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What is the Keto Diet – and What Isn’t It?

June 22, 2017 By California Health Living Editor Leave a Comment

Keto Diet TipsThe ketogenic diet redefines what we think we know about nutrition. In the last few years it has gained popularity through the media as a trendy weight loss diet. While it’s true that many people lose weight on the keto diet, the first records show its use in much different contexts.

Where Does the Keto Diet Come From?

There are records of keto fasting as early as ancient Greece (500 BCE). However the Greek weren’t striving to look slim in their toga, they used fasting to control epilepsy. Keto and fasting became more common in the United States as early the 1920s, also to treat epileptic seizures.

More recently, in the 1990’s a producer named Jim Abrahams reignited interest in the ketogenic diet when he shared that his son was using it to control his epilepsy. Since that time it has become a hot topic in the academic and medical worlds as well as mainstream fitness culture.

Nowadays many thousands of people around the world follow the keto diet for a wide variety of reasons: medical conditions such as epilepsy, diabetes, and PCOS; weight loss, mental clarity, sports performance, etc.

What IS Keto

“Keto” broadly refers to the ketogenic state – when the body uses ketone bodies for energy instead of glycogen derived from carbohydrates. This is only achieved when you strictly limit your consumption of dietary carbohydrates, and eat plenty of fats to support ketone production – which is commonly referred to as the “keto diet”.

Don’t think of the keto diet as a set of dietary rules, think of it as the nutrition used to achieve and support the state of ketosis. This typically involves consuming less than 50g of carbohydrates per day, and consuming about 60-70% of daily calories from healthy fat sources.

To achieve ketosis most people:

  • Eliminate sugars and grains from their diet entirely
  • Limit starchy vegetables
  • Increase dietary fats from healthy sources: coconut oil, grass-fed meats, avocado oil, dairy, seeds, nuts
  • Supplement intelligently with electrolytes and BHB

What ISN’T Keto

Being “keto” is not a set of rules, it is a biological state. The goal of the diet is to achieve “ketosis”, which is the way your body creates and burns energy.

While eliminating sugar is vital to maintaining ketosis in the long-term, one or two grams of sugars hidden in your salad dressing does not make you “not keto” as long as your body maintains a state of ketosis.

The following are often considered “not keto”:

  • Peanuts
  • Soy
  • Onions
  • Alcohol
  • MSG
  • Artificial sweeteners including Splenda and Equal

However, most of these foods can be ingested in very minimal amounts without kicking your body out of ketosis.

Another common myth is that all low carb diets are keto, or that you can follow a “mostly keto” diet. Some low carb diets strictly prohibit sugars and grains but allow unlimited vegetables, while others encourage a large increase in protein consumption. Both of these examples may make it hard for your body to reach or maintain a state of ketosis.

Similarly, even if you follow a “mostly keto” diet (i.e. follow similar dietary guidelines with some exceptions,) it’s likely that you are not reaping the benefits of actually being in a state of ketosis.

How Do You Know If You’re Keto?

It is likely that you will notice natural signs when your body enters ketosis. The smell of your breath and urine may change, and you may feel thirstier throughout the day. There are also easy and affordable tests that measure ketones through blood, urine, or breath analysis.

Testing your ketone levels is smart, especially when you are just starting out. While it’s relatively easy to eat keto-friendly foods, you won’t reap the benefits of the diet unless your body actually reaches and maintains a state of ketosis.



Filed Under: Healthy Eating Tagged With: Keto Diet

Fitness Fanatics Can Turn Social Media “Likes” Into Cash with Fitmoo

April 28, 2015 By California Health Living Editor Leave a Comment

Fitmoo ReviewNew social and shopping site neatly organizes your fitness life in one place while giving everyone access to what the top athletes and trainers are wearing and how they train.

Chances are you use a half dozen or so online tools and mobile apps for your fitness needs. You probably follow your favorite celebrity trainers and athletes one place, find new brands and shop for gear somewhere else, get your gym’s class schedule elsewhere, and connect with friends and communities in yet another spot. Even if you’re one of the most insightful “fit-fluencers” in your social network, you are probably not being paid for introducing friends and followers to new fitness finds.

Enter new kid on the fitness block – Fitmoo, which provides a single platform for socializing and monetizing everything fitness related. Just launched in March 2015, Fitmoo already has more than 16,000 users, 14,000 communities and 200 brands on board, with plans to have 500 brands and 1 million users signed up by the end of the year.

Fitmoo Review

Fitmoo is available via website now with plans for full mobile app usage in the near future.  Anyone who is into fitness can benefit from Fitmoo, which is free to join. You can follow people and join communities, find trending classes and events, spot and buy hot new apparel, and endorse products. Some of the brands you’ll find on Fitmoo range in name from Reebok and Gaiam for workout wear to Fuel for Fire fruit and protein packs and Kill Cliff recovery drinks in the nutrition category.

Fitmoo Review

Anyone can follow their favorite celebrity trainers, athletes and friends to see what they are eating, drinking, buying, selling, wearing, and using to stay healthy and fit. Top notch athletes like CrossFit superstar Christmas Abbott and Alex Johnson, five-time U.S. national champion climber, are using Fitmoo along with celebrity trainers Danny Musico and AKT inMotion‘s Anna Kaiser whose client roster’s include Sylvester Stallone, Demi Moore and Kelly Ripa.

