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  • I have used, and am using ketonix. What do you want to know?
  • Sugars and starches make you hungry within a couple of hours because they cause your insulin levels to rise then your blood sugar drops quickly.
  • How about a smoothie. All you need is a small blender and you can whip up breakfast in a couple of minutes. Alternatively, think outside the box: people in Thailand often eat soup for breakfast. Or take some tuna salad and put it into a piece of lettuce and roll it up like a burrito. Or take 1 part oatmeal add 2 parts…
  • Many vegans use nutritional yeast as a substitute for parmesan cheese.
  • People are going to argue with me but I say that as long as the animals were pasture raised and finished (meaning grass fed), saturated fats are good for you. They actually raise your HDL levels and change the ratio of LDL's favorably. I'm also going against the grain by saying that polyunsaturated fats are BAD for you…
  • I cut out sugar and foods that have any added sugar completely. I also cut out starches as they turn rapidly into sugars and cause the same cravings. It was hard at first and I had to get used to not eating any processed foods because most of them have added sugars but after about a week I felt really good and wasn't as…
  • To me, carbs definitely are not my friends. I have reduced my carbs and only eat vegetables and even then, only in very limited quantities. I feel much better and don't have blood sugar spikes the way I used to.
  • I had bad, continuous acid reflux until I cut out all grain products. Within a couple of days it went completely went away and hasn't come back.
  • All calories are not created equal. Are you consuming sugar or starchy foods that convert into sugar? If you are then your body will use those as energy and store everything else as fat.
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