones that sent my glucose up by around 100 points. It’s not like this is a daily snack, nor one that I can’t control with a bit of exercise or by using it as a dessert for a high protein/high fat meal. With encouragement, I think that like other reputable companies, they will use R&D resources to improve their products so that more customers can enjoy them.
Which glucose monitor are you using? I've found that since I "upgraded" to the Dexcom G7, I'm getting some very strange readings - generally much higher (like 30 points or more) than what I get doing a finger stick on my Keto Mojo. I'll recalibrate it with the Mojo reading and it still goes right back up on the G7. In another example, I dipped my finger into the new ChocZero white chocolate syrup and had a taste. My glucose shot up just over 40 points. The next morning, I put a full two tablespoon serving into my coffee and my glucose moved less than 10 points. Back when I was using the G6, I ate six ChocZero peanut butter cups in one sitting and my glucose moved only 13 points. After doing some research, it seems that the G7 is especially sensitive to pressure. So if you place it on the back of your arm (the recommended location) and you sleep in such a way that it puts pressure on the sensor, it can cause abnormally high readings. This could also explain why I'm seeing some radical spikes and dips in my glucose at night that I never saw with the G6.
My embarrassing guilty pleasure was Apple Fritters from Winchell's donuts, I can still taste them in my mind and oh the stomach ache after eating. To the "Checha Rrones" I have also seen little wheels labeled as Chicharrones, but they are in fact "Duros de harina (also known as pasta para duros, duritos, durros, pasta para durito, chicharrones, churritos, Mexican wagon wheels or pin wheels) are a popular Mexican snack food made of puffed wheat, often flavored with chili and lemon." It must be a translation thing.
My late parents were both diabetic. They would buy apple fritters and eat only a bite or two. Their blood sugar used to run about 200 fairly often. Mom lived to 82 and Dad made it to 91, but they both took a lot of meds.
Well, the torch and pitchfork crew were also encouraging everyone to boycott my channel on that FB page, so it was kind of important. And I can't turn off comments without essentially ending the Serious Keto Community.
@@SeriousKetoWow! Always remember that over 300,000 of us ‘Seriously’ enjoy, appreciate and rely on you! As a fellow HSP & INFJ, I don’t know how you do it, but I admire you immensely.
@@SeriousKeto Well, sorry about that….im a torch and pitchfork salesman. I do stress to my customers to only use when we march on Washington.. oh no, i hope the NSA or CIA isnt listening.
Thank YOU for posting! I'd love to get to watch all of your videos but my own schedule is just too weird. So very sorry to hear about the passing of your pet - we had to put our Golden Retriever down 14 years ago and it hurt so badly we still can't get another dog because we don't want to go thru that again. We can cry every time we talk about him. As for my own shameful diet, I used any excuse to drive past Dunkin Donuts so I could get their plain bagels and/or croissants. I was never a candy person, give the baked goods! I could never get just one, that would be sinful. I'd have to get at least 3 or, preferably, 4 (sometimes 6) and just eat them. Not cut, not toasted with anything on them, just pulled apart and eaten just like that. Yes I'd feel sick to my stomach after eating them and my gut was SO not happy, but even today I would love to do that again. I lost 70 lbs on Keto, fell off the wagon over the holidays, gained back 20 lbs and it is so darn difficult to get back on. I'm trying.
I’ve taken a far too long break from chaffles. It’s time for me to get back. 😉 And I just happen to have some of the cookie butter, so thanks for the suggestion.
So true about the Keto packaged products. Trying to live a keto life makes you appreciate the convenience of some basic products. For example, I LOVE bread. And I cannot tell you how much money, time and energy I have wasted trying to bake keto bread. I still can't do it. So, I am enormously grateful for the privilege of being able to buy keto bread. By the way, I can't wait for your Cottage cheese breads 😊😊!!!
Sushi 3-4 times/week. Remember that the rice is seasoned with sugar. Soy sauce has wheat. Yeah, I loved sushi so much (still do but I am wiser) that I moved to Japan. Thanks for the podcast Steve.
For years (decades?) the first thing I consumed in the morning was a can of Coke (my replacement for coffee). Then, on my way to work 1-2 times a week I would get donuts; 2 cinnamon sugar cake, 2 glazed, and 2 chocolate glazed. They would be either gone by the time I got to work, or I would save 2 for a mid-morning snack, accompanied by another can of Coke. I'm now 62 years old, with a 20-year history of type 2 diabetes. Most of that time I took a non-insulin injectable (Trulicity). I am now off my diabetes meds 9 months, and down 80 lbs. Still have 120 lbs. to lose. But, my highest A1C was 10.9, and it is currently in the 6.3 range and improving. My blood pressure meds that I've taken for 40 years (3 different ones) the dosage has been cut in half and then half again. My highest fasting insulin was 77 and it's now nearly within normal at 19. Highest C-reactive protein was 55 (FIFTY FIVE) and it is now normal at 4.3. Liver enzymes have normalized, cholesterol is good. I follow a Ketovore/Carnivore/Keto way of eating variation way of eating. No processed food. No restaraunt food, no vegetable or seed oils. Animal based; grass-fed and grass finished beef, wild caught salmon, pastured and organic eggs, raw milk, cheese and other dairy, a few nuts and seeds, a low-carb vegetable like green beans on occasion, and berries and a small amount of very dark chocolate nearly every day.
I’m in IT and a thing I have noticed is a lot of people in IT eat quite badly and very prone to snacking in general. I mean it’s generally a very stress prone job at times so I guess people in the field go to eating and even heavy drinking as a coping mechanism.
I absolutely love chocolate Choc Zero. A lot of the time, that's the difference between me falling off the wagon and not. I love the company, they're super transparent about packaging weight. They have great customer service even when it's the mailman's fault. A spike of over 400 from one serving of the syrup tells me that there is something going on with that person. That's definitely not a reaction the rest of us get. I noticed I do get a higher spike (than I would like) with anything that has peanut butter in it. So guess what, I just don't eat the ones with peanut butter in it. I'm going to be super unhappy if that movement affects my Choc Zero. That makes me want to go place an order right now.
