Fasting and Sodium: Are You Getting Enough?
We are doing a series of articles on electrolytes and how to know if you’re getting enough of each one. You can find our article on potassium here. Today, we’re...
Fasting for Fitness and Athletic Performance
Fasting is no longer just a trend. It’s becoming a helpful tool for athletes and fitness lovers who want to boost their performance and reach their goals. While many think...
How to Fix Your Appetite
Appetite control is a big deal if you’re looking to lose weight. And even if
you are currently at a healthy weight, out of control eating is a root cause
of many serious health issues. Here we take a look at the main issues around
how to fix yo...
Ketosis and Autophagy: What’s the Difference?
The words ketosis and autophagy are probably familiar to you if you’ve been in
the Fasting or Keto world for a while, but what’s the difference? Often people
get these two confused. Let’s look at both, and why being in ketosis doesn’t
always me...
Fasting and Potassium: Are You Getting Enough?
When you’re fasting or following a Keto or Carnivore diet, electrolytes are
super important! The key ones to watch are sodium, magnesium, calcium and
potassium. It’s essential that you get the proper amounts of these important
minerals. In this...
Walking for Weight Loss
If you’re trying to lose weight, you’re probably already working on your diet.
You might be trying Intermittent Fasting. Or maybe you’ve jumped into a
Ketogenic diet. Those both work great for fat loss! But walking is another
tool that you sh...
Dry Fasting: Is it Safe?
Most of us know about Intermittent and Extended Fasting and all the benefits,
such as weight loss and improved metabolic health. But what about dry fasting?
Fasting from food is one thing, but fasting from water, too? Is that safe?
Let’s look ...
The Fasting Journey – 5 Things I Wish I’d Known at the Start
I was recently asked a great question by a client: “what do you wish you’d
known at the beginning of your fasting journey?” So it got me thinking. Six
years into my fasting journey, here’s 5 things I wish I’d known at the start:
You don’t have t...
How to Avoid Oxalate Dumping
Oxalate dumping is an unpleasant issue we hear about most often in the
Carnivore circles but it can happen with fasting too, or even with the
Ketogenic diet. Here I explain what it is and how to avoid oxalate dumping.
Let’s focus on some tips t...
Chronic Inflammation: Is Your Diet to Blame?
Inflammation is part of the body’s natural defense system. If you ever cut
your finger or get a splinter you’ll know about the redness and swelling, AKA
inflammation . It’s the healing process in action. Inflammation gets white
blood cells and...
The Benefits of Fasting for Your Immune System
What are the potential benefits of fasting for your immune system? In the
past, we’ve often taken the immune system for granted. It was just there, in
the background, fighting off all the bad stuff so we didn’t become sick. But
in recent years,...
Combating Keto Flu
As great as the Ketogenic diet is for health and weight loss, it does have
some challenges. One of those challenges is combating Keto Flu - simply put,
the withdrawal symptoms from sugar and carbohydrates. What exactly is the Keto
flu? Keto f...