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The Downsides To The Ketogenic Diet

Let’s talk about high fat, high protein diets, and their impact on the gut.

In the last year or so, I’ve been concerned about the stool test results I see from clients following a ketogenic diet. These diets are very low in carbs, including resistant starches.
My concerns are now being validated in the scientific literature.

When you’re on a ketogenic diet, the weight comes off but, you’re cutting back on carbs, including the healthy ones. Now, a lot of experts in the field, including dieticians, nutritionists, and naturopaths are raising concerns about the decrease in carbohydrate intake.

Carbs are essential for your overall health and your gut. If you restrict carb intake for an extended period, the gut can suffer significantly. Studies are demonstrating that people who cut their carb intake have lower levels of beneficial bacteria. They also have smaller amounts of short-chain fatty acids, which in turn reduces the amount of antioxidants available to protect cells from DNA damage.

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Losing weight on a ketogenic diet may also mean that your aging has accelerated.
There is no doubt people who eat more protein and more fat are prone to more rapid aging than people who eat a balanced diet. Looking slim now might come at a considerable cost when you’re 60. You could end up looking ten years older.Be careful with the ketogenic diet. Consider the long-term consequences of reducing your intake of healthy carbohydrates.

You shouldn’t cut as many carbs out of your diet as you possibly can, thinking that keto is a weight-loss nirvana. The ketogenic diet may help some people in the short-term, but eventually, you’ve got to come back to ground zero and start eating a normal diet again. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to click on the link below in the description box fo my full report.

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Don’t Be Fooled By These 5 Gut Health Myths

Even smart people can be duped into believing myths about gut health. Here are seven of the most common misunderstandings about the GI tract that I’ve encountered during my years of practice.

1. Many people believe that gut problems are primarily caused by food. Nothing can be further from the truth. I’ve seen many clients who have terrible diets and excellent gut health. I’ve also seen people with amazingly healthy diets who have terrible gut problems.

For many clients, a high-stress lifestyle overrides a healthy diet. If you’re unhappy in life, I don’t care what kind of food you eat; you need to get things sorted.

2. Eating clean doesn’t guarantee good gut health. I’ve seen people eat incredibly clean and yet continue to have gut problems. Eating clean sometimes involve being extremely rigid about food choices. My point is that limiting yourself to four types of quinoa, three types of legumes, and two types of green drinks is often not the answer. A diverse diet that isn’t sterile helps generate a diverse gut flora.

You don’t need to eat super clean to have super good gut health. In fact, ou need bacteria to keep your gut in good shape,

3. Carbohydrates are not the demons they are made out to be. With the ketogenic diet being the rage right now, many people are eating more protein and fat at the expense of healthy carbs. The common symptom I’ve seen in my ketogenic clients is fatigue. Once you take bananas, most fruits, many vegetables, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and whole grains out of your diet, your fiber intake plummets.

Of course, there is no harm in avoiding carbs like white bread, candy, and French fries. But sweet potatoes are a darn good food.

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4. Many people claim that the ketogenic diet is the best way to lose weight. I strongly beg to differ. You don’t need a ketogenic diet to lose weight; you need common sense. Eat the right kind of food and avoid the wrong kind.

I had many clients over the year who lost weight and kept it off by changing their diet and their lifestyle. With time, their gut improved so much, it finally starting to give them the right signals. The donut in the office kitchen no longer tempted them.

5. Writing off supplements as a waste of time is a mistake. I hear people say “food cures all,” and “food is medicine, medicine is food.’ Yet, when your gut is in a terrible place, sometimes supplements make all the difference in the world. I’ve had many clients who tried to get better by following a healthy diet. They weren’t able to achieve gut health until they incorporated an antimicrobial like CanXida Remove into their supplement regime.

Once they cleaned up the bad bacteria, they added some probiotics and enzymes into the mix, and that kick-started their gut back to health. CanXida Restore is a very effective mix of probiotics and digestive enzymes.

Following a healthy diet is essential for the long-term. But sometimes you need some short-term help from supplements.

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Should You Cheat On The Keto Diet?

Is it a good idea to have a cheat day when you’re on the keto diet?

