Cutting carbs can help you lose substantial amounts of fat, but there is another key ingredient that’ll help you maintain those weight loss results for life: convenience. Simply put, if you make your low carb or ketogenic diet more convenient than grabbing an unhealthy meal, you will be able to create a lifestyle that helps you lose weight and improve health naturally. One way to do this is by cooking healthy low carb keto freezer meals, so you always have something you can eat when you’re ...
15+ Low Carb Freezer Meals for Easy Keto: Recipes and Meal Prep Tips
- June 8, 2020
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The Ruled.me Food Policy
No diet is one size fits all. Even the most successful keto diet plan will not be the optimal approach for you. This is because long-term weight loss results heavily depend on the factors that influence your food choices (e.g., your current lifestyle, food environment, moral values, work/travel schedule, food budget, meal preferences, and social/family life). Our goal with Ruled.me is to empower you with the content you need to formulate an optimal keto lifestyle for long-term success — a ...
- May 26, 2020
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The Guide to Keto For Women: Lose Weight & Improve Health at Any Age
The keto diet is so different from other weight loss diet plans that it tends to spark concern, particularly regarding women’s health. There is no doubt that carb restriction can promote substantial amounts of fat loss for many women, but its impact on hormone levels, fertility, pregnancy, and menopause is often misunderstood. This naturally begs the question: Do keto weight loss results come at a cost, or is the diet a win-win for women's health? To help answer this critical question, ...
- May 13, 2020
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The Best Nuts for Keto: Low Carb Nuts, Seeds & What to Avoid
Nuts are known for their vitamin, mineral, fiber, and healthy fat content. What is often overlooked, however, is how many carbs they add to the diet. Since nuts are designed by nature to provide nourishment for a new plant, each one comes with some net carbs in the form of starches and sugars. This is why it is crucial to consider the carb counts of each nut before you incorporate them into your keto lifestyle. To give you a better idea of the best nuts for keto, let's take a look at carbs ...
- March 7, 2020
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Jalapeno Cauliflower Rice Balls
These crispy, spicy, and cheesy rice balls are the perfect way to use up cauliflower rice. I saw a recipe online that used regular rice and breadcrumbs. I knew right away that I had to try and recreate this with cauliflower. The inside is like a jalapeno popper, and the outside has a wonderfully crunchy texture thanks to the pork rind and Parmesan coating. If you have some leftover cauliflower fried rice on hand, then this would be a great recipe to make use of that. I’ve included ...
- January 30, 2020
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What is Xanthan Gum? Benefits, Risks, Uses, and Substitutions
While following a low-carb or keto diet, you'll inevitably come across xanthan gum. Its thickening and stabilizing properties make it an excellent substitute for corn starch and gluten in low-carb flours, breads, soups, and sauces. However, before you start experimenting with this common keto staple, it is important to understand what xanthan gum is, common xanthan gum substitutes, its impact on our health, its uses, and how to replace it. This is why we created this comprehensive guide to ...
- June 9, 2019
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What is Guar Gum? Definition, Benefits, Risks, & Uses
Guar gum is typically used as a natural food thickener and binding agent, similar to xanthan gum but with slightly different properties. Despite the stigma surrounding this common keto-friendly additive, guar gum is safe for most people and provides many health benefits when consumed in moderation. However, there are some caveats that are important to understand before you use it or replace it with a suitable substitute. To help clear up any guar gum confusion, we put together a ...
- June 9, 2019
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The Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: Optimal Health and Weight Loss
The Mediterranean diet is widely recognized as being one of the best diets for weight loss and overall health. When compared to a typical western diet filled with processed foods, this plant-based diet is a safe, effective, and reliable bet. However, conservative approaches typically yield moderate results. In contrast, radically unconventional diets have a greater potential to make significant changes — changes that may come with an increased health risk for some. The keto diet is the ...
- June 9, 2019
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What is Saturated Fat? The Truth about These “Bad” Fats
Saturated fat has been known for decades as being a “bad” or “unhealthy” type of fat. However, the truth is saturated with complexity. For example, specific types of saturated fats and different foods rich in these fats can vary in how they affect our health. These fats can also impact each of us differently depending on our genetic vulnerabilities. For most people, however, this “bad” fat actually has a neutral or positive effect on health, particularly when consumed as a part of a carb ...
- June 6, 2019
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