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How Perfecting The Skill Of Mindfulness Helps Improve Your Diet Making the decision to live a healthy lifestyle complete with a nourishing diet is easy to do. The hard part is living it out and making the decision daily to take good care of yourself and your body. By practicing Mindfulness, you can improve your diet, and stay on track with your goals. What Is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the meditation practice of sitting quietly, focusing on your breaths, in and out. Its intent is not to rid your mind of thoughts or keep from thinking. It is intended to help you balance and accept yourself, your thoughts, and be aware of your body at the moment. How Do You Meditate With Mindfulness? Meditation may sound intimidating or like something you don’t have the time or focus to do, but Mindfulness is something anyone can practice, no matter where they are physically, or where they are with themselves. To Practice Mindfulness, You Can Follow These Steps: ·   ...

The Role Of Exercise In A Ketogenic Diet Without a doubt, exercise is extremely important, whether you are following a low carb, ketogenic lifestyle or not. However, exercise is able to act more efficiently when following a ketogenic diet. Let’s face it- the primary reason you are exercising is to look good, period. Sure, health benefits are a nice secondary benefit, but if we are brutally honest, it’s because looks matter to almost all people. Mere diet can never help you achieve the body you want, even though diet is essential in supplying the building blocks, and setting the stage for your desired outcome. Interested to know exactly how exercise can help you while on the ketogenic diet? Read on and find out! Exercise Improves Insulin Sensitivity In many people, insulin sensitivity decreases with age, along with the level of physical activity. Sedentary persons are much more likely to have elevated levels of blood glucose, record a higher level of insulin secretion...

6 Reasons To Eat More Salmon Salmon is one of the healthiest fish you can eat. There are many benefits to eating salmon, particularly wild salmon, although farmed salmon is what is usually available. Here are some great benefits to eating salmon: ·        Salmon eating can help you prevent coming down with osteoarthritis and other inflammatory conditions of the joints. Salmon his high in bioactive peptides, which are small, healthy proteins. One of these bioactive peptides is known as calcitonin, which has been found to increase collagen formation as well as to stabilize the collagen you already have in your joints. Collagen is important in the synthesis of cartilage in humans. Calcitonin you find in salmon also improves the strength and density of your bones.   ·        Eating servings of salmon help decrease the risk of depression. Believe it or not, the brain is about 60 percent fat and most of this fat ...

Low Carb Diet Pitfalls: Gluconeogenesis And Not Enough Fiber Two types of fiber exist: Soluble fiber dissolves in water; insoluble fiber does not. Soluble fiber becomes a gel like substance during digestion. Insoluble fiber remains intact and helps clear the digestive tract of wastes and adds bulk to stools. Fiber supports healthy digestion and elimination processes. Health professionals recommend consuming at least 20 grams of fiber daily. The ideal recommendation given by The Institute of Medicine suggests: ·        Men 50 years and under --> 38 grams ·        Women 50 years and under--> 25 grams ·        Men 51 years and older--> 30 grams ·        Women 51 years and older--> 21 grams The sole source of fiber in a person's diet are carbohydrates. Whole foods, fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes, unrefined grains ...

The Ketogenic Diet Versus Low Fat Diet Plans Much has been said over the years about the ketogenic diet and with celebrities like Megan Fox, Mick Jagger, and Adriana Lima being fond proponents of the diet, it remains very popular. What is the real difference between a ketogenic diet and a low fat diet plan? While many may swear about reducing fat intake, studies show low carb plans are actually more effective for both weight loss and reducing high cholesterol. Ketogenic Diet There are several low carbohydrate diets, but the ketogenic diet generally limits your carb intake to 20 to 50 grams a day. The ketogenic diet requires you to enter the stage of ketosis, and that generally does not occur unless you are consuming about 20 grams of carbohydrates per day. A sample menu plan when you’re on a ketogenic diet looks like this: Breakfast: bacon or sausage, eggs, and coffee with cream and stevia Snack: 1 ounce of cheese with cucumbers or celery ...

5 Energizing Low Carb Breakfasts Ideas By now, it has been pounded into your head more times than you’d like to remember; breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Yet, many people skip this meal altogether, for reasons that range from “no time,” to “can’t stomach food” to “I don’t like breakfast.” However, regardless of the best lame excuse, you can muster, there are reasons too many to mention why you NEED to have breakfast, and there is an endless number of options for you to consider. Just in the case you don’t know why breakfast is so important, here’s a quick refresher: Ø   A Healthy Breakfast Revs Up Your Metabolism - Think skipping meals will have you looking like a Greek god/goddess? Nope, research has shown that people who miss meals end up slowing their own metabolism, hindering long term calorie burn, and hence weight loss. Consume a meal loaded with proteins, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals and fiber to kick your gears into motion! ...