It's folks like you that make me happy that we do what we do. I think having treats that are yummy AND made without added sugar can help folks succeed in their goals and that's what we want to do for the keto community.
large bowl full (about a half bag) of S'mores cereal, sprinkled with a few tablespoons of Nestle Quick chocolate powder, smothered in melted vanilla ice cream (in the milky state of matter). Then, the second half of the bag to soak up the rest of the milk,
Hope things go as smoothly as possible juggling your schedule, and that everyone in your family does well. In defense of Wisconsin's decision, some folks with brain damage from inhalants can cost easily in medical costs per year and residential care $150k/year for the rest of their life. So they may have been staring at their budget going what the heck can we do. In OR we had so much severe brain damage from meth that cost a fortune and fried people's brains that we stopped access to Pseudofed which is a base for making meth. decision, some folks with brain damage from inhalants can cost easily in medical costs per year and residential care $150k/year.
I love choc zero. I have hypoglycemia. It has never spiked my blood sugar. And it’s not anything that you eat every single day of your life, but it’s good to have a treat now and then and I find that I especially, like to have a piece of chocolate after dinner. And it doesn’t bother me at all. I hate when it has something like that shake that you showed and it says 15 carbs per serving and there’s four servings in it the same with the diet ice cream you have to watch it. There’s ice cream out there that says keto and low-carb but a pint has four servings! I don’t think so! 😅 And I don’t know if I got on here and gave you my condolences on your precious baby. We know your pain. Our prayers are with you and your family as you go through the grieving process. ❤
Oh Steve.... I have you beat with my "walk of shame" worst eating habit!!! I would buy a 4 POUND tub of buttercream frosting to just eat with a spoon EVERY WEEK!!!!😞
Thank you for your kind words...I was nodding along when you said that packaged keto snacks can be the difference between going low carb and not for some folks. That's exactly the type of people we're trying to help and we're always working hard to try and get it right for our customers. It's a big reason why we give refunds when someone is genuinely unsatisfied...we want folks to enjoy their snacks!
Hi Steve, in 2021 I was watching my 7 year older sister lose her mind and her life to diabetes. Her sugars were running in the 6 and 7 hundreds, her A1C was about 14 or 15. She could not get it down even with aggressive insulin shots. But she ate only what she wanted. Lunch for her was a coke and a pint of ice cream. If she was still hungry she'd have crackers or a candy bar. Then I was diagnosed with diabetes and told what I had to look forward to. That was my wake up call. I lost my sister in the fall of '21. I will be 70 this fall, but I won't die from the same cause. You've helped me immensely on my journey. Thank you, my friend.
And I love choc zero. I appreciate how you present them.
So sorry to hear of your loss. I hope you will succeed in your health journey.
@janicej8926 Thank you, my friend. Every day at my age is a gift. I wish you well also. ❤️
I’m sincerely sorry for your loss. However I just wondering, you and your sister had an approximate 59 yrs difference in age or was there a typo?
@angeladiaz7746 I can't find the typo? I thought I said she was 7 years older. She died in 21, and then I later said, now I am almost 70. She would have been 77 this year. Thank you for your kindness.
There was no typo. I also read it wrong as a 7 year old sister! Sorry that happened to her.
We love Choc Zero products. From our non keto members to our diabetic member. Thanks for sticking with them, Steve!
Steve, as a wee kid, my Dad was away at college. My Mother would tell me that "Daddy is away getting smarter for us! (the family). I would tell Colton that Daddy is away learning how to make himself smarter for Colton. For me is lasted for 6 years, so my Dad could get is masters degree in Education. He was an Industrial Arts teacher for over 30 years! My Mom said things in a way to make me *so proud* of my father, that it became easy to accept over the years. When he would come home all of us kids would jump at the chance to learn what he had learned that particular month away!!! Try to make it seem like Dad is a super-hero, because he IS a super-hero!!! (My dad was!!)
Steve (aka Flash :) If all content creators were as reliable in their explanations, facts and testing methods, the number of people understanding KETO would triple. Thank you for the hard work you put into your podcasts and videos. My main Keto journey started for brain health (dementia in family history). The side effect was the loss of 65 pounds. You are the real deal and I’m thankful that i found your channel.
I tell ya what. I was a taxi driver on the overnight shift in nine cities. I was also a big rig driver crossing the nation every week.
I ate a LOT of fast food, junk from truck stops and lots of candy bars, passing time for the hundreds of miles between loads. As a cab driver I had little choices for food in the middle of the night, so I ate the easily obtainable junk. I have had four heart attacks and two strokes. All easily attributed to my diet.
Then I found Keto. I have been recovering from my second stroke. I have lost 90 lbs with a sedentary life. Then I began to talk walks. I go that up to two miles at a time. I live directly a half mile from both Pacific Beach and Mission Bay.
Thanks to you, and others, I have introduced friends to the Keto life. Thanks for your help. I am a disabled veteran with mobility issues, so being acle to walk so much, with a famous beach right down the street is cool.
Well done taking control of your health (and not dying). 😉👍🏻
Wow! Thanks for posting your story. It gives hope, inspires and reminds us all how forgiving and resilient our bodies can be!
Congratulations to you. 🥳Continue to enjoy your journey back to health & those beautiful San Diego area beaches!
How lucky Colton is to have 2 strong male role models in his life. Seeing how you deal with things will help him learn to cope with his emotions more than anything. Children learn what they live! 🥰
I am a type 2 diabetic. I have purchased several items from Choc Zero, including the peanut butter cups, truffles and Rhea bars. I have been enjoying these items sparingly for several months and have had ZERO glucose spikes from consuming them. Everybody is different, and what is true for me might not be true for you. But I will continue to purchase selected items from Choc Zero as long as they are available.
Thanks, Steve, for introducing me to Choc Zero. I am not doing a keto diet, but I do use some keto products to help decrease my carb intake and still enjoy a few of the things I like, such as peanut butter cups.
That's really wonderful news and I'm so happy we could make treats you can enjoy AND fit into your lifestyle. We're bringing back the peanut butter ghosts this Halloween and we've been working on a new candy bar I think you'll love!
@@ChocZero I love Choc Zero products. I have never had an embarrassing side affects from eating them. The only problem I have is portion control! LOL
@@evies1050 Hah! Well we can't make them less delicious to help with that, I'm sorry to say 😅
I agree that the comment about such a huge bump in glucose from choczero is out of line. I am unfortunately someone who gets a spike from it and so I avoid it. I buy instead goalz which does not contain the corn fiber and I do fine. Ingredients are cocoa mass, cocoa butter, allulose, and some nut or coconut based on the type. It is great. I really loved the choczero but my CGM says stay away. Choczero does try to reach out for suggestions on how and when to eat it, but I always spike like 30-40. I am trying to keep insulin low so I just can’t eat it. Everyone should always test on their own.
