The two latest dieting trends that are blowing up the internet may leave you wondering whether the paleo diet or the keto diet is right for you. On the surface, these low-carb diet plans may seem the same, but there’s a good chance that once you dig deeper, you’ll develop a preference for one over the other. RELATED: 2018 Diet Trends - What Are They and Do They Really ... Continue Reading
3 Things The Keto Diet Has Successfully Debunked About Healthy Eating
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
Liver Cancer Awareness: Signs, Symptoms, & What You Need to Know
The liver is the largest internal organ. Without it, we simply would not survive. It is responsible for breaking down, metabolizing, and storing nutrients so that they can be used to build and repair tissue in the body. It also makes clotting factors that prevent you from bleeding out when you get a cut. The liver secretes bile into the intestines so that we can properly absorb ... Continue Reading
What To Eat And What To Avoid When On A Keto Diet
This handy guide lets you keep up with your Keto diet. In this post from Brit + Co learn about everything you can and can’t eat on a keto diet. As with all new ways of eating, figuring out what you can and can't eat on the ketogenic diet is more than a little confusing. Fats? Most are in. Carbs? Most are out. But as with all diets, there are a few exceptions to every rule. ... Continue Reading
What Is Ketosis and Why Shedding Pounds Is Easy with It?
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