Healthy Diet at Home

so i have to tell this story about my tenday water fast okay? cause it's pretty crazy. really intense. really insane. if you've nevercried out of sheer hunger than you don't know what i've gone through, okay? the reason whyi was on a hunger s.... i almost called it a hunger strike. so i came to the idea ofa water fast in a really round about way. i had.. we're into 2013 right now but 2012was really rough for me. i was so sick. basically water diet, i had an undiagnosed skin condition. the doctorswere telling me it eczema, psoriasis, i had dermatitis. they all had different names forit. i was also on a vegan diet. so a lot of them told me "oh it's from eating dairy andpreservatives" and i said well actually no, i eat a raw vegan diet and they were likeoh! so another doctor told me that my vegan diet was the problem so i ate bacon for amonth straight. long story. i was taking all types of supplements to try and help. i triedevery holistic medicine you co

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

Am I Getting Enough Protein? (Photo by Florian ) With Nutritional Ketosis being held up lately as the Holy Grail of low-carb eating, there’s a lot of confusion regarding protein consumption, and just how much you need. Most of those who are turning to the Nutritional Ketosis way of eating are doing that because they have stalled in their weight-loss efforts. They are not dropping their protein intake because it’s healthier than a traditional low-carb diet. They are doing what they need to do to succeed. So How Much Protein Do You Need? Some of the numbers being tossed around lately are as low as .6 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass, but that’s the bare minimum a sedentary person needs to keep up with muscle repair. That doesn’t cover gluconeogenesis to supply the amount of glucose the brain, red blood cells, and kidney needs to function properly or the extra damage you do to your muscles during heavy exercise. That’s just the bare minimum a person who’s eating carbohydrates

tracey: and so the title of this conversation the subtitle of conversation with the mystic sadhguru: that’s only for you. i am not conversing with a mystic, so i am at ease. (laughter) best diet for diabetes type 2, tracey: that's my job got it. i know and i have many questions you know. sadhguru said, ‘i have never seen someone with so many questions.’ he said, ‘no answers, only questions.’ i think that the the subtext which i actually am talking about because i liked it, is an experiential… for today, an experiential symposium on optimal health and well-being. and i think there is a tremendous amount for us to talk about even in that phrase. one is the role of experience and and i will say that, you know, my office being responsible for cultural transformation, i’ve become obsessed with what is culture and the definition that i use because it guides our strategies. is behavior. this definition was given to me by erma rosenberger is behavior either collective or indi