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By Dr. Eric Berg Your Quick Start Guide There are lots of guides about the keto diet for beginners, but here's what makes this one different: You'll discover Healthy KetosisTM Unlike traditional forms of the keto diet, Healthy KetosisTM uses high-quality ingredients full of nutrients to support your health. I've helped hundreds of people to lose weight and get their health back under their control. And in this guide, I'll show you how you can get started with your own keto diet plan even if you're a total beginner. Or if you're a seasoned keto adherent who's limited your carb...

DIETFITS TRIAL Principal Investigator: Christopher Gardner (Stanford University) Gardner CD, Trepanowski JF, Del Gobbo LC, Hauser ME, Rigdon J, Ioannidis JPA, Desai M, King AC. Effect of low-fat vs low-carbohydrate diet on 12-month weight loss in overweight adults and the association with genotype pattern or insulin secretion: The DIETFITS randomized clinical trial.  JAMA. 2018; 319: 667-679. This trial was prompted by an earlier study1 led by Christopher Gardner (“The A to Z Study”), which compared four diets varying in macronutrient (fat and carbohydrate) content and found that participants assigned the diet that resulted in the lowest carbohydrate and highest fat intake lost...

PEDIATRIC NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE STUDY Principal Investigators: Jeffrey Schwimmer (University of California, San Diego) and Miriam Vos (Emory University) Schwimmer JB, Ugalde-Nicalo P, Welsh JA, Angeles JE, Cordero M, Harlow KE, Alazraki A, Durelle J, Knight-Scott J, Newton KP, Cleeton R, Knott C, Konomi J, Middleton MS, Travers C, Sirlin CB, Hernandez A, Sekkarie A, McCracken C, Vos MB.  Effect of a low free sugar diet vs usual diet on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescent boys: A randomized clinical trial.  JAMA. 2019; 321: 256-265. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by an excess of fat in the liver, is...

FRAMINGHAM STATE FOOD STUDY Principal Investigators: David Ludwig and Cara Ebbeling (Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School) Ebbeling CB, Feldman HA, Klein GL, Wong JMW, Bielak L, Steltz SK, Luoto PK, Wolfe RR, Wong WW, Ludwig DS.  Effects of a low carbohydrate diet on energy expenditure during weight loss maintenance: randomized trial.  BMJ. 2018; 363: k4583. Losing weight is the first challenge in treating obesity. The second challenge is maintaining that loss. Only sustained weight reduction can prevent the negative health consequences associated with obesity. However, maintaining significant weight loss indefinitely is notoriously difficult, making the development of strategies that facilitate...

Many find that their abdominal area is particularly difficult to firm and tone and contrary to popular belief, solely doing standard sit ups is not likely to be of much help. Learning effective methods for shrinking your waistline is worth the effort however, as the benefits extend far beyond mere aesthetics. Abdominal fat actually produces inflammatory molecules, and high inflammation levels in your body can trigger a wide range of systemic diseases linked with metabolic syndrome. This is why carrying extra weight around your middle is linked to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and other chronic diseases. Besides aesthetics...