I am an HSP as well. The being a sponge to other’s emotions has gotten worse as I’ve gotten older. I feel for Colton, and you as well as you see him having a hard time. I still remember when I was 7, in my 60’s now, that my Dad was living four hours away as he had switched occupations. My Mom was packing and us kids finished out the school year. My Mom even took me to a Dr because I wasn’t doing so well with the situation. The Dr advised that I be sent to where my Dad was, which was with my oldest sister and her husband, and that is what happened. I know that can’t happen in Colton’s situation but I’m sure having you, Terry, and Courtney will be of a help to him. 🙏🙏
Me, too. HSP & INFJ. Colton is very fortunate that his wonderful Grampa has insight, sensitivity and gets it! My mother never has and she’s 102! Always criticized and shamed me for being ‘weak’. That will never happen to Colton!
I didn't know I was an HSP until adulthood, I thought I was just overly sensitive! What an amazing revelation.
Choc Zero immediately spikes my glucose to over 300. I'm one of your mentioned 10ish%, and thankful for a CGM that so clearly shows what it does and the discussion. We're all different and need to know what affects us individually.
I wish I knew what the correlation was and why some people spike and others don't. But there seems to be no flags in terms of specific products, ingredients or diabetes type (or lack thereof). It would probably require some sort of meta-study looking at a very large group and multiple bio-markers.
But since that's never going to happen, your advice in the last sentence is the best advice.
Same here
@@SeriousKetoYes! Everyone, and I mean everyone, should wear a CGM for a month at least every 3 to 5 years just to see what’s going on. Every prediabetic should be given one for free for a month or two in order to map out the same for them on an individual basis. Sadly, many endocrinologists actually discourage their diabetic patients from even checking themselves with a simple glucose meter! They think it will make them neurotic. I think it will inform and empower them! Hmmm… Perhaps that possibility makes some of the endocrinologists neurotic?!
I’m just curious what your average blood sugar is typically. I don’t have spikes with Choc Zero products, but my fasting blood sugar will begin to increase steadily over however many days I am eating them.
You are a wonderful grandfather. Your love for your grandson and all of your family is very obvious and a huge blessing to them. Life can be tough, but you're going to do well and have a lasting legacy of love to pass on.
As far as my pre T2 diagnosis, my favorite foods were cheetos and m&ms, together. The sweet and salty combo did me in.
Keep up the good work, stay strong in what you believe, and please keep making podcasts. Your honest humility is refreshing. ❤
Choc Zero does spike me too much to use, but a friend that lives in my house, does not experience the same problem. Using my freestyle Libre I know exactly what foods effect me, but that is a personal experience, not everyone's experience, I know it is a no no to many, but I still use Splenda for some things I cook. Mostly Allulose, but sometimes I make a personal decision to use Splenda. Sorry to those that don't agree, but it is a personal decision. Know your own body and buy products accordingly, AGREE.
"Politefully" SHOULD be a word - lol!🤩
I got a tattoo with the first lines of a poem I wrote for my dear boy when he passed - it helps me to put my hand over it somehow when I'm having a really bad day missing him. "If love could have saved you, immortal we would be..." I hope you find a way out of the painful phase of grief, I'm not totally there yet and it's been 3 years.
Hi Steve, I'm a type one diabetic and yes, glucose can go to 400 and beyond as a type one and probably as a type two as well, but not sure about that. For me, Choc zero does spike my blood sugar a bit, but I also know that for me, many things spike mine that may not make other people's blood sugar rise. Bodies are different. For me, even if I eat too much protein, yes protein, my blood sugar rises to over 200 I never blame a company unless it's been proven that a particular company is being deceptive.
Yep, it seems some folks on the internet don't understand that DIFFERENT people can react DIFFERENTLY to the same product or ingredient. 😉
Steve, I always said “don’t trust someone who doesn’t like pets /animals.
Prayers for your family while the "norm" is off-kilter a bit. I'm glad you can recognize Colton's needs and help him through. I am one of those 10% who has a reaction with ChocZero products. I love some of their items so I wish they didn't use what they use. I have always appreciated that you actively DO state disclaimers, whether that's for glucose spikes or total vs. net carbs. I also appreciate you supporting other Keto folks who are doing it right like Alicia, Carolyn, Nilli, Wes, and the Keto Twins. Thanks for keeping it real!
Oh my, could I share some "true confessions" about all the stealth sweets I have eaten over the years. Krispy Kreme and I were good buds. You have been a huge help in enabling my husband and I to change to healthier eating habits and our bodies are thanking us every day! I really appreciate your comments about ChocZero. I learned about them from you and their products have made a huge difference in helping us shed our final feelings of what I call "keto deprivation" - morning all the things we "can't" eat anymore. Thanks for all you have done to help us move on to a healthier and happier future!!
I found some CZ products spike my glucose while others are mild. This is another case that CGMs should be available to anyone who wants one (i.e. w/o prescription, not without cost). We can monitor and adjust...
Hopefully by this summer or the fall, CGM‘s will be available over-the-counter. Apparently, they will be a simplified, dumbed down version, but better than no access except by prescription.
Always appreciate your balanced voice of reason.
Awwww. Thank you for your posts. For my life of bad eating…. I worked 3rd shift forever at GMIA…Mitchell Airport…would make sweet treats for work regularly…however worse habit was coming home and having leftover supper for breakfast…. Meat and potatoes… spaghetti…lasagna..etc and go to bed…that must have been pretty bad… I developed fatty liver,
diabetes , high blood pressure etc, which are gone with fasting, low carb, modifications… thank you again for being one of the community of encouraging, reliable information. ♥️
Well done taking control of your health.
I’m sensitive to glucose spikes and sometimes I won’t try something unless I can test it out for myself at home in case I do have a reaction. But I would never discourage anyone from using a product just because I I have a reaction. If I eat a dish of oatmeal, my blood sugar spikes to 300. I don’t want oatmeal banned. Most people don’t even have that kind of reaction. My body is just being weird and I wish it wasn’t that way. People should be able to do whatever they think is right for them…..even if it’s dangerous. 😊
Hi Steve, just love your podcast and your vulnerability! Just so you know, your Carbonaut review has helped me so much. We live in Southern California and the cost for this bread is $9 a loaf at Sprouts Natural Foods market. Oh, my wall of shame meal: sometimes when I needed to run an errand I would go to Rite Aid where there was a Thrifty ice cream section. At 10:30 AM I would request a double ice cream scoop with a cake cone. This is before I had my coffee and breakfast! Since last November I have lost 13 lbs just by eating a low carb and curtailing my Sees candy habit. The reason is because I had a retinal tear in my right eye and a retinal detachment in my left eye. Plus, my mom died from complications of uncontrolled diabetes. Her eyes were very messed up. Although my A1C was 6.1, I am doing what I can to lower it. I really enjoy the time you take for your videos.