On top of being able to follow your favorite fitness brands and trainers via Fitmoo is the potential to make money off the products they promote. Unlike Facebook, Pinterest or YouTube, when you endorse and share a product associated with Fitmoo’s FitStore and one of your social media followers purchases it, you earn a 5 percent commission. It can be on anything from fitness gear to workout wear to supplements and more. So now, when you post that “selfie” from the gym and one of your friends asks where you got those new yoga pants, you have the potential to turn your social media post into cash.

Fitmoo Revenue Review

Fitmoo founder Jeff Dyment projects someone with 45,000 social media followers can make upwards of six figures per year in commissions through Fitmoo, which he says is a great way for athletes who don’t have a huge endorsement deal to augment their income so they have more time to train. It’s also a great way for fitness bloggers and anyone who is into fitness to make some extra money.

Fitmoo Review

Fitmoo cross-populates with content on other social media sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter so you can get motivated with videos of trainers’ favorite workouts and recipes, find out about contests and get a glimpse of fitness fashion look books without having to follow them on multiple social media platforms. And if you prefer to keep your fitness and work lives separate, Fitmoo’s a great place to avoid annoying your non-athletic friends with your “fitness selfies.” But don’t be too wary to share. A SheKnows study found 53 percent of the 1,329 people surveyed say the “feel inspired and motivated to be healthier when their friends share updates about their fitness via social media.”

Fitmoo plans to roll out added features and services in phases, including discount codes, custom commission structures, workout tabs, check-ins and even fitness dating. Since the company conducted its beta test with help from the CrossFit community, it’s a bit heavy on CrossFit products and communities now, but is working to augment its health and beauty, outdoor, running, swimming and yoga offerings, among others, in the coming months.

“Because the content on Fitmoo is populated by our users and not dictated by us, it will naturally grow to encompass the brands, communities and products that are of most interest to the people who use the platform,” adds Dyment, an Ironman athlete who leads Fitmoo’s New York City based team of technology experts, all of whom have a passion for fitness.

Anyone can create a free Fitmoo login by visiting www.Fitmoo.com and then integrate it into social media channels, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter. So if you don’t Fitmoo yet, it can’t hurt to sign up to get moo-ving to expand your health and fitness connections, and make some extra “moola.”

Fitmoo Review

Fitmoo Review

 

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Fitness Craze Cued by Outer Space

October 9, 2014 By California Health Living Editor Leave a Comment

Bellicon Trampoline Buyers Guide
Reap the Out-of-This-World Benefits of Rebounding with bellicon

Bellicon Trampolines

While searching for the perfect exercise to help astronauts returning from long space voyages, NASA scientists found that exercising on a trampoline was better than anything else on earth. The human body depends on gravity to function properly and jumping on a bellicon mini trampoline engages the body in a gravitational cycle, while also providing a fun, low-impact workout for everyone from Olympic athletes, to senior citizens, to those who have never exercised before.

Bellicon Trampoline WorkoutUnlike other kinds of fitness equipment, including spring-based rebounders and cheap imitations, the bellicon features a custom-formulated, ultra-low-impact bungee suspension system that maximizes workouts, providing a muscle-toning, core-strengthening and cardio-pumping exercise with a single, simple and easy to store device.

Combining the benefits of plyometrics (“jump training”), eccentric exercise, and core training with a world-class cardio workout, bouncing with a bellicon strengthens and tones 638 muscles. As the most effective and efficient way to build your strength from the inside out, bouncing on a bellicon effectively raises your metabolism and increases your cardiovascular and lymphatic circulation. This increased circulatory motion allows lymphocytes and antibodies, the body’s defenders, to move faster, making them more efficient at getting rid of impurities and invaders.

And compared to working out on solid ground, bouncing on gentle, ultra-elastic bellicon bungees removes seven-eighths of the impact on joints, reducing back and joint pain, improving balance and coordination, and burning more calories than running.

Producing gravitational forces two to four times greater than normal, bouncing on a bellicon provides bones with the weight bearing force needed to build-up and stay strong. As a result, using the bellicon can help stop osteoporosis and osteopenia from progressing and, if begun early enough, can help to prevent the diseases from even starting.

Need the best possible workout in the least amount of time? The bellicon easily adapts to any schedule. Whether you’re a tennis champion working to increase your agility, a new mom looking to bounce back into shape, or a hard-working professional who wants the best possible workout in the least amount of time, bellicon offers the best possible workout in the least amount of time.

Bellicon Mini TrampolineAside from astronauts, many professional athletes turn to bellicon rebounders to safely and effectively prepare for competition. The US Ski team uses rebounders to train harder without strain, while Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah used the rebounder to get back into all-star shape after being injured, and 2013 IBF World Middleweight Champion Darren Barker turned to the trampoline to train for his World Title bout.

Made of the finest materials and components available, the bellicon’s steel frame and polypropylene, UV resistant mat are ready to be used indoors or out, which will keep you jumping rain or shine. Available in two models, the bellicon Classic and bellicon Premium, the bungee-based rebounders are fully customizable depending on your health and fitness needs and are whisper silent too. For more information on bellicon, please visit www.bellicon-usa.com.



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