Today marks the fourth day of my “journey” into the crazy world of ketosis. Day 3 is here. I say journey, as it has its ups and downs; it can introduce various forms of pain into your life – like ...
Today is day three of my journey into ketosis along with intermittent fasting. You can see yesterday’s post here. This is when you burn ketone bodies derived from stored fat (or dietary fat) instead of glucose from carbohydrates as your principle energy ...
Last week, a couple of articles hit the news in the UK about the power of switching to a low carb diet to treat type-2 diabetes. One was entitled ‘Low Carb Diet Helps To Control Diabetes.’ No sh1t, Sherlock! I ...
Type-2 Diabetes is a result of insulin resistance as a result of continuous, over exposure, to high levels of the hormone, insulin. Insulin is the hormone responsible for managing blood sugar levels. It is secreted the most when we consume foods ...
Last week, my friend who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer came over to see me. He’s 53 and what he told me broke my heart. He has multiple tumours. He was diagnosed too late and his insurance has just ...
Did you know that the root cause of many chronic illnesses is inflammation and more precisely, chronic inflammation? What’s also interesting is that most chronic illnesses are triggered by insulin resistance. We need to be insulin sensitive to be healthy ...
I’ve written a few posts on this and I thought it was worth revisiting as I’ve recently been reminded about how powerful intermittent fasting is for sufferers of type-2 diabetes and anyone with insulin resistance, inflammation and treating cancer. That ...
It’s not Christmas quite yet, and I’ll apologise in advance for the slight down tone to this. What do you do, when a friend in their early fifties tells you he’s been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (just before Christmas) and inside ...
