What do we mean we talk about carbohydrate intolerance and carbohydrate sensitivity? Insulin resistance and carbohydrate intolerance go hand in hand. Essentially they are the same thing and are caused by the same stimulus. Insulin resistance is sadly a lot more common than most people would believe. If your parents are overweight and eat a…
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Carbohydrate Free Diet
What are the benefits of a carbohydrate free/reduced diet? Thanks to great authors like Tim Noakes and Tim Ferriss, people are generally aware of the fact that heavy carbohydrate diets don’t work for weight loss or pretty much any other reason. One of the first pieces of advice given by paleo and primal advocates when…
Best Way To Lose Weight
What is the best way to lose weight? As you may expect, the answer to this question is not a straightforward one. There is no “best way”, but there are some right ways that weight loss should be approached. Most advice states that a person should decrease their portion sizes, constrict caloric intake and reduce fat consumption in order…
How To Lose Weight Fast
How To Use The Paleo Diet To Lose Weight Fast Losing weight is really simple when we break down exactly what needs to happen to actually make it happen in the body. What exactly needs to happen in the body to lose weight automatically? Why has it been made out to be something which is…
Low Carbohydrate Diet
What makes a diet a low carbohydrate diet? A diet is a low carbohydrate diet when the daily intake of carbohydrates is below 200 odd grams. Contrary to popular belief, low carbohydrate diets have been around for a very long time in some shape or form, even as early as the late 1800’s. In 1863,…
Paleo Diet Plan, What Is It?
What is a Paleo diet plan? The Paleo diet, primal diet or sometimes referred to as the caveman diet is basically a diet focused on eating only the foods your body knows what to do with. Perhaps coincidentally, many of these foods are high quality and very nutritious. The issue with many diets, including “non” diets…
What Is The Paleo Diet?
What is the paleo diet? So what is this paleo diet everyone is talking about? What is it based on? What are the scientific principles related to the diet? The paleo diet is simply put one of, if not the healthiest way you can eat. The premise of the diet is that there are certain foods which…