Ketogenics...Putting the "Die" in Diet

"My taste buds have packed up and moved out." Dan Colonna

                                                                          

My little keto kitchen

    I thought we were doing a ketogenic diet.  I thought it was a pain in the @$$. It turns out that we were simply playing, merely toying with this beast of gastronomical torture.  At the encouragement of a PhD doing research on this diet in South Florida, we finally gave in and hooked up with (pre 2005 definition) Miriam Kalamian, a nutritionist that specializes in the keto diet for cancer patients.  As it turns out, in order for this diet to work its magic, not only do you limit carbs and sugars, but also the calories.  Dan is allowed 1730 calories and 10-12 grams of carbs per day.  Average Americans inhale at least 200 grams per day.  Dan also must consume 23 grams of protein and 45 grams of fat per meal. Each meal or snack that we make must be treated like a complicated science experiment  (or meth lab) minus the potential for explosions.  Every element, from butter to bib lettuce must be measured to the exact gram.  Luckily, Miriam and her husband created a keto calculator for us.  They programmed the exact ratios of Dan’s diet and we just plug in the foods.  The calculator tells us how much to add of each item.  Believe it or not, trying to eat 45 grams of fat at each meal is lard, I mean hard.  We never thought we’d get sick of butter, olive oil, avacados and macadamia nuts, but….

Dan painting en plein air

    Now that we have a handle on this diet, and Dan is in ketosis, it’s on to researching hyperbaric chambers and DCA…..after I fix Dan another tasty slab of avocado between two slices of butter…

Rhonda