“Is drinking hot carob spoiling my keto diet? ”
I'm currently recovering from an eating disorder and I'm supposed to follow the keto diet. I've had to replace coffee with hot carob but I find myself drinking two to three cups a day. I put two teaspoons of carob powder and half a teaspoon of stevia and mix it with hot water and a little bit of non-dairy milk. Am I unknowingly taking too many carbs a day?
Female
2 Answers
Dr. C. Marlo Baird
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Cherry Hill, NJ
It does not appear that the carob is an issue. The type of non dairy milk has a wide range of components. If it is not half a cup of milk, and it is something other than the hydrogenated fat of "non dairy creamers" then it is likely a soy milk or nut or pea or legume based milk. All of those are pretty good for you so just as long as "hydrogenated vegetable oil" is not your Non dairy milk. That would be less than ideal.
First off, glad to hear you are working on your eating disorder. Extremely difficult to manage, on the level of crippling OCD. I haven't heard of this drink powder you mention. All I can say, is that to focus on super quality real animal protein. A powdered mix is so overprocessed; and even if I am (personally) physically hungry I tend to drink water just to make my stomach shut up. Also, powders are a pain to mix/clean up. First off, you have to get very good counseling and supportive family with you. I have a cousin who is my age. She was way too intelligent to grow up with my aunt/uncle. Her eating disorder grew from her wanting to be in control. I don't blame her. Btw, she was never overweight. Very athletic, good looking, popular. Her dad was a controlling pile of garbage. She beat her eating disorder over the course of 5+ years. Key turning point: she realized she doesn't need her parents' approval. She almost died early 30's, pretty scary.