In my 20s (about 40 years ago), I used to have a cup of coffee and a Little Debbie oatmeal cream pie (aka marshmallow surrounded by soft oatmeal cookies) every day for breakfast. It was my favorite thing, sugar and caffeine. About ten years ago, I tried one again just for old time's sake. It was the nastiest thing I ever put in my mouth.
My other favorite treat was a yeast roll filled with custard and topped with chocolate ganache. I haven't eaten one in two years. I've thought about trying one, but I think the glucose spike would be no fun.
I have to brag just a little because at 61, I just had my first A1c test. It was 5.2. Hooray for keto!
Thanks for all you do Steve, and thanks for reading, haha.
6 Dunkin' Donuts with coffee on my 45 minute commute to work! Thank Hod for Steve, keto and legitimate companies helping us. Down 67 lbs so far!
Your honesty is the reason why I enjoy this channel. I love how you take one for the team in order to show us how certain foods/brands affect us and I appreciate that. Bad eating habits..hmm, man there was so many pre keto lol. I would make this cheesy pasta with tomato sauce and basically eat the whole pot. As for ChocZero, it's my absolute favorite! Such yummy products I can enjoy without the guilt.
Hi Steve. I agree with you regarding Choc Zero. I think they are an honest company trying to make great tasting products. And they do taste great. How blessed is Colton and his family to have you and Terry as such a strong support system. God bless. 😊
I think sometimes people don't think before they post. I enjoy your channel because you take the time to test and research whatever you review. Keep up the good work. I wish I could trust some content creators as much as I trust your reviews.
We hope you feel better! I can’t imagine consuming 100g of carbs in one sitting, yikes! I recently attended birthday party, I brought my own crackers and chicken cottage cheese dip. When it came time for the cake, I had my keto chocolate chip cookies. I was good.
I think people should take responsibility for their own actions, do their own research, checking and be mindful!
Thanks for the chat!
You and Terri helping your son out while he is away is showing that you prioritize family. That’s squared away to me. It’s a small blip in time and your channel will not suffer for it in the long term. I admire that ❤️
Great video Steve! I'm a T2D and tried Choc Zero products and unfortunately I did get a spike. I can't remember how high. It never crossed my mind to get the torches and pitchforks out.😀 DKA is defined as glucose over 250. There's got to be more to the story. She must've eaten the whole jar/case. I'm retired from the Army and I can relate to your son's situation. I missed a lot of family events when I was deployed that I'll never get back.
I LOVE ChocZero products so much! I hope their company continues to put out sugar free alternatives for those of us who aren't ready to give up sweets yet❤❤❤
I "politefully" agree with you about not policing what people eat when it comes to keto. I saw a TH-camr response on another channel that because someone else had a glucose spike they were going to throw away their choc zero product, and I was thinking let's not be so hasty, that is one person's experience and opinion.
Anyway, hang in there! ❤
If they are tossing out the chocolate chips, toss them my way. lol.
Hey Steve, you and your family are just wonderful.
I appreciate your teaching, and your candor.
I understand how hard it is to be HSP. I’m afraid I ate all of my emotions as well as everyone else’s. Thanks for helping me eat so much healthier!
Thanks to your kids for their service!
And here is a hug for Colton.
Great shirt Steve. My worst eating behavior was actually drinking alcohol. That is what I know put a lot of weight on me. I don't drink anymore and for a few years. That and eating keto with my Choc Zero snacks have kept me at about 155 pounds which is where I feel my best. Keep up the good work!
I think people underestimate just how badly alcohol impacts metabolism (in addition to all of the empty calories).
Worst eating habit? Bread. All day , every day! Toast for breakfast , sandwich for lunch, rolls at dinner! I wonder why I miss it😀
My thoughts will be with you and your family as you go through this difficult patch. My oldest child is a HSP as well. I understand how stressful those times of change can be.
I used to eat A LOT of candy before changing my eating. Like, I would eat M&Ms until I was sick. Good times. 😜
I am one of those who can’t eat Choc Zero, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t make their products for others. There are too many Keto food snobs. This way of eating needs to be accessible to all lifestyles and economic levels. Ok, super long comment, sorry! 😊
Glad you mentioned the nitrous oxide cartridges. I think it's crazy that we can't buy them on Amazon. I do have quite a few in reserve but I don't understand the reasoning behind it. When I was young and worked at Gimbel's Tasty Town as a waitress, we had huge bags of half and half in dispensers to fill the cream pitchers for the tables. I would drink it by the glass full. Also added root beer to make a quickie root beer float.
Hi Steve, first and foremost , THANK you for your time. Grief takes time please be kind to yourself. i'm happy to see your posts anytime. I'm excited to see more of Colton.What can we do to cheer him up and make this time go easier on him?? I'm sick and tired of other people being my police. They need to get a life and take care of their own business.
Frosted Strawberry Pop tarts (71g Carbs) and pint of whole milk (24g Carbs) to wash it down. Pizza was my addiction. So at least 2-3 times a week I would have that. I was just clueless as to what this was doing to my body. I started eating a very low carb diet when I was 51. Now I’m 54 and I have reversed my type 2 diabetes and lost about 60 lbs. I went from 240 to 180 now. Off all meds. I also feel better now than I did in my 30’s.
Yes...poptarts! Was never a fan of any of the frosted varieties but definitely addicted to unfrosted, toasted blueberry slathered in butter. The last time I ate one it no longer tasted good....about 2 years ago.
Unfortunately, I'm one of those who get a spike from ChocZero. I'm certainly fine with them selling their products as keto friendly but do wish they would put a disclaimer on their products that in certain individuals consuming their products do have a rise in glucose. Perhaps even saying type 1 diabetics. This may save individuals from purchasing and then having to get a refund from the company. I do give credit to the company for offering a refund to begin with!
