Cinnamon Cream Cheese Fathead Pancakes - low carb pancake recipe

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Fathead Pancakes

Tara McLoughlin Meal Plans & Recipes 6 Comments

Because I received such overwhelming feedback on my last recipe, My favorite Low Carb Sugar Cookie Recipe, I thought I would throw you another keeper!   I know there are a ton of keto pancake recipes out there but I have reworked this recipe several times to get the net …

Why we get fat

Good Food, Bad Food – Why We Get Fat

Tara McLoughlin Diet & Weight Loss 1 Comment

We’ve been lead to believe that we are getting fatter because we eat too much dietary fat and consume too many calories. This is flat out WRONG.  In a perfect, laboratory environment, it is, in fact, true that a calorie is a calorie.  When no other factors are being considered, …

My Favorite Low Carb Sugar Cookie Recipe - low carb cookie recipe

My Favorite Low Carb Sugar Cookie Recipe

Tara McLoughlin Meal Plans & Recipes 2 Comments

Full disclosure… I am not a recipe blogger!  The thing is, as I play with various low carb recipes and come up with a keeper, I feel an obligation to share.  This awesome low carb cookie recipe is no exception! The way I see it, I can email this keto-licious …

Benefits of CoQ10 including Anti-Aging - Benefits of CoQ10

Benefits of CoQ10 including Anti-Aging

Tara McLoughlin Nutrition, Supplementation 1 Comment

CoEnzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a compound, made by our bodies, that plays a variety of roles. One such role includes it acting as a powerful antioxidant that slows the aging process.  It is used by EVERY cell.  CoQ10 is part of the electron transport chain and aids in producing adenosine …

Starting Keto - Your Top 5 Biggest Challenges - Starting Keto

Starting Keto – Your Top 5 Biggest Challenges!

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Eating on a new diet is, without a doubt, challenging.  You are hit with a lot of unknowns.  You are likely wondering if the diet will even work.  The last thing you need to be thinking about is what, when and how you are going to eat! To get the …

Using Magnesium to Treat Neurological Syndromes - magnesium benefits

Using Magnesium to Treat Neurological Syndromes

Tara McLoughlin Neurological & Emotional Health, Nutrition, Supplementation 15 Comments

How important is Magnesium? In short, magnesium is critically important to a healthy, happy body and mind.  Here’s why.  Magnesium is a metal; a mineral that is essential to our bodies.  In this context, essential means that we require it but can’t make it on our own, so we need …

Treating Brain Fog using Functional Medicine - treating brain fog

Treating Brain Fog using Functional Medicine

Tara McLoughlin Neurological & Emotional Health, Nutrition, Toxicity Leave a Comment

What is Brain Fog? If you’ve ever experienced brain fog, you know it.  It’s this feeling of being mentally sluggish and disconnected from the world around you.  It’s like the processor in your head is overheating and you can’t quite think straight or fast enough.  Your memory is toast and …

A Guide to Ketogenic Diet Basics - ketogenic diet basics

A Guide to Ketogenic Diet Basics

Tara McLoughlin Diet & Weight Loss 1 Comment

The practice of eating low carb, high fat and moderate protein has been around since the dawn of man, quite literally.  Our bodies evolved to survive and in order to do that we had burn multiple types of fuel.  Most people, today, believe that our primary fuel type is sugar …

13 Essential Gym Tips for Beginners - gym tips for beginners

13 Essential Gym Tips for Beginners

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Being a newbie or beginner at the gym can be intimidating, if not scary.  You’re in a foreign place, there’s a bunch of strangers, weights are slamming, and obnoxious people are grunting to high heaven threw their sets.  All you can think of is where am I?  What did I …

Reduce Stress, Feel Great & Lose Weight - Stress fat

Reduce Stress, Feel Great & Lose Weight!

Tara McLoughlin Diet & Weight Loss, Neurological & Emotional Health, Supplementation 6 Comments

What is stress? Stress is bad.  Chronic stress is worse.  A growing body of evidence shows that the impact stress has on our general health and wellness is significant.  So what is it and how can you manage it? Stress is a physiological response to danger originating from our time …

How to Lose Weight naturally through Intermittent Fasting - weight loss plan

How to Lose Weight naturally through Intermittent Fasting

Tara McLoughlin Diet & Weight Loss 2 Comments

Why we are fat The food industry wants us to believe that we are getting more and more overweight because we eat too much and exercise too little.  This position takes the responsibility off of them and puts it squarely on us!  Sadly, many of us have fallen victim to …

How to fight cold & flu naturally - Cold and Flu Remedies

How to Fight Cold and Flu Season Naturally

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Cold and flu season is upon us, but bacterial and viral threats are ever present.  At a time when society is so very conscious about the spreading of infection and disease, it is a wonder why cold and flu season continues to wreak havoc in our communities to the degree …