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10 Reasons Why Bread Is Bad For You

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1.      Bromide- binds to thyroid hormone carrier.  This prevents T4 from being converted into the active T3 thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormone is a big part of what depicts your metabolism. Less T3 means a slower metabolism.
2.      Sugar- is one of the products used by the food industry to make food as addictive as possible.  When tested against cocaine, sugar lights up the pleasure centres in the brain four times as much. The fast absorption makes sugar drug like and gives a person a quick high, then a crash.  The end result is fat gain and left feeling tired and wanting more.

The Benefits of Bulletproof Coffee

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A lot of people have been butchering the original Bulletproof Coffee recipe not knowing why the exact ingredients are in place. Some people that have heard about Bulletproof Coffee have been putting butter and coconut oil in their coffee hoping to lose weight. I’ve seen an intermittent fasting specialist talk about putting coconut oil in your coffee and skipping breakfast to keep your body in fat burning mode. As long as you’re not adding carbohydrates to your body you will be in fat burning mode; this is the basis of a keto-diet.

What’s With Beans?

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Holy are beans controversial! The vegans say eat them, the Paleos say don’t eat them, Timothy Ferris, author of “The 4-Hour Body”, says eat them, Dr. Mark Hyman says don’t eat them. Every article I read says something different.  Who’s right? I guess that depends what you are looking to accomplish with your diet. Allow me to explain…