I'm glad you settled the "masked wall" of nasty comments that occur on the internet. I'll never understand why people feel they should bad talk others. You handled it so nicely!
Take you time with family this month. Family is more important and we support you.
I've tried to figure out a correlation between the people who have spikes with ChocZero products, but I can't find it - either in terms of specific products/ingredients or diabetes status.
@@SeriousKeto I found this study that shows a difference in glucose response to straight dextrose and two resistant dextrose types. The increase wasn't as significant as pure dextrose but there was a rise in RS-2 and this small study was on healthy people not type 1 diabetics or insulin dependent type 2. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911581/
Glad you're doing better every day, Steve. Have a blessed week! 💜🙏✌️🎶💐🌞
I am so sorry. I just started listening to you about a few months ago, and appreciate all you do (your blood glucose and food products and information to help us) You definitely has helped me on my diabetic journey to make good choices and my diabetes 2 is reversing and down 35 lbs!! Thank you so much!
That's great progress! 👍
I am sitting here with my 17 year old cat Charlie lying beside my laptop. I can certainly understand your missing Thumper. Hard to explain to someone without a cat. (or dog)
Looking forward to your future weekly email.
I was once given a great bit of life advice: "you don't have a time management problem, you have difficulty identifying your priorities." Nothing but true and served me well.
Is this referencing a particular part of the podcast? I record these and almost instantly forget what I talked about.
Incidentally, "priorities" is a word that was created by businesses who couldn't agree on what the "most important thing" is. Priority, by definition, is singular. There can only be ONE most important thing. Yet I spent countless years in board meetings where the C-suite had a hard time agreeing on NINE priorities for the next year's business goals.
@@SeriousKeto Very funny! 😆
Yes, that advice came back to me when you were kindly saying that people often don't have time to cook and 'products' become an option.
I think that is an easy 'trap' to fall into.
If food is your medicine, as good ol' Hippocrates advised, then I think preparing healthful food should be a priority. From that premise, I find that time to cook is available, although it sometimes takes a bit of planning ahead.
(Written while waiting for some low-carb, homemade chicken soup leftovers to reheat for lunch....😉)
I’m so sorry about you furbaby😢 sending hugs and love and prayers to you and your family ❤
I've always been a stickler for reading labels but Dreamfields pasta taught me that you can't always trust those nutritional labels.
When I'm on low carb, I do occasionally use low-carb tortillas but I don't lose weight when I incorporate them often. Due to my personal experience, I avoid modified flours and starches. YMMV
I feel like these products are fine as the occasional treat or "safety net" to keep a person away from falling into sugary snacks. But speaking as someone who routinely reviews these breads/tortillas/snacks, I believe they are what are keeping me from taking of the "Quarantine 15" I gained. They don't necessarily spike my glucose and they don't knock me out of ketosis, but they do keep me (and I think most people) from losing weight.
Thanks for the tips about fats on labels. It's very enlightening when you start reading labels regarding sugar & carb counts 😮
Past food binging included ruffles potato chips and canned chocolate frosting as the dip. Also all the bread I could eat. So glad to leave those habits behind me. The low carb life is so much better! Thanks for this video! ❤
Thanks for your honesty. 👍
Whatever way of eating people follow, it is always preferable to make your own food. However, the reality is we don't all have the time to do such. I'm a T2 Diabetic and there are times that ChocZero (and other Keto-friendly items) will spike my glucose. What people don't realize at times is that stress levels and other things can change the sensitivity for us T2s (can't speak to if this is the case with T1 - different disorder). Some times I'm more insulin resistant, some times I'm less (and my cgm is going off cause I've gone low). If you're worried about what affects you, track it and read the labels for food stuffs. Take information from the internet as a starting point for our own research. I've been so thankful that as part of your testing, you go through all the ingredients. That way, I can manage my expectations. And truly, there are some things that have gone on my - "Yep, not buying that" list. So, keep doing you and we'll keep watching....
GREAT video Steve. I hate the mob mentality! I am a grown adult and can make decisions for myself. I love Choc zero, I bought it on your recommendation, it's not something I eat everyday but I do like to keep it on hand for those times that the rest of my family or company have their sugary treats. I use it as a tool to maintain my keto lifestyle.
I totally agree with you about Choc Zero. My husband is Type 1 diabetic, and unless he eats too much at one time it does not spike his blood sugars at all and it's a product that does not affect me at all either. The people that do have a problem with it, that's too bad, as they are great tasting products for sure!
It's just sad that some folks don't recognize that DIFFERENT people have DIFFERENT reactions to all kinds of foods, and that this particular influencer allowed (and perhaps even encouraged) the witch hunt against ChocZero and the calls for people to boycott my channel because I do reviews of ChocZero.
@@SeriousKeto I get that! Truly sad!
I hate to say how bad I was when I was younger when it came to food but I was definitely all-out addicted. I commuted to college and every day I would stop at McDonalds and get TWO full on breakfast meals, then I stopped at a bagel shop a little further down the highway and got three to four specialty bagels (pizza, cheese, etc.). When I got to the campus I would park in the parking structure and eat it all! It was insane. I used to have nightmares that I would get in an accident on my way home and they would just leave me in my car piled under fast food wrappers and soda containers because I was too fat to get out! I was over 400 pounds back then. I lost about 100 pounds during my last semester but have been up and down ever since. Keto/Ketovore have been super helpful over last few years. I never did get back up over 400 pounds but I got as high as 375 at one point a few years ago.
Also, in terms of ChocZero, I enjoy a piece of chocolate now and then and think their products are really tasty. I'm pretty sure most packaged keto products are not the best for me personally but I completely get the need for them. I don't do a lot of cooking so tend to do simple things that don't require a ton of prep (basically I'm lazy). I appreciate your honesty on all the products you review, I always feel I can count on you for that honest opinion which is extremely helpful for me. Thank you.
Yes! If we are going to keep keto sustainable we sometimes need these convenient products to keep us from going off the rails on the more accepted Standard American Diet which is really a lot worse then some choc zero or other products to help us stay on track.
It is a miracle that I am not Diabetic. I had a fairly healthy diet for the first 40 years with junk food in moderation but a new job at 40 the junk food took over my eating. By the time the pandemic showed, I was in burnout but my work hours were over the top so I was drinking 4 to 6 power drinks a day just to keep moving. I was generally too exhausted to eat much for supper, my one meal a day, would crash then get up and do it again. Finally had total crash in 2023 and went Carnivore. I am presently slowly moving to Keto.
