If you're dieting but rarely feel full or satisfied with what you're eating, it can feel like hunger is constantly on your tail as you try to lose weight. It's a common struggle and maybe one you know firsthand.
If you're dieting but rarely feel full or satisfied with what you're eating, it can feel like hunger is constantly on your tail as you try to lose weight. It's a common struggle and maybe one you know firsthand.
Intermittent fasting regularly shows up as many health-seekers' go-to eating plan, and for good reason.
People have loved the Mediterranean diet for many years. It's not a weight loss diet, per se. It's just how people in places close to the Mediterranean Sea naturally eat.
From workouts to working hours, most of us enjoy a little flexibility. So it's no wonder that when it comes to what we eat, a little wiggle room goes a long way. A flexitarian diet (think flexible + vegetarian) is a food routine that involves eating primarily plant-based foods but still accommodates occasionally eating meat and other animal products in moderation.
When we're trying to lose weight, we usually think about what we can and can't eat. Bye-bye beer and burgers. Helloooo carrots and kale! But with intermittent fasting, the focus is on when you can and can't eat. 20:4 intermittent fasting comes in hot with a 20-hour — yes, a 20-HOUR — fast and a 4-hour eating window. It sounds a little extreme, huh? So … does it work? Is it necessary to fast that long in order to lose weight or improve your health? Is it even healthy to go 20 hours a day without eating? Let's get some answers.
The one meal a day (OMAD) diet is a type of time-restricted eating intermittent fasting schedule that involves — you guessed it — eating just one meal a day and fasting the rest of the time.
Intermittent fasting and keto seem to go hand in hand. Many people do them together. Why is that? Well, it's thought that as intermittent fasting causes ketosis, adding the keto diet to your intermittent fasting efforts will maximize the fat-burning and wellness results you can get.
Low-carb diets — diets that restrict carbohydrates and instead focus on fats and proteins — have been around for a LONG time. A very long time — the Atkins diet, for example, was popularized in the 1960s.
Your brain is the thing that makes you you — your perspective, your memories, your expressions, your emotions, and your thoughts. It's an incredibly powerful hub of activity, but like any other part of your body, its capabilities and functions can change over time and decline with age.
One of THE most important habits for positively changing your nutrition is the unassuming but often-challenging habit of … meal planning. This holds true for any way we might approach our eating. Whether you're going keto, paleo, low carb, etc., meal planning is fundamental to success.