Counting Carbs in Vegetable Broth

by | Mar 12, 2013 | Food Choices, Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

As with many commercially made products you don’t really know what’s in there.

Personally I always prefer home made for things like broth and soups and so on simply because you know exactly what’s got into them and you can account for every part of the nutritional equation plus of course if you’re like me and prefer organic you can make sure that the ingredients that you use are good and wholesome as opposed to something that has come out in the back end of the factory.

I know which I prefer.

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Cheers,

Mark

Here is the link of the foum post where I made this comment about low carb diet

 

 

Eating carbs to break a stall?

by | Mar 12, 2013 | Low carb diet, Stalls and Plateaux, Weight Loss | 0 comments

Here’s actually a diet based on exactly what you described. Heavily overeating on carbohydrates just one day a week which the people that use it claim then causes the body to go into reverse as they put it.

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Personally I can’t see eating that many carbs in one day can do anybody any good.

Stalls to  a certain extent are a part of any weight loss plan and with one as effective as low carb they’re going to be even more noticeable.

In many ways it really is just proof that you’re moving in the right direction.

Hope that helps,

Mark

Here is the forum post where I made this comment about low carb diet

Ketosis breath – Will it ever go away?

by | Mar 11, 2013 | Fat Loss, Ketosis, Low carb diet, Questions about low carb, Weight Loss | 0 comments

 

image by Dave Pullig

Here’s a lit of everything you need to do in order to avoid ketosis breath:

1. Make sure you’re very very very well hydrated.

2. Make sure your digestive system, enzymes and bacteria are well balanced as in take a good
quality probiotics, eat yogurt and take enzyme supplements.

3. Make sure you don’t have some sort of underlying fungal infection such as Candida or thrush as it can be aggravated by a change in diet particularly if that change involves eating more cheese and dairy.

4. The fact that we are eating a high fat diet does mean that the products of that fat being broken down will contribute to things that our body isn’t generally used to handling.

So as others have mentioned oral hygiene is very important and as the first batch of enzymes that our body uses to break down food start with our saliva and the enzymes within our saliva will change according to what we eat then there is always a period of readjustment. So yes it should go away.

In the meantime a good swish around with diluted hydrogen peroxide will tend to keep most things at bay.  Now you can dip your toothbrush in hydrogen peroxide and then dip it in bicarb of soda and brush your teeth with that. It will have the effect of killing the bacteria, cleaning the teeth and as an advantageous side effect will also whiten the teeth gradually as well.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is a copy of the comment I did on a forum post about low carb diet

Fat accumulation in stool?

by | Mar 11, 2013 | How Your Body Works, Weight Loss | 0 comments

There are in fact a whole host of reasons why there can be excess fat in our stools. 1309116783E3Z1e3

In addition to what Mackay has said one of the most common causes is a lack of balance in our digestive ecology. By that I mean our stomach bacteria may be out of kilter which can readily be corrected by taking a good quality probiotics and also we may be slightly deficient in enzymes or our pancreas is not producing adequate quantities of the right type of enzymes to help deal with the change in diet.

And as another thing that can obviously affect the quantity of fat in our stools as our diet changes particularly  if we change it rapidly then it takes the body a little while jus to catch up with producing what it needs to do in order to handle new things  that we’re eating.

Now aside from natural processes another thing that can cause fat in our stools is that we don’t have enough stomach acids and strangely enough that may be indicated by heartburn or something like that whereas the normal way of dealing with that would be to take an antacid, it is actually the opposite that may be needed.

There is plenty of information about that on the web but one place you might care to look at is scdlifestyle.com. They do have a slight commercial edge to what they say but much of the information is quite good and for many it will be an eye opener.

Now another thing that can also cause fat in the stools is through eating artificial fats. Obviously we try to steer clear of those but they can sneak in some of the most unlikely places so it’s well to make sure that there are no artificial fats in what you’re eating. By artificial I also mean things like hydrogenated and overly processed so that’s something you need to look at.

Now if you’re fond of sushi this can also be somewhat of a risky area particularly if you have a taste for white tuna. Only a few years ago there were a number of restaurants that were found to be serving escolar having it labeled as white tuna. The oil that this fish produces can produce keriorrhea but that would only be if you ate it in larger quantities. In smaller quantities it could produce fat or at least oily stools.

The last thing to look at is medication. One of the prime candidates for this type of effect is our gold old friend the statins in all its different forms as can our good old friend that over the counter weight loss pill called Alli. As you’re probably aware that works by causing us to not absorb the fat that we eat which in my opinion is totally doffed but the conclusion we have to come to is if it’s not absorbed it must be passed out the body somehow.

So there you go those are some of the reasons at least that I’m aware of that will cause our stools to be a little bit fatty. I just hope that answers your question adequately.

Cheers,

Mark

This is a copy of the recent comment I made on a forum post about fat in stools

Pub drinks for LCHF? (UK)

by | Mar 11, 2013 | Food Choices, Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

 

http://www.dreamstime.com/-image4714405Being with friends is probably one of the most difficult situations we low carbers face and the pressure to conform with what others do is always lurking in the shadows but there’s not a lot that will persuade you to ruin all the hard work that you’ve done.

I always find the best approach when in situations like that is to look the person in the eye and say “I’ve made a decision that my long term  health both for me and  those  that I love is far more important than maybe a short term enjoyment.  No I just don’t drink that sort of stuff anymore”- soda or whatever it is you fancy.

The most powerful way of dealing with this though is to actually be the first one to buy around the drinks. That way you set the pattern right from the get go and as you are the one who bought it and paid for it no one can really try and twist your arm that you should be drinking something else and of course once the pattern is set you’ll probably get comments like “Oh and I suppose it’s another soda for you?” or whatever else their drinking.

The key in any situation like this is to always take control and remain in control. Whilst you may be open for  some public mickey taking you may well find as I have in the past that many of your friends will come up to you and maybe clumsily congratulate you for doing what you’re doing often finishing with something like “I wish I had your will power”.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is a copy of another comment I made on a forum post about low carb diet 

If Psyllium doesn’t work for constipation

by | Mar 6, 2013 | Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

Probiotic supplements well often work but they have to be a broad-ranged one and one that guarantees to have a high percentage of live bacteria.

In addition to that it is important to take digestive enzymes as this is the bit that most people forget – our food is not handled by bacteria alone.  It’s the enzymes produced by the pancreas that do really the majority of the work and again a good quality digestive enzyme supplement is a must.

We never do ourselves any favor by trying to save money using the cheapest supplements on the shelf.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is the copy of the comment I did on a forum post about low carb diet and constipation