Life After Carbs

A real person eating (mostly) real food

Keto diet kickoff 9-25-17

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This is the first update for my keto diet journal. I'll be posting in the journal every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from now until Christmas Day 2017. That's three months of strict ketogenic dieting, record-keeping, and reporting. I'll also include updates in some episodes of my podcast, The Low Carb Nugget, but won't be as systematic in reporting there. See, for example, my last episode for Saturday, September 23. In that episode, I laid out the daily macro-nutrient intake targets for the … [Read more...]

Keto targets for fat, protein & carbs (LCN 60)

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Keto-safe targets for fat, protein & carbs Low Carb Nugget 60 To start or restart a ketogenic diet, you need to think about your macro-nutrient targets. Both carbs and protein need to be strictly limited, but dietary fat will be your friend. What are specific macro-nutrient targets? [Update] … [Read more...]

Strongest dieting motives are personal (LCN 58)

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The strongest dieting motives are personal Low Carb Nugget 58 Typically, people diet to improve their health, their appearance, their mood and confidence, and their chances at living longer. All of those are good motivations, and the nice thing is, they're connected; you can have them all. But the strongest motivations are always the most personal. … [Read more...]

This week’s nuggets: September 12-16, 2017

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This is the weekly digest for my Low Carb Nugget podcast. The latest episodes look at an expert's argument for feeding your brain meat, not veggies; consider the difference between rigorous exercise and frequent activity, and which may keep you alive longer; and, finally, critique a recent example of dietary advice in mainstream media. … [Read more...]

This week’s nuggets: July 18-22, 2017

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Discussed on the podcast this week were the role of sardines in an LCHF diet, the connection of sugar consumption to markers of obesity, and a comparison of low-carb and low-fat diet-results in an interesting new study. Subscribe to the Low Carb Nugget through any of the following services: Apple Podcasts Google Play Music Stitcher TuneIn (With the Amazon Echo, use the command, “Alexa, play The Low Carb Nugget Podcast on TuneIn.”) … [Read more...]

Goodbye to bread!

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Saturday Short Takes Google Alerts has brought me a diversified set of low-carb stories from around the world. Let's take a look! 1. Goodbye to Bread First up is Kim Poindexter writing in the Tahlequah Daily Press, who testifies that "Low-carb diets work, but say ‘bye to bread." Kim was told by her doctor that she had Type-2 Diabetes and needed to lose weight. So she went on a low-carb diet and has so far lost 32 pounds. She notes that although she practices yoga, swims, and lifts weights, … [Read more...]

Great foods for a low-carb diet (part 5): eggs

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Eggs aren't merely a great food for a low-carb diet. They're nearly the perfect food. You've got a whole potential chicken in that little spheroid, so an egg is jam-packed with the building blocks of life. Like most people, I've always eaten eggs, either as a main dish or inside of recipes, but for 30-plus years I limited my consumption to two or three eggs a week. Maybe four in a really wild week. Why did I do such a thing? Why did I foolishly limit this nearly perfect food? You know why. I … [Read more...]

5 lessons for eating low-carb

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What has worked and what hasn't in my low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) way of eating? Looking back, I glean five lessons for eating low-carb and losing weight. Last updated April 2017. It seems as good a time as any to look back and figure out what has worked and what hasn't in my low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) way of eating. I've been eating low-carb for four years now (since March 2011). Admittedly, I went off the reservation a bit from 2012 to 2014, and gained back about 25 hard-lost pounds. That would … [Read more...]