Mason Jar Chocolate Collagen Shake

If you have a mason jar and a few delicious Keto Zone® ingredients, you’ve got everything you need to make a delicious chocolate collagen shake. As the weather heats up, this decadent treat will keep you cool.

What’s more, our Keto Zone® Mason Jar Chocolate Collagen Shake is incredibly nourishing. Unlike most store-bought or restaurant shakes, it’s loaded with ingredients that actually promote health and wellness rather than junk ingredients that drag you down.

Here’s how to easily make Mason Jar Chocolate Collagen Shake with Keto Zone powders!

Keto Zone® Mason Jar Chocolate Collagen Shake

Ingredients

1 cup heavy cream (low-carb, such as Organic Valley) OR full fat organic canned coconut milk
2 tablespoon Keto Zone® Dutch Chocolate MCT Oil Powder
1 scoop Keto Zone® Hydrolyzed Collagen Powder (unflavored)
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
non-dairy low-carb milk (optional)

Instructions

Mix all ingredients in a wide mouth, pint-sized (16 oz.) mason jar.
Tighten the lid and shake vigorously for 5-7 minutes.
You’ll know you’re done shaking when liquid doubles in volume, filling the jar.
Place in the freezer for at least 3 hours (and up to 24 hours).
Scoop out and enjoy. Add non-dairy milk to thin and re-shake if needed. Serves 3-4.

Why Make Keto Zone® Mason Jar Chocolate Collagen Shake Instead of Buying a Shake

In case you didn’t notice, this is no ordinary chocolate shake. The average store-bought or restaurant shake has 250 calories and over 20 grams sugar per 1/2 cup (2 grams fiber, 21 grams sugar)! Ingredients can include:

cream, liquid sugar (sugar, water), skim milk, water, cocoa (processed with alkali), wheat flour, sugar, soybean oil, brown sugar, egg yolks, chocolate liquor, cocoa, honey, guar gum, cocoa butter, vanilla extract, salt, baking soda, natural flavors, soy lecithin, carrageenan

The ingredients that stand out are 3 types of sugar, and soybean oil.

How Conventional Shake Ingredients Harm Health

First, sugar. Not only can overeating sugar cause elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, weight gain, inflammation, and high triglycerides, it’s now linked to elevated health risk for women (1).

In fact, sugars in liquid form are the quickest sugars through the digestive tract and have the most potential for destruction.

Next, soybean oil is one of the most detrimental ingredients found in our commercial food supply. It can cause declines in:

Metabolic Health: Lab studies show soybean oil is one of the most detrimental foods to metabolic health (2).
Cardiovascular Health: Soybean oil has been shown to cause harmful abnormalities in cholesterol and triglycerides (3).
Overall Health and Inflammation: Many studies have concluded that concentrated sources of omega-6 fats increase inflammation in the body (4).

How Keto Zone® Chocolate Collagen Shake Promotes Wellbeing

Opposed to eating harmful, sugary ingredients, our Mason Jar Chocolate Collagen Shake contains real foods to improve your health. These ingredients include:

cacao
collagen
mct oil powder
cinnamon

In fact, the healthy fats and amino acids are nutrition superstars!

Keto Zone® Shake Healthy Fats and Collagen

The Keto Zone® Chocolate Collagen Shake is made with Keto Zone MCT Oil Powder and Keto Zone Collagen powder. These powders contain amazing healthy fats and amino acids that promote health in the human body from head to toe. These include:

MCT Oil: MCT oil is one of the best fats for ketosis. It is quickly digested, used for ketones, and provides many health benefits.
Hydrolyzed Collagen: Collagen promotes ligament, joint, skin, and digestive health.

There are many benefits of including enough healthy fats in your diet including:

Having the right nutrients to get into ketosis. Although your body will enter ketosis anytime you consume very little carbohydrates, it will do so more efficiently when adequate fats are present in the diet.
Weight loss without hunger. Fats help you feel full and satisfied, even when losing weight (5).
More abdominal fat loss. When carbohydrates are replaced with fats, people lose more abdominal fat. This is great news since abdominal fat is associated with heart disease and other chronic conditions (6, 7).
Improved health once in ketosis. Ketosis provides many health benefits including improved cholesterol ratios, reduced dangerous triglycerides, optimal blood sugars and insulin, improved brain and eye health, and reduced inflammation.
Ketones that are brain fuel. Not only does high-fat, Keto Zone eating provide brain fuel that improves focus and clarity, it also has neuroprotective properties (8).

In addition, collagen has been found to improve skin elasticity and health, reduce the appearance of wrinkles, increase skin hydration, and support joint health (9, 10).

