I’ve been following a low-carb eating style for around 5 years now. I refer to my diet as an eating style because I don’t think that diets are really that effective when it comes to losing weight or actually getting and staying healthy. I actually believe diets are not a good idea. I realise that statement…
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Thinking Of Trying The Banting Diet? You Need To Read This
The Banting Diet – AKA “The Noakes Diet” Tim Noakes is a globally acclaimed sports and nutrition professor who specialises in understanding the way the human body functions while performing vigorous activity; such as playing a sport. However, he has great knowledge about nutrition and health for people who aren’t physically active as well. He…
The Complete Healthy Smoothie Recipe
I’ve always felt that eating your calories and nutrients is much better than drinking them, so right off the bat I’m mostly against smoothies and smoothie diets. However, recently I came across the work of Dr. Rhonda Patrick, a scientist specialising in the study of micro-nutrients and their role in optimal health. She has been…
The Better Insulin Resistance Diet
The benefits of an insulin resistance diet Before we get started talking about how you can build your own insulin resistance beating diet, let’s take some time and read about how you can more accurately diagnose insulin resistance in you and your family. The kid above should not be eating that candy-cane. Diabetes can stem from…
The Better Fat Burning Diet
So you want to find a perfect fat burning diet that will allow you to reduce body fat and achieve your dream physique. Well, the “perfect fat burning diet” simply doesn’t exist. Sad news, I know, but I’m here to guide you through exactly what you need to do to get the best results. Following…
101 Paleo Tips For Beginners
101 awesome Paleo tips for beginners CLICK TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE GUIDE So you are interested in changing your diet and lifestyle to one that is more in line with Paleo philosophies, are you? Great! And welcome aboard. Before you begin, try and read through this list of the 100 tips for Paleo…
How Paleo Helps Depression and Anxiety
Treating depression and anxiety through diet Depression is becoming more and more recognised as a disease and is more and more commonly being treated through the use of medication such as anti-depressants. The issue with anti-depressants is that you are treating your condition in a roundabout way which might not necessarily be addressing the root…
Why Losers Are The Real Winners
This weekend we went for a mountain bike ride on our favourite local trail, and unbeknown to us, there was a race on the same trail. When we joined the trail the potential winners were just coming through that section, and they were speeding past at almost inconceivable pace. We continued on our way making…
Health Benefits Of Cinnamon
How can cinnamon improve your health? Commonly known as a good source of anti-oxidants, cinnamon is used from everything to spicing treats to making medicine. Cinnamon is great for improving blood sugar control, brain function and cholesterol readings. There is recent evidence which supports supplementing your nutrient intake with as little as a few grams…
Health Benefits Of Ginger
Ginger Ginger has been used across the world for centuries for various medicinal and other uses. Ginger is the root of the Zingiber officinale plant, and is often eaten as a ground up powder, whole or in spice form. It is part of a family of medicinal and useful family of plants including turmeric, cardamom…
Insulin Pill For Diabetics
For many diabetics, having the ability to control their insulin with pills would be life changing Many companies today are reportedly working on developing pills as insulin delivery methods. While these solutions would be great for people who had to frequently check and maintain their insulin levels, there are some problems with using pills. …
The CaveCast – Episode 02 – Various Topics
Welcome to The CaveCast! In this episode I cover: I have hit a plateau – no movement for 2 weeks. Haven’t changed anything. What’s gone wrong? Protein drinks, are they any good as a meal replacement? Is balance possible when it comes to Paleo? Or is it all or nothing? Is Paleo diet for everyone…
Do You Feed The Body Or The Disease?
Feeding the body vs feeding the disease I recently got given the idea to write a post about this topic from a reader, thanks! I think it’s a great topic for discussion, as in one sentence it seems to really get to the point and polarise exactly what healthy eating is all about. Many people…
The CaveCast – Episode 01 – First Podcast!
This is the first episode of the CaveCast! All of the topics I discuss below are selected/chosen from all of my readers submissions! Click play to play! In this podcast I cover the following: What convinced me (Andrew) to take part in and promote Paleo Diet How to start the Paleo Diet The…
Create Your Banting Diet Plan
Creating Your Perfect Banting Diet Plan Before I “found” Paleo, I really had a hard time with staying healthy. I tried my best to eat what I thought at the time was healthy, but the reality was that I was only partially helping my body recover. I thought that all of the “normal” (foods which…
Weight Loss Success Stories with Paleo
Paleo weight loss success stories It is no real secret that Paleo is a great diet if you want to drop some extra kilograms, but where can a person read about other’s success without having to deal with a slew of diet product manufacturer, totally biased, doctored stories. If you’ve been looking for “proof” on the…
Tim Noakes Diet vs Paleo
What is the difference between the “Tim Noakes” diet and Paleo? Update: Looking for tested, cost sensitive, delicious, nutritious and low-carb (Banting/Tim Noakes diet safe) recipes? Great! Check out ours! Click here. Many high fat diets have very similar core ideas and promote the same low carb, grain free and high fat eating. The recent…
Is Paleo an effective Diabetes diet?
This article will adress type 2 diabets specifically Type two diabetics are generally regarded as those people who have diabetes because of lifestyle influences. For the most part, diabetes here is caused by an imbalanced nutrient intake, typically consisting of lots of carbohydrates, especially refined carbohydrates. Sadly, type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic levels across…
Grass Fed Steak Comparison
What’s up with grass fed beef? If you’re someone who keeps up with what a Paleo, easy to follow, healthy lifestyle is all about then you’ve no doubt heard or read about grass-fed animal products. What’s the hype? What’s it all about? I’m here to show you and at the same time compare two locally…
Who Is Mark Sisson?
Mark Sisson and The Primal Blueprint If you’ve been digging into the Paleo/LCHF and primal eating lifestyle for some time now then you probably know who Mark Sisson is. If not, keep reading! Mark Sisson is one of the world’s most influential people in the high fat revolution. He has authored quite a few books…