Lose the Fat Naturally

Yes, food really can be cheap, healthy, and delicious! Ten recipes to help you enjoy eating better, without breaking your budget.

Budget-Friendly Healthy Recipes Healthy dinners don't have to break the bank — use budget-friendly ingredients and these recipes for low-cost, high-flavor meals.

Eggs: still controversial, but I still eat them.

The truth about eating eggs Are eggs helpful to our health… or a cause of heart disease? BBC Future examines the evidence.

So, I have taken a long hiatus from posting to this page, but that is ending now. In the last five weeks I have lost a total of thirty pounds by following a keto diet! I am feeling better than before, and I never had the "keto flu" (thanks to some helpful advice I will share here).

Probably the best side of all this is that I don't feel deprived while eating keto. Yes, there are some foods I loved that I can't eat, but there are also plenty of easy and delicious meals that I can enjoy. And I don't end up feeling hungry all the time. When I feel an urge to eat, I do so, and don't have to count carbs or calories. I just stick to foods I know will help me get to where I want to go, and my body no longer betrays me with a desire to binge.

Is this plan the best one for everyone? I seriously doubt it. People are able to achieve lasting success at weight loss through a wide variety of different methods. But each person is unique, and I don't need a path that works for everyone. I need a lifestyle that works for ME, and so far, keto has filled that need.

Only time will tell, but I can definitely see myself following a keto diet for the rest of my life. I am certain it can take me down to a much healthier body weight, and already the loss of thirty pounds is making it easier for me to walk for exercise. Long range, my goal is to increase my fitness, and get back to doing things that I cannot do right now. The actual weight is just a number. The ability to live my life the way I want is the real goal.

Getting what you need with the money you have!

Eating Keto on a Budget | Ruled Me Keto dieting doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact, it is possible to cut out all those cheap processed foods and replace them with healthy, keto-friendly options without seeing a substantial increase in your food expenses. Although you won’t be able to beat the prices on cookies, cakes, chips, ...

Long, but very informative.

Big Fat Nutrition Policy | Nina Teicholz The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet Featuring Nina Teicholz, Author, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese...

Is your lightbulb making you fat?

Artificial light during sleep linked to obesity Women who slept with a television or light on were more likely to gain weight and develop obesity. The findings suggest that turning off lights at bedtime could help keep off extra pounds.

Some basic information anyone battling obesity needs to know.

A Patient's Guide to Obesity Eating a healthy diet, exercising and taking medication can help manage the chronic disease.

A great website, and I just had to include more recipes!

40+ Low Carb Recipes You Can Meal Prep These low carb recipes you can meal prep have got you covered for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks! Carb counts listed so you don't have to hunt them down yourself.

I tend to not like regimented diet plans, but they can be a chance to learn what works for you. What have you got to lose?
http://www.eatingwell.com/article/290771/7-day-1200-calorie-low-carb-meal-plan-to-lose-weight/

Some of us have a gene that helps us process sugar with less weight gain. Some of us don't. Either way, avoiding sugar is still the best way to eat to achieve better health.

Gene mutation evolved to cope with modern high-sugar diets A common gene mutation helps people cope with modern diets by keeping blood sugar low, but close to half of people still have an older variant that may be better suited to prehistoric diets, finds a new study.

Although eating a healthier diet is the main path to reducing obesity, exercise also has an important role to play in body composition. Of course, it can play an even bigger role in total well-being. This study shows that vigorous exercise can yield quick benefits even for folks over 70 years of age!

How interval training affects 'belly fat' in obese 70-year-olds Researchers have designed a study to learn more about the effects of a 10-week, easy-to-perform, personalized, progressive vigorous-intensity interval training among 70-year-olds with 'belly fat.'

I keep reading a lot of information about diets designed to help people heal from disease, and it seems like none of them suggest a diet rich in sugar, refined flour, or salt. Yet that is what we eat.

Has your doctor told you that you are beginning to show signs of kidney/renal dysfunction. Here are some diet tips to help your kidneys do their job.

Renal Diet | Cleveland Clinic Learn about renal diet from the Cleveland Clinic, including basic information about kidney disease diet and your sodium, potassium and phosphorus intake.

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Click the link below to see how going nuts can help your heart.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320066.php

And you can have a little cheese on that egg you eat each day. :-)

Eating cheese every day may help to protect heart health Eating 40 grams of cheese every day could help to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, suggests a new observational study.

The consumption of eggs or other foods high in cholesterol is not associated with a higher stroke risk, as previously believed.

Dietary cholesterol or egg consumption do not increase the risk of stroke, Finnish study finds A new study Finland shows that a moderately high intake of dietary cholesterol or consumption of up to one egg per day is not associated with an elevated risk of stroke. Furthermore, no association was found in carriers of the APOE4 phenotype, which affects cholesterol metabolism and is remarkably c...

