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Just “Going Keto” Isn’t Good Enough

By now, you’ve likely heard of many of the benefits of a ketogenic approach to eating. It helps with weight loss, hormone regulation, inflammation, blood sugar regulation, brain function, memory improvement, mood stabilization, improved mitochondrial function, resetting healthy gut bacteria, and much more. Ketosis has also been shown to help specific conditions like, PCOS (Polycystic […]

If THIS Is How You Feel While Intermittent Fasting, You’re Doing It Wrong!

If you think “intermittent fasting” (or “time-restricted eating”, etc.) is too hard and leaves you feeling too hungry/hangry… with all due respect, you’re doing it wrong!! Time-restricted eating (what most folks now refer to as Intermittent Fasting), simply put, is eating fewer meals and eating them in a smaller window of time. And, as a […]

Easy Low-Carb Keto Hash Browns

We go in phases. Sometimes, I’m on a roll with keeping our kids’ carb intake in check. And then there are stretches of times that I’m not. I get lazy. I start the “life is too short to not enjoy carbs” talk. I run short on time. I give in to the pressure of just […]

10 Simple Strategies for Incorporating Healthy Fats Into Your Everyday Diet

If you’re transitioning into a high fat, low carb approach with your overall nutrition, sometimes it’s a challenge to figure out how to get enough healthy fats into your diet. Here are 10 “Readers’ Favorites” for adding more of the healthy fats to your day: Start your day with fat coffee or tea […]

Simple, High-Fat/Low-Carb Delicious Snack

Hang on. Do all those words (in the title) actually go together? Yes, my friend. In this case, yes they do! This little snack (or meal replacement) has become one of my favorite go-to’s when I’m in a bit of a hurry, or I’m feeling the need for some rich sweetness without blowing the […]

The Difference Between Functional Fasting and Self-Inflicted Starvation

What’s happening between your ears. That’s the difference. Ok. Maybe that’s a bit harsh. Let’s say it this way… the INTENTION behind not eating… that’s the difference. One enhances health. The other can destroy it. One is a personal health care decision. The other is a mental/psychological issue manifested by way of eating… or […]

Just As Important As What You Eat?

For years… and I mean years… I’ve tried to teach our children the importance of WHAT they eat. As is the case with most of us, it’s still a work in progress! (Why do foods that aren’t in our best interest have to taste so GOOD? Pizza, french fries, pasta, bread, chips, pastries… Sigh…) […]

Keto Questions? The Expert Panel Starts This Week!

The Keto Edge Summit is almost here… it starts tomorrow, Monday May 7th! If you haven’t already done so, you can REGISTER HERE for FREE. This summit gathers some of the smartest smarty pants in the world of Functional Nutrition and Physiology to share THEIR vantage point regarding “going keto”. Very interesting stuff that goes […]

Keto Friendly Cheesy Spinach Egg Mini Muffins

Even though I’m not much of a breakfast person anymore (intermittent fasting has taken care of that!), my offspring still like food in their bellies well before noon. What you see below is NOT an option around here! Just looking at that photo nearly puts me into a sugar coma! It can be […]

Top Diet Improvements: Change the Meats You Eat!

For many of us, there are SO many improvements we know we should probably make in our diets, but that can get overwhelming REAL quick! Sometimes, it seems like EVERYTHING needs an overhaul… depending who you’re listening to! Eggs are bad… especially the yolks. Wait, eggs are good. Red meat is bad. Nope, it’s […]

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