Great video❤️👍
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As I look back at how I ate, I too marvel that I didn't become a diabetic...
I was doing a little of sourdough baking pre-keto so the amount of bread, crumpets, bagels, baguettes, croissants, rolls and other breads was astronomical when looking back.
Anything has the potential to do things to someone that is unexpected, or should not happen. It just is. Life is like that. Seems everyone has become crazy and become the lynching mob. Social media has done that to the crazies. Serious Keto is still the first place I look for reviews on keto and other hacks. Steve stands tall with integrity in my books
Thank you. I really appreciate that. 😊
Glad to see you back and as strong as ever.
SO many foods on my wall of shame. I'd stop buying one because of no will power, but I'd soon find another to take it's place. Notables: Costco macadamia chocolate caramel clusters - I'd eat them by the dozen. Ice cream of any flavor - one of my faves was to buy the cheapo tub (2 gallon?) of vanilla and add about a cup of Jif and mix until smooth like a DQ blizzard. Little Debbies - in particular Swiss cake rolls and the peanut butter sandwiches - 3-4 at a time. Don't even get me started on Halloween candy! Ugh! Been Keto 6 months now and down 40 lbs. and feel great. Never thought I'd be able to 'give up' pasta, bread, rice and potatoes, but the cravings are gone. Look back and just shake my head at the things I used eat in excess. Really love your channel Steve!
Looking forward to the emails. You are both informative and entertaining. It's wonderful you put your family first.
True confession. I used to consume a 1-pound bag of Hersey's Kisses in 2 days...repeat when bag was empty...so 3 ish bags per week every week. No wonder I weighed over 300 lbs!
"Chicharron" is a word that is more accurately translated to "crackling" in English and does not mean pork or meat, though it is typically made from animal skins. But in Hispanic cultures chicharrones are made from Pork, chicken, and beef, and particularly in Mexico, Chicharrones de Harina (fried wheat crackling) are a very common snack. This isn't meant to be deceptive, it's just a pun on the word for crackling based on a Mexican treat. They sell them fried fresh at local flea markets in my area here in Florida. I know to look out for them because I've been exposed to them, but I can see how others might miss it on the package.
Thanks for sharing your depth of knowledge!
I think it's compounded by the fact that the store put them right in the middle of the other pork rinds they had for sale.
So my big “what the H was I thinking” with food was that when I was a software analyst for the Department of Transportation back in my working days, our building was right across the street from McDonald’s. Need I say more? Lunch from there almost every day of the week. That and the office candy dish (IT people will eat anything sweet) got me into a lot of trouble.
Keep on educating people Steve. We all don’t react in exactly the same way to food, or music styles or even colors for that matter. I react not so positively to a very popular keto product. I think it is the type of fiber used. Do I bad mouth it and lobby to have it removed!? No. There are lots of people who love it and have no problems with it!!
I've mentioned it before but my carb addiction is pasta. I have in fact left the house in the wee hours of the morning to go to 7-11 to buy cup-o-noodles. I used to eat two packages of brick ramen at once - that's four servings. I still haven't found a great keto pasta substitute, but I'm dealing! :)
A keto lifestyle saved my eyesight and helps me maintain weight control and overall good health as a 74-year-old. ChocZero products are a big part of my keto life. I can't say enough good things about their customer service, too!
I love Choc Zero! I don't have any problems with BS spikes. Each person has to see what their results are.
My binge foods before I learned better? Soooo many! Whole boxes of pop tarts, Whole boxes of cereal in a sitting. Every month with PMS I would eat bags of Lay's chips with Snickers bars! 😮
Ah, yes! The sugar / salty-crispy seesaw, thinking that with the next bite I would reach ‘balance’ and stop.
Pre-keto I would go to the grocery store and buy a variety of what we in the UK call "crisps", and you can "chips", along with other deep fried crunchy snack things, all in the large size packs, and then at home I'd mix them all together in a big bowl ... and eat them. I mean, I'd share the megamix with others, but I'd eat most of it!
Steve as always family comes FIRST! We are always happy to see you and get your POV on products. See you when we see you! #familyfirst
Came back to watch this again. I appreciate your honest reviews so much!
Good Morning Steve...I am also a HSP and still really don't know how to handle it at times so I can only imagine how Colton is right now...and by the way my prayers for Connor and thank him for his service ...Family always comes first and your "true followers" know this especially with all going on ....we will be there for you....and for Terry, Courtney and Colton...I think the email thing is great look forward to hearing more. There are sooooo many things on my wall of shame Bagels are a biggie pizza !/2 a pie...But eating two, yes two Macdonalds big breakfasts at once ( the pancake,sausage english muffineggs and hash browns) probably tops... Really good video today Choczero has an affect on my husband but not the dark chips....It does nothing to me Haters will always be haters Non GMO Dextrin is what you meant ... again GREAT VIDEO PODCAST.Thanks Steve And God Bless!....Julianna NC
I share your strong empathy, etc. I so enjoy your videos (all of them). I’m willing to be patient with the uploading. Know some people, in fact, many are kind
I get spikes from some Choczero products and not others and I haven't figured it out yet. I thought it was the resistant dextrin, but that is present in just about everything they make. The caramels do not spike my bg at all. The dark chocolate peanut butter cups cause a huge spike. I guess it must be something in the peanut butter filling, but not the dextrin. I don't know what to think.
I guess we should be that surprised that DIFFERENT people will have DIFFERENT reactions. Yet some people (not you, obviously) extrapolate that because something affects them it must affect everyone.
I honestly think that even for those of us who use continuous glucose monitors and try to control other external variables, there can still be inconsistent results. For example, I dipped my finger into the ChocZero white chocolate syrup for a taste and my glucose went up 40 points. The next day, I put a full serving (2TB) into my coffee and there was zero movement in my glucose.
So mark me down also as "I don't know what to think". 😉
❤ Hi Steve, first off I will be Praying for Peace and Comfort (as I have been doing) for your whole family 🙏
I'm sorry but, I have been insulin diabetic for 17yrs and, I absolutely LoVe LoVe Love Choc Zero products. There is NO WAY someone's blood glucose rose "That" high unless it was already extremely high Before they consumed any Choc Zero products! I have a piece of chocolate every afternoon "sometimes" my sugar spikes a little but never more then 10-15.
I use the syrups occasionally and my sugars remain in check.