The ketogenic diet is extremely popular now. It’s also being used to treat medical conditions like type II diabetes. The ketogenic diet is used for weight loss. People on the diet consume relatively large amounts of fat, smaller amounts of protein and then only 10 to 15% carbs.

I read an interesting study that was conducted by an associate professor at a University in British Columbia. In this study, nine young men went on a strict ketogenic diet for ten days after which time they were given a 75 gram dose of carbohydrates. 75 grams of carbs is equivalent to a soda drink or a small plate of fries.

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The goal was to see what would happen to the blood sugar regulation in these young men after days of eating minimal carbs. To their horror, what they discovered was a massive spike in inflammatory markers. As a result of these findings, the professor stated that he has grave concerns for people who have cheats days while on the ketogenic diet.

Many people have will do this. They’ll have six or seven days where they strictly follow the ketogenic diet and they’ll they have one day of eating whatever they want. Invariably the cheat day means eating a ton of carbs. Unfortunately, you can’t do have cheat days on while on the ketogenic diet without damaging the blood vessels.

The study revealed that these inflammatory markers can cause quite serious damage to small blood vessels. This is my concern. If you have people on a strict type of diet for long, they’re going to break out and go crazy after a while. They’re going to binge on junk.

After years of helping people with their weight and nutrition, I’ve found that in most cases dieting doesn’t work. People certainly lose weight but then they put it all back – and sometimes very quickly.

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Comparing the Keto and Candida Crusher diets

Which one is better, the ketogenic or the Candida Crusher diet?

Well, in my mind, one isn’t better than the other – they’re just different. It’s up to you to decide which one is right for you. Keto diets have one aim in mind, and that’s to lose weight. Years ago, ketogenic diets were used for medical reasons such as to help manage epilepsy.

The Candida Crusher diet that I created was designed to clean the diet up, particularly the MEVY (meats, egg, vegetables, yogurt) aspect. I like the comment by Dr. Eric Berg, who said healthy people lose weight, losing weight doesn’t make people healthy. I agree because when you have a proper diet and healthy lifestyle, you’re not going to gain weight.

What I think the ketogenic diet lacks is that it doesn’t address stress or lifestyle. It also remains to be seen what the long-term effects are of sticking to a keto eating plan. I also don’t like people thinking that they need to eat a certain way to lose or manage their weight. I prefer that people eat the foods they enjoy within reason.

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I always had my clients look at how their gut what impacted by their diet. I also emphasized the importance of lifestyle to gut health. I’ve known many people who eat keto that still don’t lose weight or gain all the weight back again because of the stress in their life.

The Candida Crusher diet cleans up the gut. The first two weeks is about going “warm turkey.” The focus is on eliminating things from the diet that are barriers to gut health. I also encourage people to eat cultured and fermented foods and anti-microbial foods that can help reduce Candida. Eating things that help bust up the biofilms of dysbiotic flora is encouraged, as is the fiber which increases the production of beneficial lactobacillus.

The Candida Crusher diet also differs from the ketogenic one because it removes any potential allergens from the meal plan. This step allows the person to heal from leaky gut a lot faster. The focus of the Candida diet is not weight loss. It’s about beneficial microbes, improving levels of digestive enzymes, and improving digestion, absorption, and excretion of food.

The Candida Crusher diet doesn’t just result in weight loss. It brings back balance to the gut resulting in lower levels of anxiety, a decrease in brain fog, and increased overall well-being. People on the ketogenic diet avoid corn, wheat, rice, tubers, and cereals. They’re also advised to avoid all sugar and to have only blueberries and raspberries as fruit.

I agree with the ketogenic diets’ advice to avoid artificial sweeteners. And reducing sugar intake overall is reasonable. But I don’t agree with limiting tubers, fruit, and grains.Fruit can contribute to dietary control and contains ample fiber that can increase beneficial bacteria counts.

On the Candida diet, I recommend avoiding grapes, watermelons, other melons, and citrus fruits except for lemons and limes. I think that most people can tolerate oats and rice. There are several good types of rice to eat that provide fiber and help control the appetite.

By and large, the ketogenic diet is reasonable as a short-term plan, but I think it should be customized to your health goals and your gut. Having a diverse diet that includes grains, fruit, and vegetables contributes to a more resilient and balanced gut flora.

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