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Hello. I post pictures of foods that I eat, which mainly caters to low carb lifestyle like ketogenic diet or paleo. Thank you and have a good day.

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Hi, I read one of your posts on being able to go back to a ketone-state after only 2 days and was wondering how to determine that. BTW, thanks for making this blog. There's not too many keto diet resources from people based int he Philippines.

Ketone breath! I was out of ketosis for a considerable amount of time that the moment I smelled something fruity inside my mouth I knew I was back. Although there could be a possibility that it was a transient thing and I could just be starving myself (iirc on that post i did calorie restriction). Otoh I do think it is easier for the body to convert to fat-burning again once you teach it how.

Thank you for stopping by, it makes me happy that somehow this page still have visitors. To be honest this space is dead (at the moment). I didn't know it would be that hard to maintain a main blog and a lifestyle-diet blog (plus a movie blog). And after my last post I was out of keto or paleo and I just do sugar restriction so I kinda lost the will to continue this. I feel like I would just fool people. Medicine is also taking my life. /csb

If you have any other q's feel free to leave TA. Im still active in Tumblr.

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Mini burgers and chicken soup (for the forever alone soul). I followed chef John's Italian meatball recipe sans the breadcrumb. I made it well done because the ground beef wasn't fresh. The chicken soup (not pictured) was from the leftover bone and skin from our chicken macaroni salad (which I made, and my mom loves it to death). It looked like a meatless version of tinola but it reminds me of the summer borsch I saw years ago from a Russian magazine. Teehee.

Happy holidays!

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Avocado shake! One part chilled avocado, one part chilled coconut milk, osterized with 2-3 ice cubes. I have also tried adding a teaspoon of cocoa powder and it tastes better.

I don't really like the taste of avocado. I mean, I can't really taste anything, do you? When I was little my mother and sister used to make a dessert consisting of mashed avocado and powdered milk. They always made me try to eat a tablespoon or so of it. Never liked it then, never really liked it now. Sure, it's creamy, but that's about it. I make it just to up my calorie intake for the day, ngl.

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Zinc supplement OMG. Never again on an empty stomach.

Actually it was just half an hour after a meal.

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One of the complaints I've heard about Filipino foods on the internet is that none of the variety that swim in sauces looks appetizing enough to eat. Take for example afritada, menudo, sinigang, adobo, piniñahang manok and lechon paksiw. I don't know about you but presentation is the last thing I'd look for if I want to chow down. Cook any of it meticulously and you'll end up with very delicious meals.

Bacon, scrambled eggs, pork carnitas, and sinigang. Take the rice away and most of our ulam (they call it "viand" in English but I don't like that word) are actually low-carb friendly

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Keto Flu no.3

Nauseated and I feel light headed. When I started doing low carb I promise myself to stay with it until the end of time because I don't want to slide out (?) and feel the fucking induction flu again. It was the single most horrible feeling in the world. I feel like I'm dying.

Well, low carbing is not entirely student friendly and I did stop for almost a month. I miss donuts and pizza. Boo me. 

Now im back and fuck. I'm starting to feel paresthesia again. Bradypnic too. All I'm waiting is the full-blown orthostatic hypotension. 

R'hllor take the wheel.

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I was this close on ordering this thing online. I didn't know local bookstores carry a copy or two.

Found it on a bargain section so I was happy and sad at the same time when I saw it. Happy because finally I can own a copy (hardbound nonetheless) without having to gut out my wallet, and sad because this thing didn't really get the exposure and attention it deserves. 

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Yup. Chic-Boy is my choice for the low carb friendliest fast food chain around. Most of their meals still have rice but you can opt out from eating it, or you could just order from their add-ons menu, which has the same foods sans rice. 

Chicken skin, lechon liempo, and adobong kangkong. Don't be fooled with the servings. I still ate the rest of the sauteed water spinach (kangkong) after I took this picture (2 servings worth).

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Hearing some of our professors/doctors discuss their weight loss by omitting rice on their diet means a lot to me. They may not be on a specific low carb diet but hey, as long as they reduce their (processed) carb intake i'm happy for them. A friend of mine even said that a past professor discussed to her the mechanism of weight loss through keto adaptation and how a low carb-high fat diet really works for weight reduction.

We even had a lipid metabolism and keto adaptation lecture on Surgery today. The universe is conspiring in my favor. Praise be to Buddha.

Also I didn't know that paleo is the new "fad" on the diet world today. Huh. Whatever happened to the low carb revolution of the early 90s and 2000s.

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This is the grandest low carb food i've had this week. Oh how I miss vegetables. I've been living off meat and no-sugar drinks most of the time, and i've been adding rice once in a while just to up my calorie intake. Vegetables are treated mostly as side dishes here so it's either accompanying an ulam in sugary sauce (think chinese buffet) or it's just plain unappetizing. Neither of which I want to eat. A close friend wants to try this "diet" that i am on (and countless others want to know my secret) so she asks me numerous how-to's and dont's. In return, I get to eat for free to accompany her through this crazy lifestyle change. Being on a tight budget sucks. Thank goodness for free internet connection though. Huehuehue.

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Surprise, surprise. Just after two days of involuntary calorie restriction, I am back in the state of ketosis. Before school I have been gorging on sweet potatoes, plantains and bananas. Enough to throw me out of keto. I was actually trying to gain some weight back so I regret nothing. Anyway, school has officially started and it's super hard to follow a paleo/primal low carb lifestyle, especially if the majority of your food choices are fast foods and "instant" foods. Praise be to R'hllor for lechon kawali and lechon paksiw as ulam for lunch *shaking and crying*

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Bombay (Sweet) Potatoes, Scrambled Eggs, and Cucumbers. I must say, I'm not a fan of curry powder (garam masala) outside the usual chicken curry. 

I used this recipe and just replaced ordinary potatoes with sweet potatoes. 

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I thought pwo hunger was a myth. I'm not really exercising and shit though, just doing a lot of walking these past few days.

Man when I get home I feel like eating everything in sight.

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Scrambled Eggs, Egg Salad and Cucumbers on a bed of Lettuce. I miss mayo. One day I'm going to try making one from scratch, paleo friendly and all.

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Turmeric tea and listening to PJ Harvey on a cold evening. Beat that awesome combination.

Ginger, medium-sized bulb, sliced

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/8 tsp cinnamon powder

Combine, bring to boil then simmer for 10 mins

Protip: Add a dash or so of black pepper while simmering. The piperine in black pepper enhances the bioavailability of curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric. Healthy and delicious.

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Made my first kimchi ever omg. Can it be a week from now please

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TIL, the local term for napa cabbage is also pechay, so my mom bought that and the bok choy (previous post) because I didn't specify the type of pechay I want. I really don't know any recipe that includes napa so I pickled it. 

If you haven't tried pickling or fermenting I insist you should. At first I'm afraid to try it because there is this fear that I could grow the wrong mob of bacteria (o hai C. botulinum) and I would end up having food poisoning instead, but looking back now I feel stupid for worrying that much. As long as your ingredients and materials (a glass or ceramic container) are clean, nothing can go wrong.

This vegan's video is worth viewing imo. Not the best lacto-fermentation tutorial video on YT, but I find his appeal very charming so it's a +1 for me. It's not everyday you get to meet an articulate, non-militant vegan. The real instruction starts at 2:06. Before that he told a 2 minute asinine myth about the origin of pickles. You could skip it or not.