General health and nutritional information.
Ah….reactive hypoglycemia (aka RH). The below pictured blood sugar level was obtained by eating a handful of jelly beans. As you can see I did NOT finish eating handful number 2 which contained about 15 or so jelly beans. My sugary enjoyment was cut short when the sweating, blurry vision, heart palpitations and shakes suddenly kicked in. At first I … Read more
Following a keto diet can help you lose weight and improve your health. When followed correctly, this diet will increase ketone levels, produced by the breakdown of fat that is being used to fuel the body, in your blood. This is one reason why people are always watching for signs of ketosis and trying to determine if they are in … Read more
Getting ready to start a keto (or even low carb) diet? Perhaps you’ve decided to change your way of eating to become healthier, lose weight, decrease the joint or back pain , lower your blood sugar levels or one of many possible reasons. No matter the reason the big question on everyone’s mind is where do I begin? For some … Read more
I think at this point most people have heard of the keto or low carb diet. The main idea behind this way of eating is to reduce the number of carbohydrates you eat in order to switch the body over from using glucose (obtained from carbs) to using ketones (obtained from fat). The benefits of using ketones to fuel … Read more
Stress. Everyone seems to have some type of stress these days. Job stress. Family stress. School stress and more. When your body is being subjected to stress, whether temporary or long time, it triggers a whole cascade of reactions in the body. Some might be good (fight or flight chemicals released during an emergency situation) and some not so good … Read more