Thank You for always being you my friend 🤗 Give Colton & his momma a big hug from US.
~Kaye ❤
Big Tight HugS, much love, and Holy KisseS to you all. 😘😘
You guys take care. Lots going on. It can be overwhelming. Wonderful to hear about the love and support you have for each other.
Wall of shame: WaWa soft pretzels - 2 in a pack. They come in a single pack but c'mon! get the 2!!! Of course washed down with Diet Coke. LOL
I find you are very honest and true in your caution comments. I really like your show.
Hey Steve I read an article that the FDA was approving an over-the-counter CGM. (For people not on insulin) Might help more people find out what foods spike their blood sugar. I know they have them available now through certain companies, but maybe the price will be cheaper? I could certainly use one.
The question that is still unanswered is whether these OTC devices will report actual numeric data or if they’ll just say “low, normal, high”. The issue is that OTC products are categorized as “general health” and not meant to treat or diagnose. Hence my concern.
@@SeriousKeto Wow, wasn't aware of that. Thanks.
Choc Zero is interesting. My brother who is type2 and takes metformin loves them and has no spikes. I tried their milk chocolate hazelnut rectangles and loved them as a pre-diabetic not taking any
medication but 3 of those pieces gave me an 85 point glucose spike. I'm sure that is less than it would be if it were the same amount of Mr. Goodbar. I make my own chocolate nut things with Lillys and don't get near as much a response.
Ive been enjoying choc zero products for months, coffee syrup, maple syrup, chocolate syrup. After this vid I did the serious keto test and tested glucose before and after a serving of my keto ice cream with chocolate zero topping. 76 before, 144 two hrs later! I'm assuming it is the resistant corn flour/dextrin. Thanks or heads up. Wonder if choc zero paid for the study claiming no glucose spike?
What study? ChocZero admits that some people get spikes and they offer refunds to people who experience spikes. Read through the comments and see how many people it doesn’t spike, including type 1 and type 2 diabetics, and refrain from starting any conspiracy theories please.
When i started keto in February this year, i was coming off a 6 can of Mellow Yellow per day, plus filling in the rest of my day with a pitcher of Sweet Tea (made with 1.25 Cups of Sugar per gallon)!
* My sugar addiction was ROUGH as hell for the first 10 days, but by the 2nd week i felt like a life switch had been turned on inside me.
I'm glad you blocked the A-hole comment dude!
Keep yourself and your family as your priority! We are here for you regardless of how your schedule changes. ❤️
Hey, Flash! (Steve) you are always so reasonable and thoughtful in your explanations on things. I appreciate that. I have a sciencey (is that a word?) question: I’m one of those people whose glucose rises significantly when I eat sweet things, even those with the fake sugars, like erythritol, monk fruit, stevia…except for allulose…but I’m realizing that when I use allulose, I only use a small amount so the food hardly tastes sweet at all. Anyway, I want to know what causes the glucose rise…what is the mechanism in my body? I asked my doc, but she didn’t know. My thought is that after tasting something sweet, my body expects some sweet food and starts pumping out insulin to balance the sweet. Then, since no glucose appears, my liver has to make some to balance that extra insulin. Do you have any ideas or suggestions of where to start researching? Thanks!
I’d recommend reading The Obesity Code by Dr Jason Fung. It’s pretty much all about insulin response.
Choc Zero does send my glucose higher than I would prefer. However, it is not every product, nor does it go up more than 40 points. As I test like you do - nothing else but the product, in what I consider a serving, with no “exercise” to blunt a rise - I determined that, if I want to enjoy a couple of peanut butter cups and don’t want to make them, choc zero is still better than the sugary ones that sent my glucose up by around 100 points. It’s not like this is a daily snack, nor one that I can’t control with a bit of exercise or by using it as a dessert for a high protein/high fat meal. With encouragement, I think that like other reputable companies, they will use R&D resources to improve their products so that more customers can enjoy them.
Which glucose monitor are you using? I've found that since I "upgraded" to the Dexcom G7, I'm getting some very strange readings - generally much higher (like 30 points or more) than what I get doing a finger stick on my Keto Mojo. I'll recalibrate it with the Mojo reading and it still goes right back up on the G7.
In another example, I dipped my finger into the new ChocZero white chocolate syrup and had a taste. My glucose shot up just over 40 points. The next morning, I put a full two tablespoon serving into my coffee and my glucose moved less than 10 points. Back when I was using the G6, I ate six ChocZero peanut butter cups in one sitting and my glucose moved only 13 points.
After doing some research, it seems that the G7 is especially sensitive to pressure. So if you place it on the back of your arm (the recommended location) and you sleep in such a way that it puts pressure on the sensor, it can cause abnormally high readings. This could also explain why I'm seeing some radical spikes and dips in my glucose at night that I never saw with the G6.
@@SeriousKetoVery interesting and important info here. Might be worth a full video?
My embarrassing guilty pleasure was Apple Fritters from Winchell's donuts, I can still taste them in my mind and oh the stomach ache after eating. To the "Checha Rrones" I have also seen little wheels labeled as Chicharrones, but they are in fact "Duros de harina (also known as pasta para duros, duritos, durros, pasta para durito, chicharrones, churritos, Mexican wagon wheels or pin wheels) are a popular Mexican snack food made of puffed wheat, often flavored with chili and lemon." It must be a translation thing.
My late parents were both diabetic. They would buy apple fritters and eat only a bite or two. Their blood sugar used to run about 200 fairly often. Mom lived to 82 and Dad made it to 91, but they both took a lot of meds.
Screw people's comments? Peoples opinions are NOT important! Do your thing. Most people appreciate your efforts! Turn comments off!
Well, the torch and pitchfork crew were also encouraging everyone to boycott my channel on that FB page, so it was kind of important. And I can't turn off comments without essentially ending the Serious Keto Community.
@@SeriousKetoWow! Always remember that over 300,000 of us ‘Seriously’ enjoy, appreciate and rely on you! As a fellow HSP & INFJ, I don’t know how you do it, but I admire you immensely.
@@clicquot2271 I would definitely not suggest a TH-cam career to an INFJ that’s also a HSP.
@@SeriousKeto Well, sorry about that….im a torch and pitchfork salesman. I do stress to my customers to only use when we march on Washington.. oh no, i hope the NSA or CIA isnt listening.
Here in Phoenix, some vape shops also sell whippits, so see if you can find it locally.
