Signed Carrie Brown Cookbooks for Ketofest

#1

I recorded a podcast episode with Carrie Brown today who is just wonderful. We recorded for an hour and chatted for a further two! I asked her if she was bringing cookbooks to Ketofest to sell. She self-publishes via Amazon POD so doesn’t have a stash. She suggested setting up a pre-order page like she did for KetoCon whereby you can order them and she will bring them with her to Ketofest to sign plus you get a free hug :smiley:

Orders need to be in by the end of this weekend so she can get them in time for Ketofest.

I can’t wait to meet her. She is going to make me ice cream :smiley:

https://carriebrown.com/going-to-keto-fest-pre-order-carries-cookbooks-now

(Martha Mac) #2

I’m more than a little bit confused! I just purchased Carrie Brown’s keto ice cream book and have plugged in the numbers for her chocolate ice Cream recipe to find it contains a whopping 34gms of carbs per serve? Am I doing something wrong???

(Lonnie Hedley) #3

Could you post a pic or list the ingredients so we can see stuff like serving size, artificial sweeteners, etc.

(Martha Mac) #4

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I removed the xylitol and it came down to 5g carbs (2g net carbs) per serve. Do we not count the xylitol? It’s 150 gms. I also took a guess at it being about 8 serves?

(Lonnie Hedley) #5

Sugar alcohols are a grey area. Around the time that cookbook was written, I think many people thought you could just ignore carbs from sugar alcohols. Some people said to count half. I know @carl used to advocate for using it as a sugar replacement, but not sure how he currently feels.

Matt and Megha have a video regarding sweeteners and compare them to sugar. According to their results, xylitol seems one of the worst sugar replacements. If I use a sweetener it’s either stevia or erythritol which seem to have less of an impact.

#6

As with everything else, you need to test your own reaction to it. In theory, it is recorded as zero because it is a sugar alcohol. There is no hard and fast rule for which sweetener (if any) is going to be a good fit with you. Be aware though that substituting xylitol for something else will change your ice cream considerably.

This video is that it tests blood sugar only. I know that that is all you can do and is still a very useful test but it doesn’t tell you what (if any) the impact is on your insulin. It has been a while since I watched this video but I seem to remember that one or two of the sweeteners showed a drop in BG. Now that could actually indicate that they have had an insulin spike even though they have not had a BG spike. So it is all a bit hazy IMO.

If you use xylitol (or any sweetener for that matter) and find that your cravings go insane, that you start gaining weight, struggle to lose weight, feel off in another way, then it might not agree with you!

(Lonnie Hedley) #7

:poop::sweat_drops::poop::sweat_drops::poop::sweat_drops:

(Martha Mac) #8

Well I made the ice cream anyway this weekend and it’s the best ice cream I’ve ever eaten. I’ve had no issue with xylitol but it’s only ever something I use in moderation. The ice cream is a treat after fasting for 24 hours and a 20km bike ride so I’ll keep it for special occassions. My A1c was 5.5 (or was 7 weeks ago when I started keto so I’m not super concerned about insulin when I only eat things like this once a week after fasting if at all.

But seriously, not just the best keto icecream - the best icecream!! My Dad was famous for his Gelato in our town and this tastes so so close to his gelato ciocolato, it’s like I’m 7 years old again! Also, one or two spoonfuls and you’re done - it’s going to be WAY more than the 8 serves I guessed. I’d say maybe 20 or more serves.

(Martha Mac) #9

Update - just tested my blood keytones 2 hrs after breaking my fast which included a fairly big scoop of this icecream, some keto italian lemon custard and a very large strawberry on top and I’m still 3.4 mmol/L - so I think I can probably have this every now and then after a fast and a big bike ride if I want! yay!

#10

Why do you mean disaster pants by any chance? I am familiar with that condition :smiley:

(Lonnie Hedley) #11

Just an example of feeling off in another way. I’ve seen several people talk about sugar alcohols causing disaster pants. Maltitol seems to be the most common sugar alcohol to cause this but it’s not the only one.

From the maltitol Wikipedia page:
“Like other sugar alcohols (with the possible exception of erythritol), maltitol has a laxative effect,[6] typically causing diarrhoea at a daily consumption above about 90 g.[7] Doses of about 40 g may cause mild borborygmus and flatulence.[8]”

I know I’ve heard people mention xylitol having the same effect.

#12

Carrie actually says in her book that it can be one of the sugar alcohols to build up slowly (xylitol that is) and that she knows from personal experience. The beginning of her book is actually a mine of useful info about all the ingredients and equipment she uses and why they are important.

(Lonnie Hedley) #13

MY OPINION

Sorry I didn’t add a disclaimer to all my posts. Would you like me to delete them? Or maybe edit them to indicate they are only opinions and that everyone should N=1 if they’re unsure? I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at with your responses.

#14

Whoa there! I was simply adding to what you said, not disputing anything. I should maybe have added a few more exclamation marks. All were meant in a lighthearted manner as part of the discussion. I am not (and would never) dispute n=1 experiences.

(Martha Mac) #15

It’s all extremely interesting and helpful! Big thanks to everyone who took time to comment on my panic post that maybe I can’t have icecream after all :joy::joy: