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 ...
Free Yourself from Sugar Addiction
Addictions come in many forms. People are addicted to all kinds of things.
Anything that gives you that feel good dopamine hit can potentially be
addictive. And sugar checks that box. What do we know about Sugar Addiction
and how can you fre...
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...
Fat Fast: A Quick Guide
When we talk about fasting, we usually mean water fasting. In other words, no
food. But there are other types of fasts. Fat fasting is one of them. Here’s a
quick guide to fat fasting - what a fat fast is, who it might benefit, and how
it work...
Psychological Challenges of Extended Fasting
Let’s be real, Extended Fasting is not easy. If it were, everyone would be
doing it, right? The psychological challenges of extended fasting can be even
more difficult than the actual physical discomfort. Let’s look at some of
those challenges ...
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...
Fasting is Powerful for Gut Health
We all know that fasting is a powerful tool for weight loss and longevity, but
did you know that fasting is powerful for gut health as well? By practicing
some form of Intermittent or Extended Fasting, we can reduce our body fat and
prevent or e...
The Secret to Weight Maintenance
If you’re fasting or following a Keto/Low Carb diet to lose some weight -
great job! But you may be wondering, what about when you reach your ideal
weight? Many people can be successful at losing the fat, but where they mess
up is with maintaini...