Fortunately, I have a federal tax ID, so I could also see if there’s a restaurant supply store nearby. Good tip though on the vape shops though.
Thank YOU for posting! I'd love to get to watch all of your videos but my own schedule is just too weird. So very sorry to hear about the passing of your pet - we had to put our Golden Retriever down 14 years ago and it hurt so badly we still can't get another dog because we don't want to go thru that again. We can cry every time we talk about him.
As for my own shameful diet, I used any excuse to drive past Dunkin Donuts so I could get their plain bagels and/or croissants. I was never a candy person, give the baked goods! I could never get just one, that would be sinful. I'd have to get at least 3 or, preferably, 4 (sometimes 6) and just eat them. Not cut, not toasted with anything on them, just pulled apart and eaten just like that. Yes I'd feel sick to my stomach after eating them and my gut was SO not happy, but even today I would love to do that again.
I lost 70 lbs on Keto, fell off the wagon over the holidays, gained back 20 lbs and it is so darn difficult to get back on. I'm trying.
Weekly Email sounds great.
I'm all in on the email list! I love the Choc Zero products. I have the Cookie Butter on auto-ship. It's awesome on a chaffle.
I’ve taken a far too long break from chaffles. It’s time for me to get back. 😉
And I just happen to have some of the cookie butter, so thanks for the suggestion.
So true about the Keto packaged products. Trying to live a keto life makes you appreciate the convenience of some basic products. For example, I LOVE bread. And I cannot tell you how much money, time and energy I have wasted trying to bake keto bread. I still can't do it. So, I am enormously grateful for the privilege of being able to buy keto bread. By the way, I can't wait for your Cottage cheese breads 😊😊!!!
Sushi 3-4 times/week. Remember that the rice is seasoned with sugar. Soy sauce has wheat. Yeah, I loved sushi so much (still do but I am wiser) that I moved to Japan. Thanks for the podcast Steve.
I go to a restaurant in so Cal that does riceless rolls!!! So many varieties but gotta say "no sweet teriyaki sauce or peanut sauce drizzled on top"
@@kcloveonaleashI live in SoCal, too. Would love the name of that restaurant restaurant!
For years (decades?) the first thing I consumed in the morning was a can of Coke (my replacement for coffee). Then, on my way to work 1-2 times a week I would get donuts; 2 cinnamon sugar cake, 2 glazed, and 2 chocolate glazed. They would be either gone by the time I got to work, or I would save 2 for a mid-morning snack, accompanied by another can of Coke. I'm now 62 years old, with a 20-year history of type 2 diabetes. Most of that time I took a non-insulin injectable (Trulicity). I am now off my diabetes meds 9 months, and down 80 lbs. Still have 120 lbs. to lose. But, my highest A1C was 10.9, and it is currently in the 6.3 range and improving. My blood pressure meds that I've taken for 40 years (3 different ones) the dosage has been cut in half and then half again. My highest fasting insulin was 77 and it's now nearly within normal at 19. Highest C-reactive protein was 55 (FIFTY FIVE) and it is now normal at 4.3. Liver enzymes have normalized, cholesterol is good. I follow a Ketovore/Carnivore/Keto way of eating variation way of eating. No processed food. No restaraunt food, no vegetable or seed oils. Animal based; grass-fed and grass finished beef, wild caught salmon, pastured and organic eggs, raw milk, cheese and other dairy, a few nuts and seeds, a low-carb vegetable like green beans on occasion, and berries and a small amount of very dark chocolate nearly every day.
Great progress 👍🏻
I’m in IT and a thing I have noticed is a lot of people in IT eat quite badly and very prone to snacking in general. I mean it’s generally a very stress prone job at times so I guess people in the field go to eating and even heavy drinking as a coping mechanism.
I absolutely love chocolate Choc Zero. A lot of the time, that's the difference between me falling off the wagon and not. I love the company, they're super transparent about packaging weight. They have great customer service even when it's the mailman's fault.
A spike of over 400 from one serving of the syrup tells me that there is something going on with that person. That's definitely not a reaction the rest of us get. I noticed I do get a higher spike (than I would like) with anything that has peanut butter in it. So guess what, I just don't eat the ones with peanut butter in it. I'm going to be super unhappy if that movement affects my Choc Zero. That makes me want to go place an order right now.
It's folks like you that make me happy that we do what we do. I think having treats that are yummy AND made without added sugar can help folks succeed in their goals and that's what we want to do for the keto community.
Hi Steve, I feel like you’re an honest person
I've discovered that I'm not very convincing when I'm dishonest. 😉
large bowl full (about a half bag) of S'mores cereal, sprinkled with a few tablespoons of Nestle Quick chocolate powder, smothered in melted vanilla ice cream (in the milky state of matter). Then, the second half of the bag to soak up the rest of the milk,
Hope things go as smoothly as possible juggling your schedule, and that everyone in your family does well. In defense of Wisconsin's decision, some folks with brain damage from inhalants can cost easily in medical costs per year and residential care $150k/year for the rest of their life. So they may have been staring at their budget going what the heck can we do. In OR we had so much severe brain damage from meth that cost a fortune and fried people's brains that we stopped access to Pseudofed which is a base for making meth. decision, some folks with brain damage from inhalants can cost easily in medical costs per year and residential care $150k/year.
Steve - love how you are so honest about your product reviews. ChocZero is great IMO.
I love choc zero. I have hypoglycemia. It has never spiked my blood sugar. And it’s not anything that you eat every single day of your life, but it’s good to have a treat now and then and I find that I especially, like to have a piece of chocolate after dinner. And it doesn’t bother me at all. I hate when it has something like that shake that you showed and it says 15 carbs per serving and there’s four servings in it the same with the diet ice cream you have to watch it. There’s ice cream out there that says keto and low-carb but a pint has four servings! I don’t think so! 😅
And I don’t know if I got on here and gave you my condolences on your precious baby. We know your pain. Our prayers are with you and your family as you go through the grieving process. ❤
Oh Steve.... I have you beat with my "walk of shame" worst eating habit!!! I would buy a 4 POUND tub of buttercream frosting to just eat with a spoon EVERY WEEK!!!!😞
If you want to have a contest, I'll break out my REALLY shameful eating. 😉
@SeriousKeto Nope my eating habits were horrible too! We both eat better , feel better, and look better for it.
♥️ you and your family!
Thank you. You are right. 👍🏼😊
Handsome AND empathetic...your wife is a blessed lady
You’re making me blush. 😊