My Experience Using a CGM
My experience of using a CGM to monitor glucose. Easy and the information was valuable.
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Using food as medicine.
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Learn how to use food as medicine. Understand Keto and Low-Carb Diets.
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George Elder
- Aug 12
- 8 min
Enhancing Metabolic Flexibility
Metabolic flexibility is very important for your health. Read here about what it is and how you can enhance it.
George Elder
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Defeat Diabetes with diet
In a very exciting move Defeat Diabetes has now partnered with Diabetes Australia to strengthen the message about low carbohydrate diets
George Elder
- Oct 25, 2023
- 2 min
Getting a flat belly
Changing what you eat is one approach to flatten a belly that seems to work for most people.
George Elder
- Sep 16, 2023
- 3 min
Ask yourself some health questions
Why, is our health so bad. Some questions to consider.
George Elder
- Aug 2, 2023
- 15 min
Your Future Health
Have you thought about your health in retirement or just about your finances.
George Elder
- Jun 11, 2023
- 2 min
What Diet advice to believe?
Maybe what you need to eat is simple. The reasons for poor health may come down to common dietary causes.
George Elder
- Apr 29, 2023
- 2 min
Do you need Insulin?
Is Insulin toxic? While it is critical to your health, it is toxic if it is continuously elevated. What to know.
George Elder
- Feb 18, 2023
- 7 min
Snacking and Obesity
Snacking is a definite no-no if you need to control your weight. Here the science is explained.
George Elder
- Jul 3, 2022
- 3 min
Saturated Fat is Good for you
Serious mistakes in early research suggested that saturated fat was bad, but we now understand it is critical to good health and longevity.
George Elder
- Jun 19, 2022
- 2 min
Why Diets Fail
Your body will resist a diet and adapt to the changes which is why they fail. There is a different and successful approach available.
George Elder
- Jan 15, 2022
- 4 min
Just reduce calories
Why the old "eat less, move more" mantra is a load of rubbish for weight loss.
George Elder
- Sep 15, 2021
- 5 min
Is Fruit really healthy?
Is fruit really good for us? Can we eat too much fruit? Why is it linked with vegetables in our nutrition guidelines?
George Elder
- Sep 13, 2021
- 4 min
Planned Eating
Taking some time to plan your eating can make a huge difference to your available nutrition
George Elder
- Jul 13, 2021
- 5 min
How much protein should I eat?
There are many opinions about dietary protein levels. Here I have attempted to simplify the information to help you choose the best levels.
George Elder
- Jun 22, 2021
- 4 min
What is Metabolic Health?
When a person has metabolic syndrome, a major indicator is excess fat around their middle. They might be called apple shaped.
George Elder
- May 29, 2021
- 1 min
Keto friendly Pizza Recipe
When switching to Low-carb (Keto) we went looking for a good replacement pizza recipe.
George Elder
- May 25, 2021
- 5 min
Are whole-grains, healthy?
“Healthy Whole grains” come with a whole bunch of baggage which for many people can cause serious health problems
George Elder
- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
Are carbohydrates addictive?
A high GI meal increased hunger and selectively stimulated brain regions associated with reward and craving in a period after the meal.
George Elder
- May 10, 2021
- 4 min
Keto Chemistry
When your body is "metabolically flexible", it can switch over from primarily using glucose for energy to primarily using fatty-acids.
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