The New Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Part I: What the Guidelines Got Right
What are the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and what do they mean for you?
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Snacking, Part Two: Healthy Snacking (Top Ten Low-Carb Snacks Ranked!)
Why Beginners Can Benefit from Snacks As I explained in part 1, it is optimal, from a health perspective, to eventually ditch the snacking habit. Having said that, if you are totally new to primal, paleo, low-carb, keto, or carnivore eating, and you are currently a chronic snacker, I would actually encourage you to plan … Read more
Snacking, Part 1: Why You Don’t Need to Snack
Keeping the Fire Going Conventional wisdom says that snacking is good, or at least ok, provided the snack foods themselves are healthy. The American Heart Association, of all people, says that “If snacking is done in moderation with smart choices, it can fit easily into a healthy dietary pattern.” (Some of their examples of “healthy” … Read more
Eating Meat Cheaply
Eating Meat when Times are Tight If you are eating an ancestral diet – whether that be Paleo, Primal, a Paul Saladino “animal-based” meat and fruit diet, keto, or certainly carnivore, you are probably eating a lot of meat. Of course, there are more vegetarian-leaning versions of keto and paleo, which I would be happy … Read more