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After experimenting with slightly increased carbs last week, Sunday evening I went back on the wagon with the help of some untrimmed, fat ol' Ribeye and grilled peppers. By yesterday was back in ketosis. All last week I could feel the difference; I felt off just by increasing my blood glucose a tad. I'm happy that experiment is over now.
My sneezing (wheat, probably) has cleared up too.
Anyway, a few days ago I discovered Maranatha Coconut Butter at Walmart. I heard of this stuff before but never saw it on the shelves. Since I'm heavily into coconut oil I had to try it. Here's what I found.
When thoroughly mixed it's rich and creamy looking, like yogurt. The jar must be mixed up while warm because a layer of oil covers the top of the pulp, but it blends together very easily.
The first taste is very slightly textured - a very fine grittiness - it's made from ground coconut pulp so that only makes sense. But for the most part, it's smooth.
The flavor was unexpected but good. The first thing that hits me is a tang of salt which is quickly replaced by a surprising sweetness (my wife, who likes sweet more than I do, said it's almost overpowering). That also makes sense since it is coconut and there are around 8 grams of carb (I think) in a 2 tbsp serving. But half of that is fiber* so it's acceptably low. And I don't use even one tbsp at one shot, anyway, only a teaspoon.
I mixed it today into my coffee along with the usual heavy cream and it was quite good. It'll be a regular item for me.
If you like sat. fat AND coconut (not everyone likes both), I highly recommend it.
Next weigh-in for me is Saturday...I predict my stall from this weekend will be broken a few pounds will be gone by then.
*Remember the comment Tom Hanks' character made about eating coconut in CAST AWAY? I never noticed any changes using coconut oil or coconut milk but if you have a regularity problem, coconut pulp will fix it.
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