The Complete Guide To The Keto Diet What Is Ketosis? The Keto Diet is often labelled as extreme. Nothing could be further from the truth. Your body prefers burning fat for energy and it is the preferred source in your brain and muscles, and it has some remarkably positive results for [...]
APOE4 - The Gene That Can't Have Saturated Fats There has been much debate over the APOE4 genes recently. If a high carb, low fat diet was bad for us, we must understand the reasons why a high fat diet can be helpful, in the right cases. This it seems is based [...]
What is insulin resistance? Before we talk Insulin Resistance, lets talk Insulin. Insulin is made by your pancreas and allows your body to use glucose (sugar) from carbohydrates in your diet. This particular molecule helps keep your blood sugar levels from getting too high (hyperglycaemia) or too low (hypoglycaemia). A [...]
How to get a FREE Blood Ketone Meter when Ketostix Fail When I initially started a ketogenic diet, I would use the urine test strips to monitor for ketones, which would tell me if I was in ketosis or not. I wish someone had told me about this free Blood [...]
Why use Xanthan Gum in Ketogenic Cooking? Why use xanthan gum? It’s a must have in a lot of low carb baked goods, especially breads. Xanthan gum helps hold all of the ingredients together, unlike some other gluten free breads that end up looking like a pile of crumbs. A small [...]
Chicken And Bacon Recipes you can make with Less Ingredients Ketosis can be a difficult lifestyle to follow if you don’t have your meals organised. Mindless eating is one of the biggest reasons why people do not stick with a ketogenic diet, or why they eventually fall back into eating [...]
Breakthrough Ketogenic Recipes - The Easy Keto Recipes Informative Plan Ketosis can be a difficult lifestyle to follow if you don’t have your meals organised. Mindless eating is one of the biggest reasons why people do not stick with a ketogenic diet, or why they eventually fall back into eating their [...]
How To Avoid Burnout Here are 5 Common Signs of Burnout: High levels of stress or anxiety. Feeling frequently on edge, with adrenaline constantly coursing through your body. Physical illness can also contribute. Initially, the symptoms can be subtle. You may experience persistent colds, have a stomach bug or [...]
Ketogenic Diet Risks - How you can avoid them. What are some of the ketogenic diet risks? I am usually a pretty calm and collected person, but this has made me pretty angry. For those who are unfamiliar with the Ketogenic diet, its relatively simple. The ketogenic diet is basically [...]
I like “Insert Favourite Junk Food”. Can I eat low carb replacements? One of the first things I did, when switching to keto is finding replacements for my favourite junk foods. Pizza, chips, pastries, cookies, fast foods. The problem I have with low carb replacements is I would still overeat [...]
