Category: Healthy Weight Loss

Dr. Becky teaches you the facets of healthy weight loss from basic to advanced.  You will learn the most up-to-date methods for losing weight in a way that is healthy and sustainable.  Dr. Becky relates current research in healthy weight loss in a way that is both understandable and relatable.

You May Have Insulin Resistance If…

Video | Belly Fat | Skin Tags | Dark Skin Patches | Soda | Refined Carbs | Frequent Eating | Sedentary Lifestyle | Steps to Reduce Insulin Resistance | Takeaway

When insulin resistance is present, insulin cannot efficiently move sugar out of your blood and into your cells. This makes weight loss difficult because the resulting high blood sugar and insulin levels block fat loss and make you feel tired and hungry. If it is allowed to progress, this resistance can lead to type 2 diabetes. 

A full diagnosis requires blood work, but there are markers that you can see on your body or that are revealed through your diet and lifestyle that may indicate that you have insulin resistance. This blog post shares what they are and what to do if you have them. 

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Fasting Doesn’t Work [Without These 4 Things]

Video | The Fasting Paradox | Craving Triggers | Hydration | Short Fasts | Understanding Hunger 

Intermittent fasting is the practice of consuming your daily calories during a shortened eating window. Doing this helps you stabilize blood sugar levels and naturally reduce your calorie intake, leading to more efficient weight loss. 

The challenge is that to get the benefits, you have to train your body to comfortably go for long periods without food. That is not a small obstacle, given today’s 24/7 access to highly appetizing foods. But anyone can achieve it with the right approach. This blog post shares four things that must be in place for fasting to work for you.  

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3-Day EATING PLAN to Start or Restart Low Carb Dieting

Video | Avoid Added Sugar | Avoid Bread & Breaded Foods | Breakfast/Snack | Lunch | Dinner

Whether you got off track or your low carb diet failed to launch, having a plan keeps you from spinning your wheels. 

This post shares a simple and specific eating plan that you can follow for the next three days to jumpstart your low carb success. 

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Dirty Keto & Food Combining: I Put Them to the Test [Blood Sugar]

Video | Dirty Keto | Bun Test | Beef Patty & Cheese Test | Full Cheeseburger Test | Food Combining | Conclusions

Dirty keto is the term used for following a keto diet without concern for food quality. For instance, order a burger from a fast food restaurant, throw away the carb-loaded bun, and only eat the burger and cheese. 

Dirty keto will never win any healthy eating awards, but can it be used as a way to keep your blood sugar low enough to stay on track when nothing else is available? And would it really be all that bad to just eat the burger with the bun?  

While wearing a non-prescription CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor), I went to Mcdonald’s and picked up a few cheeseburgers to see how the separated ingredients of a fast-food cheeseburger would affect my blood sugar and what would happen when I ate the bun and burger combo. Here’s what happened. 

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The Easiest Diet Mistakes to Make [Weight Loss]

Video | Paralysis by Analysis | Diet Minutia | The Mundane Middle | Maintenance 

When you set out to change your diet, obstacles pop up from start to finish. I have seen a lot of diet mistakes over the years and made many of them myself. Whether you are having trouble getting your diet off the ground, finding it hard to stick with it, or worried about gaining weight back once you’ve reached your goal, this blog post will help you see that you’re not alone, and that may be just the motivation you need to stay on track. 

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6 Low Carb Foods That Ease Anxiety

Video | Fatty Fish | Dark Chocolate | Almonds | Yogurt | Blueberries | Eggs

Anxiety is a growing concern among all age groups. There are natural remedies for reducing anxiety. Exercise will work, and breathing techniques may help, but what about food? 

There are foods that provide the brain with nutrients that lower anxiety symptoms. And the good news for low-carb dieters is that the anxiety-easing foods I’m about to share have fewer than 10 carbs per serving.

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Blood Sugar vs. Popcorn – Is Adding Butter Better? 

Video | CGM | Plain Popcorn Results | Buttered Popcorn Results | Popcorn Blood Sugar Comparison | Takeaway

A couple of months ago, I used my non-prescription CGM to see how plain popcorn would affect my blood sugar level. The result was very poor. It shot my blood sugar straight up and then just as quickly dropped the level to a point lower than my starting point. 

Sharing that result spurred a lot of questions about buttered popcorn. Since butter is pure fat, which is a nutrient that does not spike blood sugar, would adding butter to the popcorn make it a better snack for blood sugar control? Well, I ran the test. It should be better, right? It was not what I expected. Here are the results. 

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