Pasta is so versatile that you can have it with almost anything, and it will make the meal better. It's subtle taste and soft texture give it the ability to pair different cuisines from all over the world. But, there is one crucial caveat to mention. The most popular pasta varieties are so carb-dense that they should not be eaten on the low-carb diet and ketogenic diet. However, this doesn't mean that you can't have your favorite pasta recipes when you are cutting carbs. There are plenty ...
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The 15 Best Keto Pasta Recipes
- January 21, 2018
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Ketosis, Ketones, and How It All Works
Understanding how ketosis works is an important part when starting a keto diet. Ketosis is a process that the body goes through on an everyday basis, regardless of the number of carbs you eat. This is because this process provides us with energy from ketones whenever sugar is not readily available. In fact, you may have already experienced a very mild level of ketosis if you ever skipped a meal or two, didn't eat many carbs during the day or exercised for longer than an hour. By doing one of ...
- November 27, 2013
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Perfect Cup of Keto Coffee
Keto coffee is quite a bit healthier than your average breakfast, and it has the calories to match. Commonly used in intermittent fasting, keto butter coffee gives plenty of energy and a great satiated feeling throughout the morning fasting hours. Now, I want to explain this further. Drinking this coffee will break your fast from the night time, but it will ramp up your metabolism with caffeine and fats. This is to help you get through the fasting process in the 10+ hours ...
- December 11, 2013
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Coconut Flour vs. Almond Flour — Everything You Need to Know
With coconut flour and almond flour, you can make pancakes, cookies, bread, muffins, pizza, and even waffles that are both healthy and delicious. In fact, they are the feature flours for anyone following a ketogenic, paleo, low-carb, or gluten-free diet — allowing us to satisfy almost any craving without slipping back into our old eating habits. As with any food, however, there are some crucial caveats to be aware of before using these flours. After considering these concerns, we find ...
- June 20, 2019
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Insulin Sensitivity: How You Can Optimize It for Better Health
How our cells respond to hormones dictates, to a large extent, how healthy we are. For example, when our cells aren't sensitive to the effects of insulin (one of the main anabolic and energy-storage hormones in the body), we have a higher chance of developing metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. In contrast, insulin sensitive cells are able to efficiently and effectively respond to insulin in a way that allows us to carry out many of the vital mechanisms needed ...
- July 6, 2018
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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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Guide to the Carnivore Diet: Risks, Benefits, Food List, and Keto Meal Plan
In stark contrast to veganism, the carnivore diet is composed of exclusively animal products, mainly meat. Though this goes against the common consensus that whole plant foods are healthy, many have experienced miraculous results after going on a 100% carnivore diet meal plan. Unfortunately, these success stories are often followed by an overwhelming amount of misleading information regarding the benefits and risks of eliminating plants from your meals. To help uncover the truth behind ...
- January 29, 2020
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10 Best Keto Smoothie Recipes (Low-Carb Shakes)
I've been doing keto for over a decade, and smoothies have been part of my routine almost that entire time. Not every day, but often enough that I've made a lot of them, dialed a few of them in, and scrapped plenty of ideas that sounded good on paper but tasted like liquid sadness. The thing about keto smoothies is that fat is doing the heavy lifting. Without enough of it, you end up with something watery and unsatisfying that leaves you hungry 45 minutes later. When you get the fat ratio right ...
- May 9, 2026
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Prosciutto and Mozzarella Bomb
I find that I struggle the most during weeknight dinners because, honestly, who has time to slave in the kitchen after a hard day’s work? This Prosciutto and Mozzarella Bomb is not only filling, but it also pairs well with almost anything! Made from a fresh mozzarella ball wrapped in prosciutto, then pan-fried - which creates a salty, smokey, and crispy exterior for the cheese filling. Throw on top of a bowl of baby spinach, olive oil, and balsamic glaze. Or how about sliced tomatoes ...
- January 28, 2020
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Is the Ketogenic Diet Healthy? How to Know If Keto Is Right for You
The keto diet is so vastly different from most dietary patterns that many people are concerned about its impact on our health. After decades of being told how bad high-fat diets are for us, it may seem like the high-fat, low-carb keto diet would be the most harmful and least healthy diet that one can possibly follow. However, the research on the keto diet reveals a different story. The severity of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity, for example, can all be reduced by cutting the ...
- August 23, 2018
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