Bottom Line

Sure, you could opt for soybean oil and sugar in your chocolate shake. But, why? You’ve got an amazing opportunity to nourish your body with healthy fats, collagen and ingredients that encourage healthy weights, systems, and lifestyle. Take it! Make Keto Zone® Chocolate Collagen Shake all summer long!

Eating Fat Makes You Thin?

Articles , Health , Keto Zone Blog , April 16, 2020

Have you ever been fearful about adding Keto Zone fats to your diet? Does it make you nervous to go against the false nutrition recommendations that have been perpetuated for decades (high fat is unhealthy)? Do you really believe that eating fat makes you thin?

Well, it’s true. And not only thin but healthier.

In fact, study after study has found that cutting carbs and eating healthy fats leads to fat loss. Indeed, eating fat makes you thin.

Here’s the science behind eating fat, and how you can add more to your diet.

How Eating Fats Makes You Thin

1. Eating Fats and Low-Carbs Lead to Ketosis

When you eat a high-fat diet, about 75% of your calories, and omit most carbs, you can get into the Keto Zone, into ketosis. How does this help?

Ketosis is a state of low-carbohydrate intake in which your body produces and uses ketones for energy. Very little carbohydrates are necessary.

And, this is no ordinary energy. It’s stable. It provides mental focus. And it allows you to eat less and lose weight without an energy deficit.

Astonishingly, this new body fuel and brain fuel has been used successfully for decades to help children with epilepsy vastly reduce seizures (without medications) (1). It also promises brain health improvements in others including degenerative brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease (2).

What’s more, many people in ketosis report greater brain clarity, focus, and function than before.

2. High-fat Eating in the Keto Zone Allows Weight Loss without Hunger

Why is dieting usually so hard? One word: hunger.

Since hunger is one of the biggest reasons most people “fail” at diets, it’s reassuring to find a healthy way of eating that promising fat loss without hunger. Fat loss without cravings.

There’s not a hunger issue when eating fats in the Keto Zone.

Keto Zone’s low-carb, high-fat eating and ketosis automatically lead to a reduction in appetite (3). This occurs for a few reasons:

Healthy fat foods promote satiety
Fats are slow-digesting, allowing eaters to feel satisfied
Ketone production suppresses appetite
Leptin levels are optimized signaling fullness

What’s more, according to several studies, people eat fewer calories when they eat low-carbohydrate while increasing protein and fat (4).

3. Eating Fat Makes You Thin By Targeting Unhealthy Abdominal Fat

Eating fat also works to reduce body fat in the best place possible: the abdominals.

Low-carb, high-fat eaters generally see significant fat loss in the first 2 weeks (5, 6), about 200-300% more weight than low-fat dieters. They’re able to do it without hunger (7, 8), and their fat loss is typically visceral fat. This fat is found around organs and increases inflammation and risk of disease (9, 10).

4. Healthy Fats Are Highly Nutritious

Of course, it’s not all about being thin just for the sake of being thin. It’s about getting to your goal weight, feeling strong, and being healthy.

Eating fat makes you thin and healthy. First, it delivers healthy nutrients. Then, it promotes health indirectly by the weight loss itself. And then, it:

Improves cholesterol ratios by reducing or maintain LDL “bad cholesterol while increasing HDL “good cholesterol”
Reduces dangerous triglycerides
Optimizes insulin and blood sugars
Improves eye health, brain health, and hormone health
Reduces inflammation

How to Eat More Fat to Get Thin

But it’s not always as easy as it sounds.

Eating fat requires some work. It’s easiest if high-fat foods are planned throughout the day.

Morning: Start the day with Coffee or Tea and delicious MCT Oil Powder. If you use two scoops of this powder per day, you’ll get 14 grams of Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCTs). What’s more, about 11 of these grams will be the most beneficial and healthy MCT, C8.
Snacks: Try using Fat Bombs as snacks. If you’re not familiar, “Fat Bombs” are simply very-high-fat snacks that are meant to help you get enough fat each day and satisfy hunger. Most are 85% fat and use coconut oil, cream, butter, nuts, avocados, and other fats. Here are some great recipes to get you started. If you eat 3 fat bombs per day as snacks, you’ll typically get about 45-60 grams of fat. Try Keto Zone Coconut Fat Bombs, Keto Zone Chocolate-Covered Pecan Fat Bombs, and Keto Zone Pesto Fat Bombs.
Lunch/Dinner: When eating meals, you not only want to remove the carbs but add fats back. You’ll get some fats in the protein you choose, such as meat, eggs, and more. Many times, the protein will add 10-20 grams of fat per meal. Then, if you add a fat such as avocados, nuts, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, coconut oil, or other, at 2 Tbsp. oil or 1/2 avocado per meal, you’ll add 28 more grams for about 30-40 grams of fat. When you eat 2 of these high-fat meals per day, such as Keto Zone Slow Cooker Beef & Broccoli, you’ve added 60-80 grams of fat.

