Category: Paleo
Keto & fasting 3 – Introduction to meal spacing and fasting
Deb
More on what I learnt about health, weight loss and longevity in the Real Skinny on Fat online summit. I’m aiming to summarise 30+ hours of videos and many pages of notes into a series of posts that are simple to understand. Post 1 was about how we were made to […]
Keto & fasting 2 – Ancestral eating and being metabolically flexible
Deb
Before going on to explain how it all works, let’s put it in the context of ancestral eating. I think we can all agree that our ancestors would have eaten whatever they could find. There would have been no judgement on whether a food was good or bad – as long […]
Benefits of fasting & ketogenic eating – Part 1
Deb
Recently I listened to a summit called The Real Skinny on Fat – the Truth About Weight Loss and learnt a lot about ANYONE can use these tools for health, weight loss and longevity. Yes, there are even keto vegans, it’s not a way of eating just for carnivores. So […]
What exactly is the PALEO diet?
Deb
When it comes down to the bottom line, Paleo is about eating REAL FOOD. That’s all. You can take it in lots of different directions, but the commonality is eating food, not industrialised “fake food”. I’ve written before about eating Real Foods, but not specifically explaining Paleo. Today I’m not […]
My DNA test results are in! Can I eat carbs or not?
Deb
As expected, I have the digestion of a Hunter Gatherer. If you have blood sugar or weight issues, you might too. I suspect there are a lot of other people out there with similar digestive abilities. The symptoms they are likely to have would be: • Poor carbohydrate tolerance • […]
Fat glorious fat – We sing your praises!
Deb
Dietary fat, that is, which makes our meals delicious. But which fats are good and which are bad? I’ve been writing new articles recently about Real Food eating. My first post touched on the wide variety of so-called healthy diets out there and what the commonality is with them all: […]
To eat carbs or not to eat carbs, that is the question…
Deb
I’ve sent off my DNA test kit and I’m one step closer to knowing! Image source Read my previous post about DNA testing here So… I’ve completed the training and can now arrange DNA testing for my clients for the AMY1 gene. My first client is – Me! I took […]
Dietary lessons from world travel, or Why Your Teeth Stick Out
Deb
More journeys through the chaos of conflicting theories about what constitutes a healthy diet. OK, I confess the travels weren’t mine. They were those of a dentist called Weston Andrew Price and his wife Florence, back in the 1930s. Price went in search of the ideal diet, after he noticed […]
Why I ate nothing but meat for a year & why I’m eating plants again
Deb
Theories on what is in a healthy diet change every season, and navigating those extremes can be confusing. I’ve been watching them change for 20 years. As a nutritional therapist and in the spirit of scientific enquiry, I’ve tried several of them, including the Zero Carb, aka the Carnivore diet, […]