Fat is Your Friend
When we say fat is your friend, we mean dietary fat (not body fat) of course! Since the low-fat diet fad stated around the 1980s, fat has got a bad rap. However, in recent years, research has proven that the science behind the βlow-fatβ craze is not only incorrect...
Low Carb: Why It Works
The popular story of how low-carb diets work goes something like this: Reducing your carbohydrate intake lowers your insulin levels. Since insulin keeps fat locked into adipose tissue, lowering insulin can increase the amount of fat released to be burned for energy....
How Can I Lower My Sodium Naturally?
Salt has become a major nutritional villain. Salt is everywhere: dumped into cans of soup, packed into meats, and swimming in salad dressing and salsa. From our packaged snacks to the food we order in restaurants, the modern American diet is saltier than Amy Schumerβs...
Drink Up! Water for Weight Loss
Youβve probably heard it more than once: βdrink more water to help you lose more weightβ. But does water really help weight loss? The short answer is yes. Drinking water helps boost your metabolism, cleanse your body of waste and acts as an appetite suppressant....
