I’ve posted two other low-carb ice cream recipes on this blog before – Key Lime and Rich Chocolate. They were not only low-carb but also “functional“. In other words, they were designed to play the role of a complete meal (I know what you are thinking: “A bowl of ice cream is a complete meal?”)….
Which should you choose for sweetening your food – sugar or artificial sweeteners? Which sweetener is better? Is any of them “better” at all? In an experiment scientists gave rats a predetermined amount of yogurt with saccharin and another group of rats – the same amount of yogurt with glucose (1). Not only did…
The question is are more frequent and smaller meals better for you or are fewer and larger meals better? Six meals vs two meals? Which way to go? You’re probably going to ask, “Doesn’t this depend on your goal? Isn’t it different if you want to lose fat vs to gain weight/muscle?” The…
I had a few pieces of rotisserie chicken left in my fridge from the night before. Didn’t know what to do with them so I came up with quick BAKED Chicken Leftovers, Spinach and Portabella Burgers (or patties, if you wish). It’s very easy, and it takes about 8-10 minutes to throw everything together. Baking time…
Although I am not personally gluten sensitive beyond the normal sensitivity of all humans to gluten, a storage protein in the Triticeae grasses family, to which wheat and rye cereal grains belong, I do my best to avoid foods, containing these proteins. I’ve operated a dedicated gluten-free bakery for 3 years. During that time, of course,…
This just in. A Gallup survey just came out demonstrating that the rate of obesity is increasing nearly among all age groups, compared to the obesity numbers from 2008. Gallup polled 500K+ individuals to gather this data. The age group that showed the least amount of upward change was the 18-27-year old adults (look at the chart…
New study done at the University of Chicago demonstrates interesting, but expected results: Sleep deprivation causes decreased insulin sensitivity with 30 percent in healthy young individuals. These results were seen only after 4 days of 4.5 hours of sleep! Insulin sensitivity is the opposite of insulin resistance. Insulin resistance means that on a whole-body level…
I’ve been using different forms of stevia for several years now. I always wondered if stevia is safe in normal and even in higher doses. I did a search in the scientific literature. I went back to 1968 for individual studies and I found compilation studies as well. Before I tell you what I discovered,…
First, I used to be a natural bodybuilder and although I no longer compete I continue to live a similar to a competitive bodybuilder lifestyle (just without the extremes and the damage they cause). This means I continue to appreciate and seek to enrich whatever foods I personally “process” with good amounts of protein. Second,…