Questions To Ask Before Quitting on Keto Diet While there are many diets out there, no one can deny that the keto diet works for weight loss. While there might not be conclusive scientific evidence to declare its benefits and drawbacks, a significant number of people have dedicated their time to prove its effectiveness in losing body fat. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that everybody’s getting the same results. A lot of people have posted reviews about how their efforts have been wasted along with weeks’ worth of time that they’re not getting back. It’s plausible that the weight loss benefits…

Fasting can be broken down into 5 stages. These 5 stages are based on where the body gets its glucose from. The body has two main sources of fuel: glucose (sugar) and fat. Most cells can use either fuel source with the main exception being the brain which cannot use fat (triglycerides) directly for energy, also the retina, parts of the kidney, red blood cells, etc. But most of the body can use glucose and fat for energy, kind of like a hybrid car that can run on gasoline and electricity.  Click below to watch the video: The body also stores energy…

What follows is what most people, most of the time, probably outta concentrate on in order to see results with their health & fitness goals. 1. Stop Chasing Optimal There are so many detail rabbit holes that you could run down: What’s the optimal number of days per week to train? What’s the optimal set and rep scheme to follow? What about optimal exercise order and which exercises to includes? Etc. The list could go on ad nauseam.  Many many people get bogged down in what's optimal that they’re paralyzed to start. Optimal is can be synonymous with “perfect” and that’s pressure you DON'T…

Are you fatigued or do you have a severe fatigue problem? If so, you’re not alone as millions of others are troubled by this as well. I want to go through and share with you which foods are best at maximizing energy as well as touch on which foods you should avoid that are robbing your energy.  Click the video below to watch: First let's go through a couple of things that may be affecting your energy apart from food. Sleep and stress If you aren't sleeping soundly and deeply every night and going to bed at a consistent time (i.e., the same time…

Has someone told you that low-carb and keto diets are great for weight loss, but they’re not sustainable? Or that eating this way is safe for the short-term but harmful over the long-term? Time to dispel both of these myths! Let’s get thing one straight right at the start: as long as your food provides enough vitamins, minerals, protein, and essential fats, and you consume enough calories (energy) to fuel the activities you choose to engage in, there’s no reason you can’t follow a low-carb or keto diet for the rest of your life. Carbohydrates are a non-essential macronutrient to consume.…

I want to share with you the top 5 health tips…EVER!  Yes that’s dramatic and a bold statement but stick with me. I'm actually going to share with you the top WORST tips of all time and thereby share with you the top 5 tips.  So what are the MOST important health tips you should focus on?  Let’s find out.  Watch the video below: 1. Keep insulin normal This is probably THE most important of all the 5 tips as it has so many downstream advantages and benefits such as preventing a whole host of metabolic dysfunctions such as type 2 diabetes, insulin…

You were designed to eat a low sugar diet.  Eating too much sugar causes all sorts of damage (and aging) to the cells, tissues and organs in your body.  Your body has signs and symptoms to let you know you are eating too much sugar.  In this video I will share with you 11 signs your body is telling you you are eating too much sugar. Click the video below to watch: I want you to cut the sugar out so let's jump into this list of 11 signs you are eating too much sugar.     1. Weight gain     Now you most likely…

So the holidays are finally over (or at least for the most part) and you completely dropped the ball on your keto (psst so did I).  But it’s ok. I'm going to give you 7 simple steps to get back on track and pick up right where you left off with minimal damage.  Click the video below to watch:   Let’s discover the 7 steps to get you back on the keto wagon. 1. Forgive yourself We all did it so don't beat yourself up for one more minute.  Remember as I said earlier, I did it too.  I had cheesecake and more carbs than…

A month ago I shared the importance of lowering your blood sugar because high blood sugar is the major problem in type 2 diabetes and fat gain. BUT what if I told you that eating too many carbs could be causing your health problems even if your blood sugar is normal? It’s true! This is where insulin enters the picture. You’re probably used to hearing about insulin as a hormone that helps to lower your blood sugar. In fact, if you use insulin injections for type 2 diabetes, your doctor prescribed these for you for exactly this purpose because if he didn't, you could have…

Have you ever been told that you have to consume a lot of fat in general, and include coconut and MCT oils, specifically, in order to do a keto diet the “right way" and get into ketosis to burn fat? The truth is, in my practice and in those of my mentors, one of the most common reasons for people not losing weight on keto is adding lots of extra fat to foods, and eating more fat than they even have a taste for simply to fulfill whatever number a tracking app is telling them to get to.  A biggest mistake. …

Let's go through all of the symptoms of insulin resistance which is probably one of the MOST common health problems in the world today.  A recent study showed that 88% of Americans have at least one marker of metabolic syndrome which is defined as having any 3 of the following 5 signs:      1. High abdominal obesity     2. High blood pressure     3. High fasting triglycerides     4. Low HDL     5. High fasting blood glucose   Click the video below to watch: Think of it, 88% of Americans have at least one of these signs of metabolic syndrome.  Crazy eh!  I bet other countries such…

There are two pathways: the pathway most people take—the one that leads to more medicine, more debilitation, and dangerous consequences from type 2 diabetes. And then there’s the path I want YOU to take: the one that leads to less medicine, more zest for life, and TOTAL REVERSAL OF TYPE 2 DIABETES as well as other chronic health conditions. That’s right: you don’t have to “control” your type 2 diabetes and all the conditions related to it. You can reverse it completely (and the conditions related to it) and NOT HAVE IT ANYMORE. And the amazing part is, there’s really only one thing you…

When your goal is weight loss, the most important thing a way of eating has to do is…CONTROL HUNGER! You can’t stick to a diet that keeps you hungry all the time.  No one can.  It goes against basic human biology.  No amount of willpower or discipline can make you stick to a way of eating that leaves you physically uncomfortable. If you ever dieted to lose weight in the past, did you: Power through hunger all day only to dive head-first into junk food at night? Deal with constant, intrusive thoughts of food? Ignore the nonstop rumbling of your empty-feeling stomach? Plan your next meal…

So you decided to get healthy, you stopped eating those chips and drinking all the soft drinks, and stopped eating all the sweets and you really cut back on the saturated fat.  You started eating lots of fruits and vegetables, drinking fruit-filled smoothies once or twice a day because those are magically full of phytonutrients and good things for you.  The problem is, over time you haven't really lost any fat, maybe you've even put on some belly fat.  Also maybe you notice your bowels aren't behaving the way they are supposed to, your skin is flaring up and your…

Gluten is a group of proteins, typically two major proteins: gliadin and glutenin with gliadin being the most harmful. These proteins occur in many grain products. Humans don’t have the intestines to deal with gluten like a ruminant does such as a cow. Most, if not all, humans are not genetically made up to tolerate gluten. Sometimes the impact can be subclinical and at other times it can have a massive clinical impact. With the current state of grains and how they are hybridized and grown, we are not designed to tolerate these products the way they are.  Watch the video…