Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Diet & Weight Loss”
Do calories matter when it comes to weight loss? This is the question of the day, of late. There are varying opinions on the topic and most claim to be backed by science. If you’ve read my blog then you know my position on scientific evidence is that it is …
If you are considering going keto, you need access to resources! When making real life changes, planning is a must. I think most people get that. What I think we often miss is that a successful change hinges on both planning and execution. It seems the execution part is where …
Starting keto can be harder than it needs to be if you are not prepared. Let’s face it, it’s still a relatively new way of eating so the mainstream world is not caught up yet. This can make going low carb challenging and in some cases just plain inconvenient. The …
Who doesn’t love a moist, rich, not single but DOUBLE chocolate cupcake? Well, no one that I know, anyway! The thing is, when you want chocolate, you want it guilt free! And now, you can have just that. My mentor, Leanne, created an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G cupcake recipe that is not only …
What’s all the rage about MCT oil these days? Well, let me tell you. MCT oil, short for medium chain triglyceride, is unbelievably beneficial for you because it provides a clean source of energy for your body bypassing the need to couple it with enzymes for absorption. It’s important to …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 as a primitive …
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 believing this fiction. What …
Type II diabetes is a spectrum. It starts with insulin resistance, moves through metabolic syndrome and ends with full blown diabetes. Within each of these states there is, again, another spectrum. I point this out, simply, because most medical physicians treat diabetes more like a switch. Either you have it …
I was born in 1970. I remember eating very differently than we do today. I remember my grandmother cooking real food, that was savory and delicious by anyone’s standards, but I remember loving the boxes of mac-n-cheese that my mom found so convenient to fix, frequently. Boxed food was a …
