Healthy Diet at Home

I’ve been watching the Nutritional Ketosis movement for several weeks now, and I came to a serious “AHA moment” yesterday. I attempted a real Ketogenic diet several years ago – the type they put kids with seizures on – but I didn’t have much luck with it. In fact, I quickly gained about 10 to 15 pounds within the first week or two, so I haven’t been that interested in doing it myself, but I’ve been curious about it in case it worked well for others. A high-fat, low-carb diet isn’t new. Barry Groves has been recommending that type of weight-loss program for years! But what the low-carb community zeroed in on when presented with that type of diet was only the high fat. That’s where most people placed their focus because that’s what they wanted to eat. It didn’t matter that Dr. Atkins boldly claimed his diet was not a high-fat diet. Fat is what’s restricted on a standard low-calorie diet and doesn’t raise blood glucose levels, so that’s what makes low carbing attractive to many folks. For...

hello, i’m dr. cathie lippman. i’m goingto speak to you about detoxification. what does it mean to detoxify? detoxification isthe way that our bodies get rid of toxins that can harm us or even kill us. what aretoxins? they can be chemicals; they can be microorganisms; they can even be heavy metals.our bodies are set up to detoxify via our lungs, our liver, and our kidneys so thatwe manage to get rid of these toxins through our breath, through our skin via sweat, throughour urine, and through our stools. well, why is this so important? detoxification is importantbecause we’re exposed to toxins every day through the air we breathe, through the waterwe drink, and through the food we eat. where do we get exposed to these toxins? the tapwater we drink and bathe in is a major source. the chlorine and fluoride added to it convertinto chemicals that are toxic for our bodies. there’s industrial run-off and agriculturalrun-off. there are pesticides, and there are even prescription drugs ...