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What is LCHF?

LCHF is eating by the concept of a diet of Low Carbohydrate and High (Saturated) Fat intake. It is sort of two thirds of the No Fructose concept.

Fructose is half of sugar. Sugar is a carbohydrate and the fructose portion ‘makes you’ hungry and gets turned into the ‘bad cholesterol’ – the small dense LDL’s (low density lipoproteins).

Glucose is another carbohydrate and it makes up half of sugar and is the basic carbohydrate in starch, bread, pasta and rice.

Glucose that is not used up immediately by the brain and muscle in particular goes to fat production. Continue reading →

Bacon for Breakfast – Love It

2 more things about bacon. Try and go for the non grain fed version and virtually all have some added sugar. Just a little but worth looking at as the percentage varies.

Animals tend to store their waste products and particularly the Omega 6 inflammatory fatty acids in the fat layers. If the pig is ‘natural’ farm reared and not grain fed it should have less toxins on board so eat all the saturated fat you like. Definitely do not get led into believing that pork crackling is bad for you.

Cereal grains including corn that are used in production line pig farming results in a higher Omega 6 fatty acid load on these animals. They then store that in the fat. Continue reading →