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Healthy Fats

Healthy Fats

by | Dec 6, 2024 | Articles, Ingredients, Metabolisms, Science

Fats are just as essential for our bodies as carbohydrates and proteins. They play an important role in chemical processes, become a part of complex molecules and are an alternative source of energy. The term “fat” means a lot of different things, though....
The Body Mass Index (BMI)

The Body Mass Index (BMI)

by | Nov 22, 2024 | Articles, Science

The BMI is a mathematical formula that supposedly tells us if we have the “right” weight for our height. At best, it’s historical nonsense. At worst, it’s utterly misleading and harmful. To understand quite how nonsensical the BMI is,...
Healthy Flour

Healthy Flour

by | Nov 8, 2024 | Articles, Ingredients, Science

After two years on a low-carb diet, I often craved a lot of fruit. Yet, sometimes I would still feel tired. So I looked into sources of healthy carbs. When even that was not enough for my body, I learned about flour. It is a type of processed food and therefore not...
Hunger, Appetite and Cravings

Hunger, Appetite and Cravings

by | Oct 25, 2024 | Articles, Metabolisms, Science

Hunger, appetite and cravings are the perfect system our body uses to tell us exactly what we need and when. Each has a specific function and once you know what the signals mean, eating well and staying healthy is easy. Hunger: Energy, please. Hunger tells us when to...
What is a Calorie?

What is a Calorie?

by | Oct 11, 2024 | Articles, Science

Do you count calories? By the end of this post I hope you will never do so again. Not because it’s unhealthy or compulsive or whatever, but because calories are completely and utterly irrelevant to our bodies. What’s a calorie? A calorie when it is used in...
5 Tips for Keto

5 Tips for Keto

by | Jul 26, 2024 | Articles, My Story, Science

I went on a keto diet for 5 months and it completely restored my liver. I felt healthier than I’d ever felt before. Keto is a sugar-free, extremely low-carb, high-(healthy!)-fat diet that forces your body switch to the fat metabolism. Because the glucose...