Healthy Diet at Home

Why Does a Low-Carb Diet Stop Working? A low-carb diet plan is an effective weight-loss tool because it promotes satiety and teaches us the importance of eating nutrient-dense foods. We learn how our prior eating habits contributed to our present metabolic situation. We learn that our personal metabolic defects can cause us to crave the very foods that create these imbalances. We also learn that changing our diet can literally correct those imbalances and change our lives. However, for many dieters, counting carbohydrates and staying within a certain daily allotment isn’t enough to achieve success. In my own case, the problem with not losing weight on a low-carb diet can be traced to a variety of issues: hidden food sensitivities celiac disease leaky gut syndrome endocrine disruptors fat malabsorption probably excessive ASP and who knows what else But weight-loss problems are never the same for everyone. In general, the closer you get to goal weight, the more important calorie counting

There is a lot of confusion these days about metabolism. It seems to be a scapegoat that people like to blame when weight loss doesn’t happen easily. If they’re following a low carb diet and struggling to succeed, then they believe that all of those years of eating carbohydrates must have destroyed their metabolism and made them fat. On the other side of the argument are those who oppose low carb dieting. These people claim that carbohydrate restriction will permanently alter your metabolism, but what’s the truth? Will eating carbohydrates or following a low carb diet ruin your metabolism – or not? What is Metabolism? Low carb dieters generally do not like to hear about the energy equation. Dr. Atkins told us that we no longer need to worry about calories, so most people believe the energy equation isn’t applicable to them. Calories don’t matter, they say. Dr. Eades has tried to set the record straight, but far too many people still do not want to go outside and drag the equation bac

(This is part 4 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It discusses my weight loss journey so far. If you didn’t read part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link. Part 1 also includes links to the rest of the series.)  I took a quick glance at the archives to see if I could discover exactly when I first started doing the Kimkins Diet back in 2007, but I kept it quiet due to the controversy surrounding that plan. I can remember communicating with Jimmy Moore several times back then, as he was doing the Kimkins Diet himself, but I couldn’t find anything I had actually posted to this blog. People were very emphatic back then that you had to eat a certain amount of dietary fat. You had to eat a ton of protein, and you had to get a certain amount of calories, or you were not doing low carb. Because of these self-made dietary restrictions, these same individuals refused to call Kimkins a low carb diet. They insisted it was a glucose-burning diet, even though it lim

I recently received a comment from a reader that suggested my lack of dieting success was probably due to my inability to stay with one particular low-carb diet plan long enough to reap results. The advice I received was to go on a low-carb, high-fat diet and give it six months or more to work before analyzing.  That was similar to the advice I received from the zero-carb folks a few years ago when despite the fact that I had gained about 20 pounds in the first three weeks and was experiencing abnormally high blood glucose levels, they told me to eat only beef, drink only water, and wait six months before reviewing the results. They didn't seem to care about the resurrected neuropathy. They were just sure that their way was the only way.  The problem with that type of advice is that it doesn't work for everyone.  Take Responsibility for Your Own Health Correcting metabolic issues isn't always as easy as lowering your carbohydrate level. For example, I'm juggling vertigo

I ran into an interesting thread over at Low Carb Friends today. One of the senior members has lost almost 50 pounds, but he stalled a few pounds above goal weight several weeks ago. Like most of us who have experienced a stall at one time or another, he felt frustrated, but at least he was able to hold onto what he has accomplished so far. When Stalled, First Take a Serious Look at Your Eating Habits Although most low carbers don’t want to hear that the last few pounds often require you to take a serious look at your current eating habits, and make adjustments, the man decided to take someone’s advice, and take a look. He carefully weighed out his food and beverages for a few days, and recorded everything he was eating and drinking. His largest calorie hog? Heavy whipping cream in his coffee. Considering the way many low carbers fix their coffee in the morning, I wasn’t surprised. Are You Using Too Much Heavy Cream in Your Coffee? (Photo by Timothy Boyd ) Are Fat Additives Slowing Do

[music] hey, m'iqus. we have salad stuff, right? okay. i'm gonna have salad withmy next meal, i think. the hardest part about metraining for a competition and trying to be like the jay cutlerpeople know as a bodybuilder, not as, like, just a fitnessguy, as a competitive bodybuilder, is the amountof calories i need to eat. the consumption of food,'cause it's consistent. and i still can't get enough. like, i'm in a deficitnow on a daily basis, trying to eat enough food. i went to bed at 280 lastnight and i woke up at 271. but that's how much i lose. i mean, on the stairsi'll lose 7 pounds. seven pounds everymorning on the stairs, seven pounds of water. the way i balance everything iswhat i wake up to and what i go to bed at and what--when i getto a point where i wake up at the same weight i go to bed at,that's when i know my body's in a good holding pattern. right now, it's out of control. he has a pretty bigbreakfast, actually. but today and f

[music] hey, m'iqus. we have salad stuff, right? okay. i'm gonna have salad withmy next meal, i think. bodybuilding diet plan, the hardest part about metraining for a competition and trying to be like the jay cutlerpeople know as a bodybuilder, not as, like, just a fitnessguy, as a competitive bodybuilder, is the amountof calories i need to eat. the consumption of food,'cause it's consistent. and i still can't get enough. like, i'm in a deficitnow on a daily basis, trying to eat enough food. i went to bed at 280 lastnight and i woke up at 271. but that's how much i lose. i mean, on the stairsi'll lose 7 pounds. seven pounds everymorning on the stairs, seven pounds of water. the way i balance everything iswhat i wake up to and what i go to bed at and what--when i getto a point where i wake up at the same weight i go to bed at,that's when i know my body's in a good holding pattern. right now, it's out of control. he has a pretty bigbreakfast, a

[music] hey, m'iqus. we have salad stuff, right? okay. i'm gonna have salad withmy next meal, i think. the hardest part about metraining for a competition and trying to be like the jay cutlerpeople know as a bodybuilder, not as, like, just a fitnessguy, as a competitive bodybuilder, is the amountof calories i need to eat. the consumption of food,'cause it's consistent. and i still can't get enough. like, i'm in a deficitnow on a daily basis, trying to eat enough food. i went to bed at 280 lastnight and i woke up at 271. but that's how much i lose. i mean, on the stairsi'll lose 7 pounds. seven pounds everymorning on the stairs, seven pounds of water. the way i balance everything iswhat i wake up to and what i go to bed at and what--when i getto a point where i wake up at the same weight i go to bed at,that's when i know my body's in a good holding pattern. right now, it's out of control. he has a pretty bigbreakfast, actually. but today and f

[music] hey, m'iqus. we have salad stuff, right? okay. i'm gonna have salad withmy next meal, i think. the hardest part about metraining for a competition and trying to be like the jay cutlerpeople know as a bodybuilder, not as, like, just a fitnessguy, as a competitive bodybuilder, is the amountof calories i need to eat. the consumption of food,'cause it's consistent. and i still can't get enough. like, i'm in a deficitnow on a daily basis, trying to eat enough food. i went to bed at 280 lastnight and i woke up at 271. but that's how much i lose. i mean, on the stairsi'll lose 7 pounds. seven pounds everymorning on the stairs, seven pounds of water. the way i balance everything iswhat i wake up to and what i go to bed at and what--when i getto a point where i wake up at the same weight i go to bed at,that's when i know my body's in a good holding pattern. right now, it's out of control. he has a pretty bigbreakfast, actually. but today and f