269: Matthew Caruana – The Sweet Keto Chef

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269: Matthew Caruana - The Sweet Keto Chef

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Matthew Caruana

 Matthew built a career in professional cookery, becoming a Head Chef and working internationally. A serious motorbike accident in 2016 pushed him to take control of his health, leading to an eight and a half stone weight loss through a ketogenic diet. He began creating and sharing keto desserts, which grew into a following and a recipe book. After losing his job in 2020, he turned that passion into a business, becoming the UK’s first artisan keto chocolatier and going on to win multiple awards.

Key Quote

“I definitely feel depression from eating carbs, which is a crazy thing to say. I feel so much more sluggish and, you know… when you actually put the carbs back in, you feel so much worse, physically and mentally.”

— Matthew Caruana

Matthew’s Top Tips

1.     Get a proper night’s sleep. It’s free, and it’s one of the biggest things that helps with impulse control around food.
2.     Remove the treats from your house. If there’s friction between you and the bad stuff (having to get in the car and drive to the shop, for example), you’re far less likely to break.
3.     Don’t punish yourself if you slip up. If you get carbed, go to bed, and the next day draw a line under it. Beating yourself up just spirals into eating more sugary things.

Matthew’s Book

Everyone Deserves Dessert — available exclusively via Matthew’s website (not on Amazon).

Resources Mentioned

•     The Daisy Garland — the charity that helped Matthew’s friend’s daughter access a therapeutic ketogenic diet for juvenile epilepsy.
•     Siobhan Huggins — mentioned in relation to an intentional carb-reintroduction experiment. Episodes 016 & 017
  https://fabulouslyketo.com/podcast/016
  https://fabulouslyketo.com/podcast/017

Connect with Matthew Caruana

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/SweetKetoChef

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/sweetketochefofficial

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sweet_keto_chef/

Website

https://www.sweetketochef.co.uk/

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