Energy on Ketogenic Diet

A lot of people have been asking me about my energy on the Ketogenic Diet. Not only does the food I eat matter, but also the supplements I take. I believe our food doesn’t contain as much nutrition as it did 30, 50 years ago due to factory farming (soil degradation), genetic modifications, shipping from 1000’s miles away. We don’t get adequate amounts of nutrition from just our food.

I believe we need to be consuming more superfoods and certain supplements. We have also forgotten about whole foods that provide us with so much goodness like raw milk, stews in cast iron pots and kefir made from bacteria and yeast.

Pictured above are most of my daily/weekly supplements. Not pictured is a chromium supplement and stevia vanilla sweetner. On top of my high fat, very low carbohydrate diet, I depend on these products to fuel me.

Inner-eco probiotic in coconut water is the best bang for your buck per serving. 1 tablespoon delivers 100 billion probiotics! Our immune system lives in our gut and it is of the utmost importance we take care of it. My next adventure is making my own coconut milk kefir! Check out the starters and recipe 🙂

Next are Aloha products. WOW, I can not say enough great things about this company! Their customer service is brilliant and their products are delicious. Go now and use COLLEEN113 to get $20 off your first order. I’ve been putting the protein in coconut milk, chia seed, cinnamon and flaxseed pudding. Place everything in jars overnight. High nutrition, fast and easy.

Crio Bru is a new product I purchased last night because I have a french press at the BBA studio. Instead of coffee, cocoa beans offer an energy and antioxidant alternative. IT. IS. SPECTACULAR!!! I tried it plain and also with a splash of creamer. It tastes of rich chocolate. I bought the Maya because it also has vanilla and cayenne.  Find more information here. Seriously, this stuff is so freakin’ good. I definitely recommend!!

Next up is Magnesium oil. This stuff is THE BOMB! A little bit about magnesium:

‘Magnesium will also help keep calcium in your cells so they can do their  job better. In many ways it serves as nutritional version of the highly effective class of drugs called calcium channel blockers, used in the treatment of high blood pressure, angina, and abnormal heart rhythms. Magnesium and vitamin K2 also complement each other, as magnesium helps lower blood pressure, which is an important component of heart disease.

So, all in all, anytime you’re taking any of the following: magnesium, calcium, vitamin D3 or vitamin K2, you need to take all the others into consideration as well, since these all work synergistically with each other.– Read on.

Magnesium is very important for women trying to get pregnant, pregnant or new moms. Read how the Wellness Mama Katie avoids morning sickness. Every woman has the ability to avoid nausea if she’s in balance of vitamins, minerals and nutrition. Since we are so imbalanced, women have mild to severe morning sickness during pregnancy.

Magnesium has sedative effects so use it in the evening. I spray this on my legs and stomach before bed and am OUT in 10 minutes!

Last is Vitamin D in liquid form, which research says is the most effective form of Vitamin D. As you can read above, potassium (vitamin k), calcium, D and magnesium work together and must be balanced with one another to work their best. If we’re not getting these from food, we must get them from supplements. Many local doctors recommend magnesium and Vitamin D because in Rochester, we have very limited sunlight. We also need magnesium and fat to properly process the sunlight’s rays. Read about how higher fat diets can help you avoid sunburn here!

With adequate fuel, I have been feeling phenomenal. In my soccer games, I feel like I could play for at least another hour because my body isn’t relying on glucose, it’s relying on ketones which are cleaner, more effective energy sources! I love the feeling! Even in my day to day, I don’t crash nearly as hard as I did before going keto, if I crash at all. And I’ve been noticing this only happens if I don’t consume adequate calories. It’s imperative I eat breakfast because sometimes I go 4-5 hours before I eat again in the afternoon. It’s the nature of my schedule! I’m getting better at packing food thats quick to chow down like sliced roast beef, coconut milk pudding, butter/fat bombs.

Are you eating a higher fat diet? How’s it going? Do you have questions? Post below or email me at colleenbba@gmail.com!

Love,

Colleen