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When I started eating keto in 2013, my doctor looked at my cholesterol panel and did that slow nod - the kind that means he was about to recommend a statin. My total cholesterol had gone up. My LDL had gone up. The conversation that followed was the same one tens of thousands of people have every year after going low-carb.The problem is that most of those conversations are based on a framework built for a different diet entirely. Standard cholesterol interpretation was developed in the context ...

A common belief among bodybuilders is that carbohydrates are essential for building the best physiques. However, carbohydrates have little to do with the success of many bodybuilders. The key to improving body composition is not through little intricacies like eating the right amount of carbs at the right times. The best bodies are built by implementing five simple principles, whether you are on the ketogenic diet or not. The Five Most Important Bodybuilding Principles The bodybuilding ...

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 ...