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In the past 2-3 years the ketogenic diet has quickly become one of the fastest growing health trends in the world. Why? Some of you reading this would say the answer is obvious. And yet, the fact remains, not everyone knows about the merits of the ketogenic diet. The primary reason the ketogenic diet is practiced is because eating “keto” (short for ketogenic) helps many people finally get rid of stubborn fat. However, it’s certainly not the only reason people are eating keto. Nutritionists as well as medical professionals have discovered healthy plant and animal fats don’t just help with weight loss, they’re also instrumental in improving blood sugar levels, improving cardiovascular health, making our brains function better and helping relieve inflammation. Not...

I’ve got some big news about Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. Every single day an estimated 180 million Americans drink a cup of coffee. 180 million Americans start, or finish their day (those drinking at night are crazy in my opinion), with a glass of one of nature’s most popular beverages. And of those 180 million people, a few million are headed to commercial enterprises like Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts to get their fix. Those companies may not be “anti-keto” per se, but they make millions of dollars selling people a kind of coffee that isn’t healthy and is keeping people fat and sick. The truth is coffee is often maligned and it shouldn’t be. I’ve covered the many benefits of...

If you’d told me in 2015 that I’d be telling most of my patients to eat mostly fat, some protein and very little carbohydrates to improve their health I would have been skeptical. While I’ve been a proponent of high intake of high-quality fats for sometime, I’ve evolved in the past few years and I now endorse a ketogenic diet for the treatment of many common ailments and conditions. The ketogenic diet is a simple diet. Eat high amounts of fat (65-75% of your caloric intake should be from fat), little protein (20-30% of your diet should be protein) and few carbs (5-10% of your total calories can be carbs). I have a specific protocol called the Ketox Method where...