Sugar is one of the main sources of fuel for your body. For this reason, you may think this means you have to continually consume sugar to stay energized throughout the day.
However, if your goal is to lose weight, that is not a good idea.
You actually want your body to prefer burning body fat, not sugar.
In this post, I explain how to make a simple shift in your food choices to help your body prefer to burn body fat rather than sugar.
The answer may surprise you!
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If you take the sugar out of a food or drink, you lower the total carb count, so what about sugar-free foods and drinks on a low-carb diet?
Are sugar-free products helpful or harmful as you work toward your weight loss goals?
In this post, I share some important insights about sugar-free foods and drinks on a low-carb diet.
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Intermittent fasting is a useful and proven tool for fat loss, but it also has health benefits.
When intermittent fasting, your body has an opportunity to clean up dead cells and debris through a process called autophagy.
This process has been credited with everything from slowing aging to better heart health.
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What is a ketogenic diet? Plainly stated, it is a high-fat and very-low-carb diet that causes your body to generate ketones, hence the name – a ketogenic diet.
Ketones are byproducts of fat burning, so if your body is producing ketones, you are burning fat.
That sounds great, and it is! A ketogenic diet is a great way for even the most weight loss resistant person to lose weight, but is it right for you?
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