Final nail in the coffin for “low-fat”?

Food experts at war on new advice to "eat more fat" @DrAseemMalhotra pic.twitter.com/OF8wQx8CZ9 — Dr Maryanne Demasi (@MaryanneDemasi) May 23, 2016 Anyone following this blog will not be surprised by this headline. The latest report by the UK National Obesity Forum states that: Low-fat food has had “disastrous health consequences” and should be reversed. Eating…

Summer is here at last!

Finally, the sun is out and summer is back once more in the Nordics. Time to get those shoes & socks off and the flips on for some precious and FREE Vitamin D, courtesy of the sun. In one of my earlier posts prior to the winter, I explained how I was increasing my Vitamin…

Why I’m against soft drinks sugar taxes

It’s been a while since my last post for which I can only apologize. Contrary to any rumors out there I haven’t fallen off the LCHF wagon. On the contrary, this year marks both my fourth year of LCHF and my 50th on this planet! All bio-markers remain excellent and, to be perfectly frank, I’ve never felt better!!…

Metabolic Syndrome

What exactly is Metabolic Syndrome and why does it matter? The term Metabolic Syndrome is largely credited to Dr Gerald Reaven who initially termed it “syndrome X”, a collection of symptoms associated with insulin resistance that significantly increase your risk of acquiring cardiovascular disease. He was one of the first to note that low fat/ high carb diets should…

Practical Ketogenics: Alcohol

This is probably the post a lot of you have been waiting for; “how much can I drink when it comes to LCHF?” The simple answer is the less the better!  Over the last 20 years or so, both the cost and availability of alcohol have respectively gone down/ up, such that now it is…

Low Carb Coconut Cream Frappe

Summer is here, and what better than to chill out with a delicious LCHF Coconut Cream Frappe. The inspiration for this came from my recent holiday to Greece, home of the frappe. You simply can’t visit Greece in the summer without trying out a frappe. The trouble of course is that they tend to come…