The Keto flu is the symptoms of withdrawing from carbs and a natural reaction to entering ketosis. Your body goes through changes when it switches from burning glucose to burning fat. These withdrawal symptoms include dizziness, drowsiness, muscle aches, nausea, diarrhea or constipation, brain fog, sugar cravings and irritability. All of these symptoms are a …
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20 Ways to Get More Fat in Your Keto Diet
If you’re on the keto diet (not just low carb), you have to eat a lot of good fats. Whenever I talk to people about this diet they are concerned with the amount of fat you have to eat, however keep in mind that the fats you’re eating are healthy fats AND because you are …
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Creamy Keto Hot Cocoa
Who doesn’t love a nice cup of hot cocoa especially in this cold, snowy winter to soothe and relax you? Cacao is loaded with antioxidants which helps to protect your body, especially during the cold and flu season. Try this recipe from Dr. Mercola and share it with your family. Ingredients 1 cup organic full …
Coconut Oil Debate
I was watching Dr. Oz last week and he had on 2 doctors debating about whether coconut oil is good for us or bad for us. He was urged to do this show because of the latest article from the American Heart Association (AHA) saying that saturated fat is bad for you and will cause …
Have you Heard of Forskolin for Weight Loss?
Dr. Oz has talked about it and many celebrities have made claims that it has helped them lose a lot of weight, but does it really work? Many of us will try anything for weight loss and most of us want that quick fix. Firstly, let me say that I have never tried a single …
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26 Weight Loss Tips That Are Actually Evidence-Based
Drink Water, Especially Before Meals: It is often claimed that drinking water can help with weight loss, and this is true. Drinking water can boost metabolism by 24-30% over a period of 1-1.5 hours, helping you burn off a few more calories. One study showed that drinking a half liter (17 oz) of water about …
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Fat Burning Foods
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could eat and the foods you eat help you burn fat? What a concept…but there are foods that help you lose weight. Some foods either help you build muscle, some promote fat burning, and some simply use energy (burn calories) just to digest them! Keep in mind that that …
What Exactly is Ketosis and is it Good or Bad For Me?
When you eat carbohydrates, they break down into glucose which is the main source of fuel for your bodies. If however you eat very few carbs and only moderate amounts of protein (excess protein can be converted to blood sugar), your body will look for alternate ways to get energy from and it starts to …
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What Vitamins Should I Take While Following a Low Carb Diet?
As far as vitamins when cutting out carbs, I will always recommend a good quality multi vitamin. This assures you will get all of the vitamins and minerals that the body needs. There are many multi vitamins that are gender specific as you should be taking women’s multi if you are a woman and men’s …
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The Rules of a Low Carb Lifestyle
I have been asked to re-post this for those of you who are new to my blog…please let me know if you have any questions: I think following any diet that consists of low carb, HIGH good fats and moderate protein is the healthiest thing you can do for your body. I promise if you …
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