If you’re new to the keto diet then you already understand how important implementing vegetables into your diet is. However, you may not be sure which vegetables are the best to select. It’s true that vegetables are a vital part of a healthy low-carb diet, but we must know which ones are the lowest in […]

Food advertising rules govern what claims junk food signs and packaging can make, but sometimes it is still tough to know what to believe! Some consumers don’t read the labels at all, but for those of you who want to take the extra steps to choose healthy foods and ingredients, there are some tricks to […]

Yet another unexpected benefit from a ketogenic diet is that as the body becomes ‘keto-adapted,’ sufferers of Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) likely notice a reduction in the acidity in the esophagus. That acidity is what’s behind the painful sensation known as ‘heartburn’. A study in the Journal of Digestive Diseases and Sciences assessed a cohort […]

We’re trained to believe we need to consume a large amount of carbohydrates ‘for energy’. The famous food pyramid shown in schools, promoted by education funded by the sugar and grain industries and supported by the food industry, has that huge base layer of the ‘bread and grains’ food group, after all. We ‘know’ that […]

Millions of people fail at weight loss because we’ve been trained to eat exactly the wrong foods. We’ve also been taught to avoid lots of beneficial foods. This makes it difficult to maintain a healthy weight and body composition and even when we overcome this, we’re often stuck with a diet and exercise regimen that’s […]

While losing weight on the keto diet there are multiple things we can do to speed along losing weight. Of course, exercise is beneficial as is making sure mental health is a priority. Digesting healthy foods will help tremendously with a person’s state of mind, but it’s still important to surround one’s self with healthy […]

People who diet to lose weight are really dieting to burn off fat. Our bodies can generate energy by burning one of two general types of fuel: we convert sugars (carbohydrates) to energy or we convert fat to energy. One important problem caused by a high-carb diet is that, our body usually tries to burn […]

We already know that there’s truth behind the saying, “we are what we eat,” but this is also true for what we feed to our food! Just as a low-carb diet that’s high in healthy fats is good for our bodies, what goes into the plants and animals in our food chain determines how healthy […]