Low Carb High Fat Diet

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Butter, Belief Systems, and Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

I was so excited to wake up this morning and discover that TIME Magazine had put a curl of butter on its cover. Finally, one of the most mainstream magazines in the United States has publicly stated what we’ve all known for a while: butter and other saturated fats are not the enemy of good…

Why I Didn’t Invent a Cookie Butter Recipe for Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

Just so you know, this article is not going to be a recipe for how to make low-carb high-fat cookie butter. In fact, the point of this post is to talk about cookie butter as a concept, and why I’m not attempting to reproduce it. (Even the photo above is actually peanut butter, not cookie…

Fiber and Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

I’m always surprised when somebody asks me about fiber on a low-carb high-fat diet. It seems to me that people who think they won’t get enough fiber when eating low-carb are confused about what it means to follow this kind of diet. Vegetable Sources Although it’s true that there is a lot of meat on…

Vegetables to Avoid on a Low-Carb High-Fat Diet

For a new dieter starting out on a low-carb high-fat diet, the foreign qualities of the diet can make it seem complicated. After a lifetime of being told to eat a certain way, and avoid certain types of foods, the selection of permitted and prohibited foods on the low-carb high-fat diet can feel almost arbitrary.…

Healthy Fats for Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

I was reading a discussion on a social network the other day in response to a post in which somebody was talking about trying to get back onto a low-carb eating plan. In this particular thread, the discussion wasn’t about low-carb high-fat, but just about avoiding sugars. What was fascinating to me was the range…

Dairy Products on a Low-Carb High-Fat Diet

There is a lot of confusion about how diet advice overlaps these days. People follow paleo diets, low-carb diets, low-carb high-fat diets, and a wide range of other healthy eating plans that are designed to address different problems and support different health issues. One issue that a lot of people talk about is avoiding dairy…

Sweet Potatoes and Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

The quest for interesting vegetables is constant on a low-carb high-fat diet. Vegetables are a key source for variety of the diet. The best vegetables to eat on a low-carb high-fat diet are green leafy ones that grow above ground. In general, any vegetable grown above the ground is a safe bet. Root vegetables such…

Low-Carb High-Fat Diets and Artificial Sweeteners

I’m sitting here drinking a diet cola. I have no apologies, and I have no regrets. You can stop reading now if you feel very strongly about the issue, but I hope you’ll read on. I think the question of whether we drink diet sodas, and how we sweeten our food in general, is an…

Just Keep Eating

One of the interesting facts about eating in a low carb high fat way is that you lose your appetite. It’s not that food doesn’t taste good, you just don’t feel that same craving you used to get. The lack of simple carbohydrates in your diet means there isn’t a trigger element forcing you to…

Healthy Low-Carb High-Fat Fast Food

Finding yourself at a fast food restaurant does not mean that you have an excuse to break your eating patterns with low-carb high-fat food. Fast food has earned its bad reputation in this country, because a lot of it is very carbohydrate rich, has a poor macronutrient balance, may contain genetically-modified foods, and is arguably…