For decades now, the standard advice for weight loss has been to reduce calories, essentially follow a low calorie diet. They said “eat less and move more”. The problem with that concept is that we have hormones which respond differently to the type and amount of the food that we eat. Insulin is the primary hormone affecting fat storage-…
We’ve been told by the fitness media and from some fitness professionals for many years now that we need to eat 5 or 6 times a day to keep our metabolisms up and to help us stay lean. This advice fueled the creation and marketing of an endless amount of “healthy” snack foods, breakfast bars, protein bars and meal replacement…
My Food Comes First weight loss group starts Saturday, January 5th and there is still time to join us. The private Facebook group will follow the plan and use the daily planner in my book, “Low Carb Lifestyle & Weight Loss made simple. It will be 30 days of changing habits and creating accountability in a supportive group coaching environment.…
Its not uncommon to hear people talk about carbing up before a workout. This is at typical practice with distance runners or cyclists and weight lifters and it certainly helps with performance. However, if your primary reason for working out is weight loss then carbing up probably isn’t going to help you. You will certainly have a stronger workout but…
Did you see the recent article with a statement from the AHA (American Heart Association) saying that coconut oil isn’t healthy for us because its a saturated fat? Apparently they’re still recommending the low fat, high carb diet that sent obesity and diabetes to epidemic levels. Like when the ADA recommended our diet be 60-70% carbohydrate in 1994 and…
90% of the bacteria in our gut is made up of two major types: Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes. The populations of these two types of bacteria make up our F/B ratio. The Firmicutes bacteria absorb more calories from our food than Bacteroidetes, AND trigger the storage of calories as fat. Bacteroidetes don’t absorb as many calories and allow more of the…
Why is my dietary advice so different from the mainstream health authorities? That’s a great question. Why aren’t they paying attention to what the more progressive MD’s and PhD’s are saying and showing in their research? In 1994, the American Diabetes Association ( I called them the American Dietetics Association in the video, Whoops) recommended a diet of 60-70% carbohydrates,…
For many people, the weekend indulgences can undo their weight loss progress and success from the week. Two steps forward and one step back. This becomes very discouraging on Monday morning. The lack of routine and the added social aspect of the weekend is a big temptation to indulge and go WAY off of our eating plan making it very…
Just because your goal is to lose weight, don’t think you avoid lifting weights. One of the greatest benefits of resistance training is insulin sensitivity. Insulin sensitivity means that your muscles are receptive to insulin bringing fuel to be stored in the muscle- NO, this does not make you bulky. It actually provides energy for when you move those muscles.
The opposite of insulin sensitivity is insulin resistance which means that your muscles don’t respond to insulin so the fuel is diverted to your FAT CELLS for storage. Increased insulin resistance leads to, not only fat gain, but also diabetes.
The theory of “Calories In, Calories Out” really doesn’t work, primarily because we are not machines with a single fuel source and only one way to store and burn fuel. Our bodies are hormonal and those hormones have a tremendous effect on how we burn and store fuel, both glycogen and fat.