Category Archives: Low Carb
Eat More Fat Lose More Fat?
Study after study shows better weight and fat loss (and superior improvements in cardiovascular health) by lowering carbohydrate intake and eating copious amounts of calories from fat! Aside from all of the benefits we’ve discussed from eating less carbohydrates (higher fat loss and insulin sensitivity, better brain and heart health, etc), could the higher fat…
You Are NOT a Kitavan Islander
You want to lose fat and improve your health, so you start researching the best approach. The more you ask around and read online and in newspapers, the more you get encouraged to experiment with a low carbohydrate strategy. Your new life will consist of meat, vegetables, nuts, seeds, water, coffee, tea, and maybe even…
The Truth About Salt & Hypertension
The original recommendation to ‘eat less salt’ to prevent high blood pressure (hypertension) stems from research by Lewis Dahl in the 1950’s-70’s, who decided feeding rats 500 grams of sodium per day (almost 50 times the average intake today) was viable evidence for showing an association between sodium intake and hypertension. Similar to the Big…
Saturated Fat is Not Harmful BUT…
We still hear it, and depending on whether or not you’ve read this blog or Eat Meat And Stop Jogging, you might even still be saying it: “But too much saturated fat raises cholesterol, and high cholesterol raises your risk of heart disease.” Does it? Since North Americans started reducing their saturated fat intake (approx…
Pass the Meat & Dairy Fat
I’m going to show you a chart, and you tell me if you can identify any trends. While analyzing the numbers (and the years), keep in mind that obesity has increased steadily from the early 70’s to present day: Do you see it? There are actually several conclusions you can draw, with my favorite being…
STOP Counting Calories - Eat More & Burn More
Ask the majority why people get fat, and they’ll tell you it’s because they eat too much and don’t exercise enough. As unfortunately, there’s a universal consensus that obesity is driven by a daily caloric excess, and losing weight is achieved by simply eating less and exercising more to reach a caloric deficit. But aside…
Lower The Carbs - Higher The Fat Burning
Let’s be honest, the reason we try to make nutritional improvements is to improve our physique. As although staying healthy and preventing disease are important, most of us pass on dessert because we want to look better in our swim trunks. But that being said, looking better and “losing weight” don’t exactly go hand-in-hand. Largely…
Ketogenic (Very Low-Carb) Diet for a Better Brain & Heart
As of late, ketosis has been dubbed ‘the metabolic advantage’ or ‘lipolysis,’ because it’s commonly confused with ‘ketoacidosis.’ The two are very different, and if you don’t know the difference, you can click here to learn more. Ketones are generated when the body breaks down fat, and act as an alternative fuel source to glucose…
