269: Matthew Caruana – The Sweet Keto Chef

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     Get a proper night’s sleep. It’s free, and it’s one of the biggest things that helps with impulse control around food.     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.     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/   The Fabulously Keto Diet & Lifestyle Journal: A 12-week journal to support new habits – Jackie Fletcher If you have enjoyed listening to this episode – Leave us a review By leaving us a review on your favourite podcast platform, you help us to be found by others. Connect with us on social media https://www.instagram.com/FabulouslyKeto1 https://twitter.com/FabulouslyKeto https://www.youtube.com/@FabulouslyKeto Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FabulouslyKeto   Music by Bob Collum   Recommend a guest We would love to know if you have a favourite guest you would like us to interview. Let us know who you would like to hear of if you have a particular topic you would like us to cover. https://fabulouslyketo.com/recommend-a-guest We sometimes get a small commission on some of the links, this goes towards the costs of producing the podcast.