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Category: Health & Nutrition

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What Are Fats? A Scientific Approach to Fats

November 16th, 2018

What are fats? You may have heard from someone before, “healthy fats include chocolate and coconut oil.” But the same person who told you that also said saturated fats were unhealthy. Those saying “healthy fats” are confused because all fats, apart from the very few exceptions, are healthy. Those with a confusing, mixed message about […]

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Micronutrients in the Keto Diet: The Definitive Guide (Infographic)

January 16th, 2018

When excluding particular foods, food categories, or macronutrient groups from the diet, the opportunity for deficiency to present itself increases. Therefore, it is no surprise that pushback is due to lack of micronutrients in the keto diet. We are here to bust some of the myths surfacing around this topic. A close examination of our […]

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Full List of References for the 3 Part Fat Series

June 16th, 2015

Part 1: What are Fats? A Scientific Approach to Dispelling the Confusion Around Fat Part 2: The Truth about Fat Part 3: Fat as Fuel in Sports Performance   Accurso, A., Bernstein, R. K., Dahlqvist, A., Draznin, B., Feinman, R. D., Fine, E. J., … & Manninen, A. H. (2008). Dietary carbohydrate restriction in type […]

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