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A Classic Staple! This recipe for Rosemary Lemon Chicken Thighs was one of the last we created using our fresh rosemary plant we got from Vicky's mom for the holidays. If you ever want fresh herbs to spice up your cooking, they're pretty inexpensive to buy and simple to take care of. It's quite convenient [...]
If you’ve been in the diet world for any length of time, you’ve been exposed to the concept of calorie counting. There are a few basic rules of thumb everyone seems to embrace: All calories are created equal Calories in – calories out = weight change The only way to lose weight is to exist [...]
Intermittent Fasting For Beginners! Intermittent fasting or IF is a pattern or schedule of eating. It’s not a diet, meaning it doesn't change what you eat, just when you eat. Intermittent fasting can help with fat loss along with many other benefits which we’ll cover in a moment. Interestingly, many people will eat the same [...]
Few high school and college students today are strangers to the concept of the “freshman 15,” the notion that students entering college tend to pick up some extra weight during their first year. According to a new study at Auburn University, however, this is no mere stereotype: 70 percent of college students gain weight by [...]
Incredible Edible Egg! Eggs are one of the most versatile foods on Earth! Fried, poached, boiled, emulsified, beaten, whipped, baked, separated, souffled or eaten raw- eggs are a must! They're full of fat and protein, with very little carbs, which makes them perfect for anyone on a ketogenic diet. The average large egg contains 5g [...]
Our weekly visit to the supermarket is usually characterized by an “ignorance is bliss” mindset. Most of us have little to no idea where the food that we eventually put on our tables actually comes from, and we probably prefer not to know. Due to the combination of the industrialization of agriculture, the decrease in [...]
When I first started investigating keto, I didn’t really need to lose any weight. Sure, I was a few pounds overweight, but when I approached my doctor about running initial blood tests to have a baseline before I started, he asked me: “You’re in good shape—why do you need to go on a diet?” [...]
Snacking can make or break a diet. Because the portions seem so small, we deceive ourselves into thinking we’re consuming less than we actually are. There’s nothing wrong with snacking, but it needs to be planned, controlled, and consistent. Planning your snacks Snacking should never be a spur of the moment kind of thing, simply [...]
We live in a world of stark contrasts. While the populations of the poorest countries often do not have enough food to survive, the wealthiest nations are suffering from obesity epidemics. Today, a new development in food manufacturing is looking to solve both problems with a single product--ketogenic soylents. A hungry globe Most people are [...]
For people interested in the health food movement, it is not uncommon to come across some new or rare fruit from the Amazon Rainforest that is said to cure everything from pimples to bad digestion to cancer. After reading of the supposedly numerous natural cures for cancer and other serious illnesses, one logically becomes skeptical [...]
The ketogenic diet is nothing new. It’s a low-carb diet that has been around for quite a while with countless studies to back it up. The research behind it and years of support strengthen the power of this diet. The whole idea is to lower your carbohydrate intake in order to burn fat and improve [...]
A Brief History of Epilepsy Epilepsy has a long and well-established history of being treated with diet. Thousands of years ago prevailing theories were primarily superstitious and viewed epilepsy as a supernatural condition that needed to be treated with magic; the first major departure from that was written by Hippocrates in 400 BC in his [...]
