Food For Life

Slaying the Beast My Dietary Plan   I personally can say that I have fought the beast and I did slay it. I was gaining weight slowly over the course of my life from the time I turned nineteen until two years ago. I weighed about 150lbs at the time I was married and at 61 years old I was weighing in at 196lbs. Now I know that to many folks this doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, but to me it was a big deal. Besides the weight gain, the enlarging waistline and puffy cheeks and swollen neck I was starting to experience other things as well. I began to have back problems, stiff knees, shoulder aches, breathing problems, sleep disorders, and frequent illness to mention a few, and with this came discouragement. I knew I had to do something. I tried so many things over the years to stop or reverse the relentless march to obesity but to no avail. I finally determined that the only thing left was to stop eating. I would starve myself, that would do it. About that time my brot...

 

  Keto vs Ketosis The term “Keto” started as an abbreviation for a new, expanding dietary regimen with wonderful promise. But with the predictable hijacking of the term by major food producers and manufacturers it has become a fraud, a label that misrepresents a dietary regimen. “Ketosis,” the correct term, is a natural metabolic system. It’s important to understand these words properly today. When ketogenic diets first became a “thing,” everyone had to try it at least once. Soon thereafter food manufacturers became aware of the new diet craze and developed a slew of “Keto friendly” foods, only they aren’t. Officially, a “Keto friendly” food would be a food that does not lead to insulin resistance and encourages the synthesis of fat, but food manufacturers made it a term that means “Low Carb.” Of course, they determine what constitutes “Low Carb.” Ketogenic foods on the other hand are foods that stimulate the production of ketones instead of insulin. So, when the so-called Ke...