We had 17 Ketonians attend the February 2, 2019 meetup held at the Golden Valley public library meeting room in Golden Valley, MN. There were some new faces as well as several returning members.
Small Talk
We had small talk for a few minutes while people gathered.
Introductions
We each introduced ourselves and answered the question: What is a recent keto success?
Several items were mentioned including:
Carnivore diet
Steak-only trial
Feeling better.
Announcements
Next Meetups will be:
March 2 - St. Croix Yacht Club, Stillwater, MN
April 6 - Location to be determined
May 4 - Location to be determined
Keto MinneFest updates
We have an awesome logo thanks to Claudia.
We have Keto MinneFest flyers and business cards thanks to Mary Jo
Thanks to Ro for coordinating everything.
LUV Ice Cream will be sponsoring the Ice Cream social and providing sweetener for the cooking demos
Check out http://KetoMinneFest.com for the Kickstarter.
Kickstarter will be submitted for review on Sunday and go live after up to 3 business days.
Recipes
John brought Butter Bob’s Chili served with onions, shredded cheese, sour cream and the secret ingredient of Moon Cheese.
Lori brought a meat and cheese plate to share.
Ketonian Story
Mary Jo shared her story and had documented her journey to health on Caring Bridge. She has gone from planning for diabetic amputation of her feet, to having her health back. Ask her if you want the link to her site.
Main Topic / Additional Discussion
The main topics were What are prepared or easy keto options for people that don't cook? and How to talk to your doctors about keto.
How to talk to your doctors about keto.
John discussed the importance of having those conversations, doctors are not taught this information and they simply don’t know. We need to bring info to them. As a side note, John’s doctor started Keto 3 months ago and read The Diabetes Code by Dr. Jason Fung.
Brenda discussed her heart doctor as she had an electrical related issues with her heart. Brenda shared her dietary choices with them and they are supportive, however she has issues with her general doctor.
Mary Jo recommends her nurse practitioner Michelle Christian from Dakota Child & Family Care in Burnesville. She supports bioidenticals, is open to ideas and does her homework.
Seek out professionals who are open.
Amy shared that she went to her doctor totally open, shared all the details and didn’t care what the response was. She approached the conversation as, ‘this is what I’m doing’. Her doctor ran all the standard tests and they came back looking great.
Lori shared Randy’s information when he had cancer, his doctor told him to eat all the sugar he wanted. They were not Keto at that time, but this really is a good example of the type of information you may hear from a doctor regarding food.
Refer your doctor to other doctors.
If you have suggestions to add to the MN Ketonians provide info to John:MinnesotaKetonians@gmail.com he can add it to our MN Ketonians site. You could then refer your doctor to this site for various information.
What are prepared or easy keto options for people that don't cook?
Always keep hard boiled eggs and avocados available.
Rachel recommended Fox Point Seasoning by Penzey Spices as a great way to spice up your keto meal.
Additional items brought up over the course of the meeting:
Low Carb Denver 2019 - is a conference discussing the science of low-carb diets.
Boulder Carnivore Conference is occurring right before Low Carb Denver and is the first ever carnivore conference.
Factor 75 has prepared keto meals available.
EatWild.com - good place for meat.
Hackenmueller’s Meat Market in Robbinsdale, MN is a great place for meat too.
Oura Ring is a device that will measure the quality of your sleep and heart rate variability. There are usually discount codes available if you want one for yourself.
ZornFast.com - Brenda Zorn’s blog about her dietary hacking.
Podcasts mentioned
2 Keto Dudes - the podcast associated with Ketofest
Low Carb MD Podcast - Dr Jason Fung, Dr Brian Lenzkes, Dr. Tro Kalayjian, Megan Ramos
Life in the Fasting Lane with Eve Mayer.
Plans for Next Meetup
Date and Location - March 2 at St. Croix Yacht Club in Stillwater, MN
No other plans for made, so we’ll just have to wing it. (Sorry about that - John)