Low-carbohydrate diets have a long history of therapeutic use for obesity, diabetes and epilepsy.
Millions of people all around the world have tried such a diet, usually with good results.
Despite that, nutritionists and health authorities do not recommend such a diet and in fact claim that it is dangerous.
They claim that low-carb diets don't have scientific evidence behind them and often refer to them as "fad diets."
With this article, I plan to prove them wrong.
It is true that 10 years ago low-carbohydrate diets
Monday, August 27, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Carnivores Eat Herbivores - Low-Carb Beats Low-Fat Vegetarian Diet
Diet fanatics are everywhere.
People pick sides and defend them as if they were in a war.
One of the largest and loudest fanatic groups out there are the vegans and vegetarians.
Now I have nothing against vegan/vegetarian diets as I'm sure they do work well for some people.
But some of their proponents make claims that challenge both common sense and science.
One of those claims is that a low-carb, high-fat, high-protein diet that is rich in animal foods is either ineffective or dangerous.
They often claim that a
People pick sides and defend them as if they were in a war.
One of the largest and loudest fanatic groups out there are the vegans and vegetarians.
Now I have nothing against vegan/vegetarian diets as I'm sure they do work well for some people.
But some of their proponents make claims that challenge both common sense and science.
One of those claims is that a low-carb, high-fat, high-protein diet that is rich in animal foods is either ineffective or dangerous.
They often claim that a
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Is Butter Good For You? 8 Health Reasons to Eat More Butter
Butter has been unfairly demonized by outdated nutritionists and blamed for everything from heart disease to obesity.
The reason, they say, is that it's high in fat. Saturated fat in particular.
The consequence of this unfair crusade is the appearance of artificial butter replicates like trans-fat laden margarine.
As Kris's law states, when the nutrition authorities do something that is supposed to improve our health...
(For example, reducing the amount of butter in the diet to reduce cholesterol and heart
The reason, they say, is that it's high in fat. Saturated fat in particular.
The consequence of this unfair crusade is the appearance of artificial butter replicates like trans-fat laden margarine.
As Kris's law states, when the nutrition authorities do something that is supposed to improve our health...
(For example, reducing the amount of butter in the diet to reduce cholesterol and heart
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Is Stevia Good For You? Health Benefits of This Natural Sweetener
Sugar is sweet. It tastes good.
Most people have a love/hate relationship with it.
Sugar is arguably the world's favourite ingredient to make food that tastes incredible and makes you feel good.
Unfortunately, it has a massive downside.
It also happens to be loaded with calories, void of essential nutrients, potentially addictive, fattening and perhaps even a major contributor to obesity and the metabolic syndrome.
As the obesity epidemic and the low-fat fad gained popularity, food manufacturers started replacing fat
Most people have a love/hate relationship with it.
Sugar is arguably the world's favourite ingredient to make food that tastes incredible and makes you feel good.
Unfortunately, it has a massive downside.
It also happens to be loaded with calories, void of essential nutrients, potentially addictive, fattening and perhaps even a major contributor to obesity and the metabolic syndrome.
As the obesity epidemic and the low-fat fad gained popularity, food manufacturers started replacing fat
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
7 Ways to Make Your Coffee Healthier
Did you know that coffee is the single largest source of antioxidants in the western diet (1)?
It also happens to have a ton of health benefits.
Yes, that black drink you have heard that is harmful may actually be making you healthier and helping you live longer (2).
It's true.
Any harmful compounds that may be present in coffee are way overpowered by other healthy substances.
Therefore, that guilty conscience that you get when grabbing the 2nd or 3rd coffee of the day, isn't warranted.
Why feel guilty about
It also happens to have a ton of health benefits.
Yes, that black drink you have heard that is harmful may actually be making you healthier and helping you live longer (2).
It's true.
Any harmful compounds that may be present in coffee are way overpowered by other healthy substances.
Therefore, that guilty conscience that you get when grabbing the 2nd or 3rd coffee of the day, isn't warranted.
Why feel guilty about
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Why Are Seed And Vegetable Oils Bad For You? The Shocking Truth
Modern nutrition has got it all wrong.
Often, your best bet would be to listen to what the nutrition authorites have to say...
...then do the exact opposite.
They tell you to eat a high-carb, low-fat diet... but you eat a low-carb, high-fat diet and your health improves.
They tell you to reduce animal foods, you eat even more of them and feel better than ever.
It applies to carbs, saturated fat, animal foods, eggs, butter and a thousand other things in mainstream nutrition.
This rule (I like to call it "Kris's
Often, your best bet would be to listen to what the nutrition authorites have to say...
...then do the exact opposite.
They tell you to eat a high-carb, low-fat diet... but you eat a low-carb, high-fat diet and your health improves.
They tell you to reduce animal foods, you eat even more of them and feel better than ever.
It applies to carbs, saturated fat, animal foods, eggs, butter and a thousand other things in mainstream nutrition.
This rule (I like to call it "Kris's
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Is Eating Too Much Protein Bad For You? The Not-So-Bitter Truth
One myth that seems hard to break is that eating a lot of protein is somehow bad for you.
It seems that our evolutionary heritage as meat eaters doesn't matter, or the fact that our bodies are made with protein.
Why would evolution make us intolerant to something we've eaten for millions of years, and that our bodies are designed from?
Doesn't make a lot of sense when you look at it that way, but this myth is still there, even touted by various professionals.
Let's see if it's true, or it's just another myth of modern
It seems that our evolutionary heritage as meat eaters doesn't matter, or the fact that our bodies are made with protein.
Why would evolution make us intolerant to something we've eaten for millions of years, and that our bodies are designed from?
Doesn't make a lot of sense when you look at it that way, but this myth is still there, even touted by various professionals.
Let's see if it's true, or it's just another myth of modern
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