Video | Bright Foods | High-fat Plants | Animal Protein | Dietary Liver Toxins
Our world is filled with toxins. We eat them, breathe them, and even make them inside our bodies. But do we need a special detox program to right these wrongs? Detox diets and supplements promise big rewards for minimal effort.
These claims are big and attractive, but ping that little voice inside your head that says, “This sounds too good to be true.” The good news is that you are designed to detox because of your internal detox machine (aka your liver).
I am often asked what I eat in a day. In this blog post, I share what I ate yesterday and how you can use those same foods to reach your health and weight loss goals.
Read More “Forget Detox…THIS is MORE Enjoyable and Effective”
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.
Read More “Fasting Doesn’t Work [Without These 4 Things]”
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.
Read More “Dirty Keto & Food Combining: I Put Them to the Test [Blood Sugar]”
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