Thom King is a personal development wonk, part bio-hacker geek, and part self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur. In 1999, Thom founded Steviva Brands know known as Icon Foods with a mission to provide consumers with a healthy alternative to sugar which also lead him to embrace a Ketogenic Diet and publish his book “Guy Gone Keto.” He also recently roled out an entire line of keto condiments under the brand and The Keto Mouth Killer.
Show Notes:
- How sweeteners really work and why we only use sugar and glucose while there is a whole other world of sweetening compounds that people don’t know about…
- How bad is aspartame for you?
- What really happens to your body when you introduce a product like Diet Coke where you’re getting a ton of flavor but no calories…
- Your brain thinks it must be sugar so your brain creates an insulin response to it. So you saved the calories but the body still reacts as if you had sugar.
- The 90’s War-On-Fat and the thought process that sugar gave you energy.
- The difference between a low and high glycemic response…
- How to recognize if anxiety is a problem for you and how to deal with it…
- How Thom used Keto to use 35 pounds, but that wasn’t even the real success story….
- What has more sugar, ice cream or ketchup?
- Will alcohol knock you out of keto?
- Do pee strips work to test if you’re in keto or not?
- Are cheat meals ok?
- Intermittent fasting + keto…
- What happens if you eat too much protein and not enough fat… will you stay in keto?
- How should you workout on Keto and the perfect workout to build a 6-pack…
- Dealing with Keto breath…
