Category Archives: Lifestyle
How Stress Makes You Fat & Sick (and what to do about it)
Most of us recognize that excess stress is bad for our health and body composition, but not many of us understand why. Because if we did, we’d probably start paying a little more attention to the techniques for reducing it – instead of treating it like hippy mumbo-jumbo or a curfew from Mom and Dad,…
Live It NOT Diet FAQs – Bad Breath
If you’re in Phase 1 of Live It NOT Diet!, you’re going to notice a change in your breath (or perhaps someone else will) when you enter ketosis. Some notice it more than others, but the ‘keto breath’ is pretty distinct in that it smells a little bit like paint thinner. You might still notice…
Beyond Live It NOT Diet! – Consider The Cold Shower
The body composition benefits from starting your day with a cold shower can’t be ignored. Which may sound gimmicky, until you recognize that there’s no product to recommend, or solution to sell. And really no ulterior benefit to pushing this information in general. Other than maybe a pat on the back and a: “Thanks man,…
Why Grass-Fed Meat is Worth it
In a perfect world we wouldn’t have to worry about where our food comes from. All vegetables would be grown in mineral-rich soil, all fruit would be hand-picked by the farmer down the street, and all animals would be ethically raised and free to graze on green pastures. Unfortunately, that’s not the case today; where…
Live It NOT Diet! FAQs – Low Energy
If you’re still in the first few days (or week) of Phase 1, low energy is perfectly normal. The more insulin resistant you are, and more you’ve been relying on sugar-fuel, the more difficult the first few days of Live It NOT Diet! are going to be. Try to think of it as reassurance that…
The Pharmaceutical Hat-trick
Marijuana is an example of a gateway drug, because it encourages the use of other drugs in the future. Which may or may not be true; but if that’s the case, you could make the same argument for statins. The only difference being, the statins come from the trusted guy in the lab coat, while…
Exercise More or Sit Less?
Conventional wisdom tells us that we don’t move enough, but maybe it’s that we sit too much? Spending excessive time sitting at desks instead of inadequate time exercising? More than likely it’s a combination of the two, but research over the last few years makes a pretty compelling case for reducing our sitting time as…
Food Marketing Matters
Not only does the government refuse to adjust a ridiculous food pyramid that’s left more than 1/3 of the population obese and 2/3 overweight, but they fail to regulate marketing and advertising efforts that should be illegal. And I don’t mean the sad fact that companies can put ‘no trans-fat’ on their products if they…