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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?” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Is Stevia Safe? Now that the dangers of excess sugar are well known1, new developments have uncovered some natural sugar substitutes. One of the most common of which is known as stevia. The stevia leaf is an herb originally from South America, but can now be found all over the world. The herb is naturally sweet, about 200 [...]
Bacon & Butter! What could be better than lobster? Dipping it in butter, of course. What could be better than that? Wrapping it in bacon! Vivica from TheNourishedCaveman.com was kind enough to let us create a dish for her to share on her amazing blog! She is a certified nutritionist and has helped many with her [...]
Delicious Keto Creamed Spinach with Parmesan! For the majority of my life, I never understood people’s aversion to spinach. It's probably because they never had the pleasure of going on a ketogenic diet and getting to douse their veggies in cream cheese and butter! I mean, who wants plain spinach when you can make it irresistible [...]