The DASH Diet is the best way to lower your blood pressure. It will probably lower your weight, as well.

How to make the DASH diet work for you By following the DASH diet you can control your blood pressure and reap important health benefits.

"The Healthy Maven" is loaded with lots of great recipes and much, much more. There is even a podcast so you can learn while you drive. Enjoy!

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Healthy AND yummy! Good eating doesn't have to be difficult, expensive, or boring.

One Pot Lemon Herb Chicken & Rice | Creme De La Crumb One Pot Lemon Herb Chicken & Rice - Buttery chicken and lemon herb rice all fixed in 30 minutes in one pot!

Health professionals often unconsciously have a negative impact on obese patients. It is time to begin breaking the vicious cycle of prejudice affecting outcomes.

Weight Bias Makes It More Difficult to Overcome Obesity Negative assumptions about obese children are ‘very pervasive’ in the health care industry, experts said at the U.S. News Combating Childhood Obesity summit.

"Sure, I want to live healthier, but what in the world can I eat?" Here is a list of some delicious answers.

The top 15 healthful foods uncovered What are the 15 most nutritious foods that you can eat? Using information gathered from surveys across the United States and Western Europe, this article identifies the 15 most healthful foods. They are familiar foods that a person can easily incorporate into their diet. The list includes nuts, berr...

Eating a poor quality diet can increase your chance for cancer even if you DON'T gain excess pounds. Eat your fruits and veggies, folks!

New study estimates preventable cancer burden linked to poor diet in the US A new study has estimated the association between suboptimal consumption of seven types of foods and specific cancers. They found that poor diet is on par with alcohol, excessive body weight, and physical activity.

Here is just the latest in a number of studies that have shown that intermittent fasting can help in both losing fat and avoiding the negative effects of obesity.

Dawn-to-sunset fasting suggests potential new treatment for obesity-related conditions: Study of 30-day Ramadan fast shows promising implications for timing and duration between meals Fasting from dawn to sunset for 30 days increased levels of proteins that play a crucial role in improving insulin resistance and protecting against the risks from a high-fat, high-sugar diet, according to researchers.

Want to separate out the junk science from the real? Here is a website to help you choose better books for a healthy diet.

Health claims in nutrition books can be a ‘volcano of nonsense.’ A new website is fighting back. Founded by Seattle's Stephan Guyenet, Red Pen Reviews' staff all have advanced degrees in nutritional science or a closely related field, and score each book on scientific accuracy, accuracy of its references, and the healthfulness of what the book is...

What does it mean to "Eat Clean"? Well, it doesn't mean giving up taste, as these recipe ideas prove.

29 Recipes That Prove Clean Eating Can Be Easy and Delicious These dishes—made with fresh, whole foods—will convince you clean eating is good eating.

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Anxiety really is a gut feeling!

Anxiety might be alleviated by regulating gut bacteria: Review of studies suggests a potentially useful link between gut bacteria and mental disorders People who experience anxiety symptoms might be helped by taking steps to regulate the microorganisms in their gut using probiotic and non-probiotic food and supplements, suggests a review of studies.

Science Daily is a great source for all kinds of science news, including the latest about weight loss and nutrition:

Diet and Weight Loss News Read weight loss articles and the latest information on dieting. Choose a diet plan based on your health and lifestyle needs. Consider the pros and cons of low carbohydrate diets, low fat diets, weight loss surgery.

No surprise here, but some solid scientific evidence showing the cause and effect link between processed foods and weight gain.

Heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain, study finds: Small-scale trial is the first randomized, controlled research of its kind People eating ultra-processed foods ate more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet, according to results from a new study. The difference occurred even though meals provided to the volunteers in both the ultra-processed and minimally processed diets had the sa...

I want this page to be about more than just my personal journey to a healthier bodyweight. I want it to also contain lots of practical advice that can be useful to myself and others trying to lose excess fat. This means things like recipes, tips, guidelines, and encouragement along the path. I want everyone to find something of use here, even those who already have a healthy body.

I recently tipped (and maybe flattened) the scales at 404 pounds! This was a wake up call to me, a realization that only by living better am I going to keep living at all. I literally could lose half of my bodyweight and be at a good, healthy weight for me. I hope I can one day say that I am half the man I used to be!

So, I am starting this page as a motivation for myself and others to follow a healthy, natural lifestyle as a means to losing weigh and eliminating disease. I believe that modern society is plagued by convenient but unhealthy foods. Our bodies are designed to keep themselves healthy well into our senior years, but only if we eat the foods nature provides for our nourishment. Much more about this coming soon!