Week Five Summary
What you should be doing with your nutrition at this stage of the course: This is the most important nutrition change to have been implemented by now. Fasting We want you to be fasting at least 3x per week. Your fast should be 12-18 hours in length. Next week, we increase your fasting duration. So, make sure you're a fasting pro … [Read more...]
Are we heading towards a keto diet?
At the start of this course, we promised you we'd do away with diets. Instead, we will work towards personalized nutrition. We intend to honour that promise. No, you are not moving towards a ketogenic diet. Or any diet for that matter. All diets lack the most important ingredient to health: Metabolic flexibility Meta... What? Metabolic … [Read more...]
The Temptation of Artificial Sweeteners
You are now in the process of cutting out carbohydrates that negatively affect your blood sugar. To satisfy your sweet tooth you may be tempted to turn to artificial sweeteners. Resist the temptation! Artificial sweeteners are not all they're cracked up to be - and they will likely aggravate your health issues. What are artificial … [Read more...]
Won’t Fat Give Me a Heart Attack?
By now I hope you are starting to realize that fat is where it’s at. But you are probably struggling with this new information because you were raised to believe fats are bad for you. All of your life you have been told that fat is bad. Avoid eggs and butter because they’ll clog your arteries and give you a heart attack. Recently you may have … [Read more...]
What Replaces Carbs?
Now that you've started cutting out carbs... what should you eat instead? Fat. Remember how much I love healthy fats? That's because fats: Contain more calories than other food sources Take longer to digest, so those calories are released more slowly. This means that after eating fats you stay full for longer and your blood sugar … [Read more...]
Why You Get Tired After Eating
You just finished a great dinner. The next thing you remember is waking up on the couch… What just happened? Why do you get tired after eating? Getting tired after eating is not unique to Thanksgiving or Christmas. It can happen after every meal. For many, fatigue after eating can seriously interrupt your life. Imagine having to fend off sleep … [Read more...]
The Flourish Project: Week Five
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