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Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard about the ketogenic diet. Keto is a way of eating that eliminates most carbs from the diet and replaces them with high fat and moderate protein. The idea is that when starved of glucose, the body begins turning to fat as an energy source. But isn’t fat bad for you? For many years the consensus was yes. But the study this ... Continue Reading
Ketosis is a normal metabolic process that happens when the body does not have enough glucose for energy, and so it burns stored fat instead. This results in an increased presence of certain amino acids in the body that can be degraded directly into acetyl-CoA, which is the precursor of ketone bodies. Some people use their diet to encourage this process of ketosis to occur ... Continue Reading
For far too long, a high fat diet has been demonized and sold off as terrible and unhealthy, but what if it holds the secret to healing from chronic disease? This post from Mercola.com discusses in detail this metabolic dietary approach for optimal health. There's emerging scientific evidence that a high-fat, low-net carb and moderate protein diet is an ideal diet for most ... Continue Reading
Orange juice, America’s favorite breakfast drink, has been linked to the deadliest form of skin cancer. This post from Cancer Defeated newsletter throws light on how orange juice, and other packaged fruit juices, increase the risk of cancer. I don’t know how many Americans reach for a glass of orange juice first thing every morning — the number probably exceeds a hundred ... Continue Reading
Ever have an “WTF” moment that you just had to share? Well… I’m coaching Larry and Oksana through nutrition ketosis and decided to do it as well. So while I was at the supermarket getting the necessary goods, I saw something that inspired me to make a video. In case you don’t know what nutritional ketosis is, it’s a diet consisting of primarily healthy fats (about ... Continue Reading
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