There are two kinds of information to track about keto. One is measurements you will take to determine if you have reached your health goals. The other is information about your diet and activity levels that you will use to determine...
While many people are happy to just give up sweets and starches completely, many others are looking for low-carb swaps for foods they currently enjoy. Most of these will work for keto as well as other low-carb diets. This post lists...
Some people on a low-carb diet (especially keto) feel that they are never full. We are all so used to “super-sized” meals that normal portion sizes look much too small. And our stomachs are used to the big portions so the...
I have been low-carb for so long now (over 10 years), that I find most sweet things far too sweet for me. It is even worse since I have been keto. Foods I enjoyed before low-carb are now too sickening sweet...
The healthiest food is that which you prepare at home from fresh ingredients. So you start out intending to cook all your keto meals. Or other people tell you that cooking every meal is required. But you may decide you need...
Many people complain that a keto diet is boring. They eat the same foods day after day – of course they are bored! A boring keto diet is an indication that you need more variety. If you really do want to...
One of the big mistakes people make on low-carb diets is they do not eat enough fat. As strange as it seems, you have to eat fat to lose fat. Here is why. When you eat carbs, your blood glucose rises....
A low-carb diet means reducing carbs in your diet to 150 grams or less a day. What does that look like day-to-day? Here are some tips for low-carb eating. Reducing Carbs by Cutting out All Sugar, Starch, Artificial, and Low-fat Foods...
Many people starting a low carb diet feel terrible. While they attribute this to withdrawal from carbs, this Keto flu is likely a deficiency in electrolytes. Symptoms of Keto flu include headaches, dizziness, no energy, hard to think straight (brain fog),...
One of the challenges of reducing carbs in the standard diet is often we replace carbs with protein, and even worse, low-fat protein! If your protein is modest and carbs are low, then most of the rest of the calories you...