If you plan to eat fat throughout the day, you can easily consume more than 120 grams of fat per day. Then, adjust your amounts, and add more fat bombs or extra virgin olive oil, to get enough.

Bottom Line

Eating fat makes you thin. Are you convinced? You should be. We now have many studies, and many, many success stories, that show improved weight loss and health when eating a high-fat Keto Zone diet. Get into the Keto Zone today to meet your health and weight goals.

And, if you’d like help, recipes, and more to get started, sign up for the FREE Keto Zone 21-Day-Challenge today.

The Ultimate Guide to Good & Bad Fats on Keto Zone

Articles , Keto Zone Blog , December 31, 2019

With the rise of the Keto Zone diet comes the fall of the “fat makes you fat” myth. Keto goes on to prove that fat can help you lose weight, giving relief to those who fell for unhealthy low-fat or fat-free diets.

These diets weren’t all wrong, however, as some fats should be avoided, even on keto. This begs the ultimate question: which fats are good, and which are bad? You can find all of your answers here in this comprehensive guide to fat on the Keto Zone.

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5 Must-Have Ingredients in a Health Shake

Articles , Keto Zone Blog , August 8, 2019

The ingredients in a health shake may surprise you. Do a quick search for “health shakes” online, and you’re bound to find 100+ options, with thousands of different ingredients. They are not all equal.

Some contain huge amounts of sugars, too much protein. Most contain far too little healthy fats. (more…)

What Are the Fats in the Keto Zone Shake?

Articles , Keto Zone Blog , July 30, 2019

Fat is the most important macronutrient in the Keto Zone Shake. In fact, anytime you’re in the Keto Zone, it’s extremely important to know what types and how much fat you’re consuming. So, what are the fats in the Keto Zone Shake?

Medium chain triglycerides oil (MCT Oil) and avocado oil powder make up the fats in the Keto Zone Shake. These are no ordinary fats. They are health-benefiting fats that can help you reach ketosis while improving heart, brain, and whole-body health.

Here is everything you need to know about these fats and why they are in the Keto Zone Shake.

Healthy Fats in the Keto Zone Shake

The first fat in the Keto Zone Shake is MCT oil. MCTs are special fats that have shorter carbon chains than most fats in the diet (1). Why should size matter to you?

The size of the fat directly affects its function in the body.

MCT oils are derived and isolated from several natural foods, most often coconut oil. In fact, there are four types of MCTs found in nature: caproic, caprylic, capric, and lauric acid. MCT oils contain all but lauric (this is an advantage).

Caprylic acid (C8) is the most ketone-producing and possibly the most healthful of all the MCTs. There is significantly more caprylic acid in MCT Oil than coconut oil.

The shorter the MCT, the quicker and easier the digestion. Here’s how the fatty acid in MCT oils, specifically caprylic acid (C8), affect the body.

Proven Benefits of MCT Oil in the Keto Zone Shake

MCT oil is quickly digested and metabolized in the body. It can:

1. Improve Heart Health

Medium chain triglycerides in MCT Oil Powder have been shown to improve cholesterol profiles by decreasing LDL cholesterol, decreasing the number of LDL particles, and increasing HDL cholesterol (2, 3).

In one recent study, 17 overweight women were given MCTs for 27 days. When tested, their LDL cholesterol decreased, HDL increased, cholesterol ratio improved, and plasma glutathione increased (a powerful natural antioxidant). Researchers stated that their cardiovascular risk profile was improved (4).

2. Reduce Inflammation

MCTs can reduce inflammation in the body. In 2014, 30 adults with high cholesterol and inflammation consumed MCTs for 30 days. When retested, scientists found significant reductions in LDL, increases in HDL, and reductions in C-reactive protein (a marker for inflammation) (6).

3. Improved Brain Health and Focus

When you’re in ketosis, and you consume MCT oil, your body is able to produce more ketones. Currently, scientists are studying the effects of ketones, like those from MCTs, in preserving healthy brains and inhibiting degradation from aging (7).

Additionally, researchers have found that ketones are usable fuel for the brain in those with Alzheimer’s disease, similar to young healthy brains. (8). In Alzheimer’s disease, there is an impairment in the use of glucose by the brain. Utilizing ketones in the brain rather than glucose may result in memory improvements and brain function (9).

4. Weight Loss and Improved Blood Sugars

Amazingly, MCTs can promote weight loss and improved BMI.

How? First, they improve satiety you also won’t feel too hungry even while trying to lose weight (9, 10). Secondly, they are digested and used by cells for energy rather than stored.

Next, they improve blood sugars and decrease insulin output, thereby improving health and fat metabolism (11).

