12 In-Depth Tactics to Seriously Boost your Energy It’s often said that time is money, but I don’t think that’s precise enough. The way I see it, energy is money. The more you can accomplish in a certain amount of time, and the more “hustle” you have in general, the more you can get done and the more you’ll want to do. You can create more, learn more, travel more, give more, and love more. Whether you’re trying to improve your station at work, build your wealth, run your business, ace your schooling, improve your health, or be the best mom you can be, energy is essential. How to Increase Your Energy There are a lot of low quality “list posts” out there that say the obvious like, “drink enough water, consume less alcohol, and exercise regularly”, but this isn’t going to be one of those posts. This is a 9,000 word beast of an article, with a hyperlinked table of contents for easy navigation, that gives you 12 actionable tactics to noticeably boost your energy, especially when combined together. My Energy Boost 1) Try reducing your carbohydrates
IBD Anti-Inflammatory Diet - Center for Applied Nutrition at UMass Medical School What is the Anti-Inflammatory Diet for IBD? The IBD-AID was derived from the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and modified with current research on the human microbiome. Research has shown that IBD patients have an imbalance of gut bacteria, which contribute to bowel inflammation. This diet helps to restore balance between helpful and harmful bacteria while promoting good nutrition. The IBD-AID has three phases to treat flares and progress to the ultimate goal of maintaining remission. Pay attention to each phase every day to obtain the best results. You may be surprised at how many delicious recipes & meals can be prepared from these foods! There are 4 basic parts to the diet that need to be included on a daily basis: 1) Prebiotics Foods that feed and maintain the good intestinal bacteria. 2) Probiotics These are fermented foods that have live bacteria within them. 3) Good Balanced Nutrition Eat a variety of fruit and vegetables. Lean proteins and healthy fats. 4) Avoidance of Certain Foods
Modifying Paleo for Autoimmune Conditions (i.e., The Autoimmune Protocol) - The Paleo Mom NOTE: This is no longer the most up-to-date version of the autoimmune protocol. You can see the most current version here. Autoimmune conditions and a leaky gut go hand in hand. , The Paleo Answer , and various podcast and YouTube interviews with Robb Wolf, Prof. and Minding My Mitochondria ). It is vitally important to adhere to a strict paleo diet with no cheating. The reason is that each of these causes gut irritation and/or increased gut permeability (and in the super sensitive gut of those with autoimmune conditions, they just aren’t tolerated). Dr. Meat quality is very important as this profoundly impacts the types of fat that you consume. Autoimmune conditions are also typically associated with disruption of normal gut microflora, often including Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). Healing the gut becomes very important. I know from experience that this is a very challenging task.
Macro Calculator How much carbohydrate, protein, and fat should you be eating each day? Directions Enter daily Calorie goal amount. Results show exact number of Calorie and grams required for each nutrient. How Does This Work? If you have figured out your ideal daily calorie intake, the Macronutrient Calculator helps you convert this into grams of food. Food are grouped into Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats. Various diet regimes propose different ratios for each macronutrient. Figuring Out the Macronutrients in Food Packaged foods have nutritional information posted on them, but fresh foods or restaurant meals have to be figured out manually. However, there are a few great tools that do all the work for you. There are many other options. Do Macronutrients Matter? There is a difference of opinion on this. Some argue that manipulating macronutrient levels is a successful technique for both losing fat and gaining muscle. It’s not all about calories. Getting It In Context Taubes, G. (2013).
The Beginner's Guide to the Paleo Diet | Nerd Fitness So you wanna learn about the Paleo Diet, eh? Here’s the ENTIRE diet in a nutshell: If a caveman didn’t eat it, neither should you. Now, obviously there’s more to it than that, and that’s what I’m going to cover in great detail with this article today. When you are following the Paleo Diet, you can eat anything we could hunt or gather way back in the day – things like meats, fish, nuts, leafy greens, regional veggies, and seeds. Sorry, the pasta, cereal, and candy will have to go! And instead of counting calories and perfectly partitioned portions (say THAT three times fast), you’ll be focusing on eating the right foods instead. And that makes me happy, because I hate counting calories. I don’t like keeping track of how much I’ve eaten or obsessing over how many grams of a particular nutrient I’ve had. Now, this article is SUPER long, so we took the liberty of converting it into a nicely designed guide for easy consumption (not literal consumption, unless you print it on bacon). Ready? Nope.
