Previous to today, I never gave the reliability of blood glucose monitors a second thought. I assumed that if they were sold in Canada, they were reliable. Not all are as good as others, it seems! Yesterday morning, as I always do, I tested my morning fasting blood glucose with my glucometer. As someone with Type … Read more
Many people (including me) are sick with the flu and many are sipping soup, because it is warm and comforting and provides them with some protein, vitamins and minerals. I’m drinking chicken soup, made from my grandmother’s recipe and this isn’t any chicken soup, as you will soon find out. Whenever someone in my family is sick, … Read more
Since 1977, the dietary recommendations in Canada and the US has been for people to consume a diet with limited fat and where ”complex carbohydrates” (starches) comprise the main source of calories. From 1949 until 1977, the dietary recommendations of Canada’s Food Guide were for people to consume ~20-30% of their daily calories as carbohydrate ~40-50% of … Read more
Long before the ‘hybrid car” there was the human body – a hybrid ‘machine’ perfectly designed to use either carbohydrates or fat for energy. Like a hybrid car, we can run on one fuel source or the other at any one time. If we are eating a largely carbohydrate based diet, we will be in ‘carbohydrate … Read more
This delicious low carb high fat Matcha Smoothie may help you lose abdominal fat. The science behind it, the recipe & the nutritional info in this article. Green tea is the unfermented leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant and contains several biologically active compounds called catechins of which epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) makes up ~ 30% of the solids … Read more
Based on a meta-analysis of studies, it has been found that people can lose ~ 3 pounds in a 12 week period (making no other dietary or exercise changes) by consuming 1 – 4 tsp of green tea (matcha) powder per day. The effect of green tea catechins contained in matcha powder on body fat composition is great even when weight loss is small (i.e. ~5 lbs in 12 weeks), Total amount of abdominal fat decreases 25x more with green tea catechin consumption & the fat just below the skin of the abdomen decreases 8x more than when green tea catechins are not consumed !
