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05/15/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Keto is not the same as Paleo: 5 tips for success

These days, the road to fitness is just riddled with buzzwords that can be downright confusing to a person who’s just starting out. Take diets, for example. There are a lot of similarly themed meal plans that some people think are pretty much the same – like in the case of the paleo and keto […]

05/14/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

The ketogenic diet is not good for people with existing thyroid problems…but here’s what you can try instead

Although the ketogenic diet has been effective for losing weight in some people, it may not be good for people with thyroid problems. This is because the thyroid requires glucose to make necessary hormones and to transform inactive forms into active, usable ones; but a ketogenic diet does not provide the right form of energy […]

02/11/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

GOOD FATS HEAL: After conventional medicine failed, five-year-old cured of epilepsy by eating hundreds of avocados

Sometimes eating the right foods can do a lot more to heal people than taking medication, as was illustrated recently by the remarkable turnaround of an epileptic British girl. Five-year-old Leafy Liu suffered from severe epilepsy from the time she was a baby, often suffering as many as 60 seizures per day. Conventional medicine was […]

12/15/2017 / By Rita Winters

Ketogenic diet – sources, health benefits at NaturalPedia.com

A Ketogenic diet, also known as a keto diet, is a nutritional plan that induces ketosis, a normal metabolic process. During ketosis, your liver produces ketone bodies that act as a source of energy in the absence of sugars from carbohydrates. This diet limits the amount of carbohydrate intake (minus fiber) to 25 to 30 […]

09/10/2017 / By Russel Davis

Want to live longer and be stronger? Choose fat over carbs

An animal study published in Cell Metabolism revealed that following a high-fat diet or ketogenic diet may help promote longevity and improve physical strength. As part of the study, a team of researchers at the University of California Davis examined mice that were split into three groups. One group received a regular rodent high-carb diet, while […]

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