Diets for Autism, ADHD, Allergies, Autoimmune and Digestive Disorders Stories of Recovery Index - Autoimmune Wellness AIP Stories of Recovery is a success story series about regular people from the Autoimmune Protocol community who are changing their lives using the protocol. Each month a new person is featured and readers have the opportunity to discover all the different health challenges that are being overcome by folks just like themselves on the same path. At Autoimmune Wellness, we hope you’ll be inspired by, empathize with, and learn from these stories. January 2017 // Lyndsey, polyarteritis nodosa When Lyndsey’s doctors couldn’t make sense of her disparate symptoms, she cycled through incorrect diagnoses. February 2017 // Vickie, myasthenia gravis, epilepsy Vickie’s wellness journey began more than 40 years ago when, at age 14, she was diagnosed with epilepsy. March 2017 // Sarah, lichen sclerosis, hypothyroidism, eczema, psoriasis It was the stress of labor that brought about a cascade of seemingly unrelated symptoms for Sarah.
Atkins Diet Investigated Dr. Robert Atkins first wrote about the Atkins diet in the 1981, in his book The New Diet Revolution. Over the last 2 decades, the Atkins diet plan has become one of the most popular diet plans – with Time Magazine naming it “The most popular diet program”. In response to the negative press some aspects of the Atkins program received, the people at Atkins have revamped their program in 2010 so that it lined up with a healthier way of eating called The New Atkins for a New You. Original Atkins Diet (1981) Atkins has four phases – all with a carefully controlled level of carbohydrate intake. Phase 1 The restrictive induction phases lasts for a minimum of two weeks and calls for a maximum of 20 grams of carbohydrate intake (no starchy vegetables, fruits, grains, bread). Weight loss on the Atkins diet is based on the process of Ketosis: “First, the main source of energy for our bodies is carbohydrates. Phase 2 Phase 3 and 4 Atkins recommends choosing unrefined or unprocessed carbohydrates. Pros Cons
Ketogenic Food Pyramid | The KetoDiet Blog ShareFollow us 119.4k Hi Friends! We've been working on a keto food pyramid to help you stick with your diet and make the right food choices. Just like my recipes, this pyramid is primal-friendly and if you skip the dairy section, it's also suitable for a paleo diet. To learn about ketogenic foods in detail, check out my Complete Keto Diet Food List. where I have also listed carb and protein content in common keto-friendly foods. For a bigger version of my ketogenic food pyramid, click on the image below: Pin itFollow us 47.2k Do you like this post?
The Psychological Toll Of The Gluten Free Diet-Amy Burkhart MD,RD The Psychological Toll Of The Gluten Free Diet The term “gluten-free” is now commonplace in our daily lives. Because of gluten’s new found popularity, people believe adhering to a gluten-free diet is easy. Gluten-free food is everywhere, thus people assume it must be a simple diet to follow. It is not. One must worry about crumbs, shared cooking surfaces and the daily potential for serious illness triggered by tiny, accidental and often untraceable exposures to gluten. Imagine being a child sitting at a birthday party wondering what the Barbie cake tastes like as you nibble the gluten-free cookie meant to equal Barbie’s grandeur. The mental burden of treatment The psychological effects of situations like these are significant. Celiac disease is permanent. Children face extra challenges Camp Celiac pool I spend time every summer as the camp physician at Camp Celiacin Livermore, CA, for children who have celiac disease or must adhere to a strict gluten-free diet. Strategies for children 1.
The Lupus Diet A large body of research shows that a healthy, unprocessed diet is very important for managing autoimmune disorder symptoms, including those caused by lupus, because it helps control inflammation stemming from poor gut health. The majority of your immune system is actually located in inside your gastrointestinal tract, which is also known as the microbiome, and researchers believe that up to 90 percent of all diseases can be traced in some way back to dysfunction of the gut/microbiome. That’s why if you have lupus, focusing on a lupus diet treatment plan is a major step natural lupus treatment. As the Lupus Foundation of America puts it, “The scarcity of lupus-specific diet and nutrition information remains a great frustration. But research has given us insight into foods and lifestyle choices that can help diminish the harmful effects of lupus. In particular, there are foods that can affect the body’s inflammatory response.” (1) What Is Lupus? Top Lupus Diet Foods Fresh Fruit Bone Broth
Primal Endurance Podcast by Brad Kearns on Apple Podcasts Delano Report Soil depletion and the decline in nutritional content of fruits and vegetables Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious? Due to currents levels of soil depletion, genetic modification and pesticides, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today. But what’s the nutritional difference between a carrot in 1950s and one today? Higher antioxidant levels, lower pesticide loads, better farming practices all lead to a more nutritious end product when choosing organic over GMO foods. A landmark study on the topic by Donald Davis and his team of researchers from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was published in December 2004 in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Other findings published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showed that organically produced apples have a 15 percent higher antioxidant capacity than conventionally produced apples. Ahern says,