In fact, MCTs can help reduce the risk of diabetes by:

Decreasing insulin resistance
Providing an alternate energy source to carbohydrates
Preserving beta-cell health (decline in these cells contributes to diabetes)
Promoting weight loss

In one recent study, scientists concluded that MCT oils provided benefit to beta cells in both mice and humans. One key to combating diabetes is improving the health of these cells (12).

5. Energy and Athletic Performance

If you’re looking for a fuel that increases energy, MCTs are one such fuel. Once delivered to the liver from the intestines, MCTs increase energy output in the mitochondria. Mitochondria are the energy producers in cells (13).

When recreational athletes consumed MCTs, they experienced lower lactate levels during moderate and intense workouts than they did with other fats. This may lead to improved endurance and performance (19). Other researchers found that MCTs reduce high-temperature exercise performance issues and improve overall performance (14).

Proven Benefits of Avocado Oil in the Keto Zone Shake

While there are many benefits to MCT oil, fats from avocados are no slouch either. They contain:

1. Carotenoids and Vitamin E for Eye Health and Reduced Inflammation

You may think are only found in orange/red vegetables such as carrots, bell peppers, and tomatoes. But, avocados are a great source. In fact, they contain a spectacular array of carotenoids including:

beta-carotene
alpha-carotene
lutein
neochrome
neoxanthin
chrysanthemaxanthin
beta-cryptoxanthin
zeaxanthin

What’s more, the fats in avocado actually increase the carotenoid absorption from other vegetables, by as much as 15 times (1)! Carotenoids directly support eye health and brain health (15). And, they are highly anti-inflammatory.

Next, avocados are the best fruit source of vitamin E, an essential vitamin that protects against many diseases and helps maintains overall health. Specifically, Vitamin E is an antioxidant that supports brain, cardiovascular, and respiratory health.

2. Healthy Fats

Like other high-fat foods, avocados were once considered too high in calories and fats to be healthy. In fact, avocados are 85% fat. These fats are extremely healthy, anti-inflammatory, and they promote healthy blood sugars. They are perfect for Keto Zone eating.

3. Potent Anti-Inflammatory Components and Glutathione

Avocados offer 3-way anti-inflammatory benefits. First, avocado’s fats are made of phytosterols. They are key supporters of our inflammatory system. Specifically, research has shown the anti-inflammatory benefits of avocados’ phytosterols for arthritis.

Next, avocado’s polyhydroxylated fatty alcohols (PFAs), which are abundant in ocean plants but fairly unique among land plants, are highly anti-inflammatory.

Third, the high amount of oleic acid aides our digestive tract and improves healthy fat absorptions while decreasing inflammation.

Lastly, avocados are a good source of glutathione. This super-antioxidant is produced by our own cells, and sometimes found in foods. It promotes cellular health, anti-aging, and overall good metabolism and cellular cleansing.

4. Fiber

Our favorite carbohydrates, fiber, are abundant in avocados. In fact, ½ cup provides 5 grams of fiber (and only 1 gram of sugar) (3). An avocado’s fiber can improve cholesterol, balance blood sugars, and promote digestive health.

5. Cancer Prevention

Avocados have been determined to help prevent the occurrence of cancers in the mouth, skin, breast and prostate gland. Cancer risk factors often include excessive inflammation and oxidative stress.

Avocados likely reduce risk due to their unusual mix of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant nutrients. What’s more, avocados increase programmed cell death cycle (apoptosis) of cancer cells.

How Much Fat in the Keto Zone Shake?

Healthy fats are the central nutrient in the Keto Zone Shake. This is no accident.

In fact, 74% of the Keto Zone Shake’s calories come from fat.

Why is this important to you?

To get in and stay in the Keto Zone, you need more than 70% of your calories to come from fat. This provides the substrates needed to synthesize ketones, reduces carbohydrate intake, and offers the many health benefits of a high fat Keto Zone Diet. It will:

Satisfy Hunger: When you eat a snack high in healthy fat, with little protein or carbohydrates, they signal our brains to tell us that we are full. In fact, in an individual food or meal, fats improve leptin and ghrelin balance to help us identify fullness vs. hunger.
Improve Overall Health: Healthy fats have a lot to offer nutritionally. When they replace carbohydrates, they can improve cholesterol ratios, reduce triglycerides, optimize blood sugars, improve brain health, and more.
Promote Ketosis: A high-fat diet, with minimal carbs, promote ketone creation.
Bust Cravings: You can lose weight on the Keto Zone Diet without feeling deprived. Fats bust cravings and satisfy hunger.

Bottom Line

To get in, or stay in the Keto Zone, don’t choose any shake. Opt for Keto Zone Shakes. They are convenient, healthy, and the fats in the Keto Zone Shake will promote health, wellness, and ketosis for your whole body.