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Zero Carb and Ketones – Why They Don’t Matter

ketone chart By – Dana

High ketones are a sign of inefficient fat burning. If you have high ketone readings or if you can easily produce high ketone readings, you are not 100% fat adapted. Of course, if you are on a Zero Carb diet, you are in ketosis all the time, but our ketone levels become stable, just like our blood sugar levels.

The science on this is very new and very misunderstood. Dr Phinney has done the most research on it, but even he is misunderstanding. He thinks elevated ketones, in a target range, are a great thing and we should strive to be in “nutritional ketosis”. I wish he would try Zero Carb, so he can see what happens when people eat the human optimal diet, meat, with no restrictions or counting macros.

Limiting Protein?! (Here we go again)

By – Charles Washington

The issue that just won’t go away, “too much protein” has taken another turn because a more visible person has adopted the theory. ZIOH (and ZCH) has been pretty clear about our position but Dr. Paul Mabry has invected some new arguments in a recent blog post. Because this is such a divisive issue within ZC communities, it’s important to define and sharpen our definition in the face of competing ideas. There are many things that appear close to ZC but are not the definite article. Hopefully, this post will set this aright for you and as always you’re free to make up your own mind.

High Cholesterol and Gluconeogenesis Explained

cholesterol By: 10 year Zero Carb Veteran

In response to a question about our cholesterol levels since we eat a high fat, Zero Carb diet.

Just a couple of points I might add to these thoughts: Excepting other rare/genetic conditions, it is having elevated levels of glucose in the blood which actually causes atherosclerosis, not the cholesterol itself being shuttled on lipoproteins through the blood vessels.

All About Cholesterol

cholesterol By – Dana

One of the most common questions we get in our Facebook group is “What about your cholesterol?!” So many doctors are behind the times and still don’t understand cholesterol and lipid profiles. High total cholesterol means nothing and is not an indication of anything. It is the triglyceride number of your cholesterol panel that is the most important. High triglycerides is an indication of heart disease and metabolic syndrome.

Common Nutrition Myths

Diet Myths By – Dana Spencer

Marcy found this gem (Top 11 Biggest Lies of Mainstream Nutrition) on Authority Nutrition, so I thought posting about it so we can find it again would be a good idea.

In the Zero Carb Health Facebook Group, we often get people questioning us about these common diet myths.

Fasting and Zero Carb

Fasting By – Dana Spencer

Zero Carb Health does not advocate Fasting or IF (intermittent fasting) on a Zero Carb Diet. Fasting is beneficial if you are eating a diet that contains carbohydrates. The reason fasting is beneficial is because of the absence of damaging, inflammatory carbohydrates in the body, not the lack of food.

Sugar damages our bodies in many ways. There is no benefit of eating sugar, so eliminating sugar is a huge relief to our bodies. You can read all about the why and how sugar is so damaging in this article by Gary Taubes.

Hormones in Beef

By Dana – 7/28/15

I was going through my timeline and found a post from one of our Members, Amanda. She wrote a great article containing lots of links on the controversial subject of Hormones in Beef.

Her article, featured in Beef Magazine is here: A Visual To Add To Your Arsenal About Hormones And Beef.

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The Failure of 5 Small Meals A Day

By Dana Spencer 6/8/2015

The first post here authored by me! 🙂

Recently, a few people mentioned they eat 5-6 small meals all day because they think it keeps your metabolism going. Read More

Common Myths of Mainstream Nutrition

I was looking for information to direct to Zero Carb newbies when we get asked these common questions:

Are eggs OK?
I thought saturated fat caused heart disease.
Don’t we need grains?
Too much protein is bad for your kidneys.
Low fat is better for me.
Several small meals per day is better than 2 or 3 big meals.
Omega 6 /3 Ratios
Low Carb / Zero Carb diets are dangerous in the long term.
What’s so bad about sugar?
But, fat makes me fat.

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