New Year resolutions always seem like an exercise in futility. Everyone does them. But, it is difficult to get the social support to make any kind of New Year resolution work. Failure is expected. Starting out in the aftermath of a holiday like New Year's Eve probably doesn't help much either. New Year's resolutions tend … Continue reading 2018 Experiments, 1st Quarter Follow-up
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What I’ve Learned After Nearly One Year of Keto: My Best Tips For Newbies
"Keep it simple when you're just starting - don't get overwhelmed by all of the recipes out there. Focus on meat, chicken, cheese, eggs, butter, bacon, avocado and green veggies like broccoli and spinach. Riced cauliflower will also be a very close friend of yours. Once you've got keto down, you can always branch out … Continue reading What I’ve Learned After Nearly One Year of Keto: My Best Tips For Newbies
2018 Experiment: Ketogenic Diet
Background: A ketogenic diet is centered on fat as the main source of calories. While approaches vary, it typically involves getting >66% of total calories from fat, a gram of protein for every kilogram of weight, and minimizing carbohydrates to the degree possible, which means absolutely less than 50 grams and ideally, less than 20 … Continue reading 2018 Experiment: Ketogenic Diet
The Key to Happiness: Coconuts
"...the key to happiness [is] simple: Abandon your earthly possessions, move to a tropical island, become a nudist, and eat only coconuts." —Zoe Bernard,"The Curious Case of August Engelhardt, Leader of a Coconut-Obsessed Cult." Atlas Obscura. November 30, 2017. Imagine sitting down in a small room in Germany in 1902 and listening to August Engelhardt's … Continue reading The Key to Happiness: Coconuts
