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The Potato Diet Practicalities: Dropping Big Weight Fast With High Energy and Without Hunger. How Sweet Potatoes Led to My 90-Pound Weight Loss. Confession: I've eaten a sweet potato almost every day for the past four years.

How Sweet Potatoes Led to My 90-Pound Weight Loss

I eat them roasted and dipped in BBQ sauce or baked and topped with cinnamon and maple syrup, to which my husband says: "Syrup on sweet potatoes? You're so weird. " Even after two years of marriage he still thinks it's crazy. My mom's sweet potato casserole at Thanksgiving dinner was my favorite. I could easily put away three or four servings. Now, I don't only like or eat sweet potatoes, exclusively. Potato Hack PT 2: Nothing but Potatoes for Fat Loss. Potato Diets for Weight Loss or Maintenance. It’s been fun so far seeing lots of new folks around here, and even some old-timers, trying the potato hack.

Potato Diets for Weight Loss or Maintenance

We’ll get into the science later in the year, I wanted to start out with the practicalities of using the potato hack to lose some weight. Later, we’ll discuss using the potato hack to reset your metabolism, reduce inflammation, and other effects, but for now, we’ll focus on weight loss. The Potato Hack has undeniable physiological effects on the overweight body. We can use these effects to lose and maintain weight effortlessly. Weight loss is normally achieved through some strict calorie counting scheme or manipulating the macronutrients (protein, fat, carb) to force a calorie deficit. Whole Health Source: The Potato Diet. In 2010, I wrote a series of blog posts on the health properties of potatoes (1, 2, 3).

Whole Health Source: The Potato Diet

The 20 Most Weight Loss Friendly Foods on The Planet. Not all calories are created equal.

The 20 Most Weight Loss Friendly Foods on The Planet

Different foods go through different metabolic pathways in the body. The Potato Diet Practicalities: Dropping Big Weight Fast With High Energy and Without Hunger. Blog - Ginger and Fat Burning. Nova Ferrington, Yahoo!

Blog - Ginger and Fat Burning

Contributor Network wrote, "If you are dieting or just trying to watch your weight, there are certain foods well known as "fat burners", meaning that they naturally help your body burn extra calories. Draxe. Top 7 Anti-inflammatory Herbs and Spices. Most herbs and spices are good for you and antioxidant function.

Top 7 Anti-inflammatory Herbs and Spices

It’s also common for them to improve your gut flora, but which are the best? The arrangement of herbs, spices, and other flavorings in The Bulletproof Diet Roadmap (download the roadmap free here) is designed to help you maximize the performance benefits of spices, minimize antinutrient exposure, and keep you firmly in charge of your own biology. The Bulletproof Diet helps you to heal your gut by eating anti-inflammatory foods that also are delicious and satisfying. Many chronic diseases result from inflammation on the cellular level or in one or more (or all) body systems. 8 Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. The history and tradition of the Mediterranean diet come from the historic eating and social patterns of the regions around southern Italy, Greece, Turkey and Spain.

8 Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet

Not only is the Mediterranean diet a tasty way to eat, drink and live, but it’s also a realistic and sustainable way to reduce disease-causing inflammation and lose weight, too (or maintain a healthy weight). Lime Cilantro Coleslaw Recipe. This Lime Cilantro Coleslaw recipe is healthy, delicious and very easy to make.

Lime Cilantro Coleslaw Recipe

Try this classic recipe with a healthy twist! Lime Cilantro Coleslaw Recipe Total Time: 10 minutes. Benefits of Lemon Water: Detox Your Body and Skin. What drink is insanely inexpensive to make, keeps skin glowing, aids in digestion, can help you lose weight and is packed with vitamin C?

Benefits of Lemon Water: Detox Your Body and Skin

No, it’s not an elixir sold on late-night infomercials. It’s lemon water. While those in the know have been chugging down the citrus-flavored water for ages (think since ancient Rome), some lemon water benefits have just begun making the rounds on the health and fitness circuit in recent months. Gluten Free Flatbread Pizza Recipe. Conventional pizza’s can be full of toxic ingredients and GMO foods.

Gluten Free Flatbread Pizza Recipe

10 Of The Best Greens To Eat. Laurentine ten Bosch, Filmmaker (Food Matters and Hungry For Change) Leafy green vegetables are truly nutritional superstars, offering whole-of-body benefits to cleanse, nourish and supercharge your health. 10 Of The Best Greens To Eat. Quick Breakfast Ideas We Love. The Food Matters Team. What If Pasta Could Be Healthy? James Colquhoun, Filmmaker (Food Matters and Hungry For Change) Pasta was used as a healthy staple food throughout Europe for centuries.

However, modern tummies seem to struggle with this delicious product! Thankfully, there are nutritious alternatives that are easy on digestion, easy to use and totally tasty as well! Pasta has topped the list when it comes to the world’s most versatile food. The Healthiest Protein Powders On the Market. Years ago, I started adding a very delicious vanilla whey protein to my smoothies that I got from GNC. I was religious about using this one brand, and when they suddenly discontinued it, I became outraged!

I called every GNC in town searching high and low for it. It was the best tasting whey protein on the market and I didn’t want to go on a hunt for another kind. Well… long story short, I got to the botttom of why they discontinued it – the health department found rat droppings in samples of the protein at the manufacturing plant! The NaturalNews Store is currently being renovated and will be available again soon. EWG's 2012 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ EWG analyzed pesticide residue testing data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration to come up with rankings for these popular fresh produce items.

All 48 foods are listed below from worst to best (lower numbers = more pesticides) Note: EWG analyzed pesticide tests of 48 popular produce items. Can't Afford Organic? 10 Foods You Can Eat Anyway. Compare Products. Diabetic-friendly, low-carb, gluten-free, organic market now open in Hixson. The Green PolkaDot Box™ New Products to the Box. 10 Places to Find Cheap Antioxidants.

Don’t Let Expensive Superfoods Fool You – The Best Are the Cheapest.