How to Stock a Low Carb Kitchen

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If you’ve decided to adopt a low carb or even a ketogenic lifestyle but don’t know where to start, you’ve come to the right place.  Changing the way you eat as a lifestyle takes some practice but it has to start with how to stock a low carb kitchen.   To …

Do calories matter for weight loss?

Do Calories Matter for Weight Loss?

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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 …

Low Carb Lifestyle Resources

An Unexpected Low Carb Lifestyle Resource

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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

Starting Keto – The 1st 72 hours

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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 …

Double Chocolate Keto Cupcakes

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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 …

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Energy: The Power of MCT Oil

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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 …

Why we get fat

Good Food, Bad Food – Why We Get Fat

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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, …

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 …

A Guide to Ketogenic Diet Basics - ketogenic diet basics

A Guide to Ketogenic Diet Basics

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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 …

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Reduce Stress, Feel Great & Lose Weight!

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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

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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 …

Lower Blood Sugar Naturally

Lower Blood Sugar Naturally

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Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome & Type II Diabetes 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 …