Tag: Fat Burning

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Lemon Coffee for Fat Burning: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

Could a squeeze of citrus in your morning cup of joe help you burn fat? While TikTok users around the world continue to sing the praises of lemon coffee, the idea of putting a tablespoon or two of that fresh-squeezed, lip-puckering juice into your mug isn’t exactly appetizing. Yet that...

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Want to Burn Fat? 8 Things Not to Do

Trimming body fat isn’t a goal exclusive to bodybuilders and fitness pros. From stay-at-home moms to dedicated gym goers, many of us strive to burn fat and improve our body composition. However, just because you commit to a fat-burning practice doesn’t mean you’re putting your body in the best position....

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What Are The Benefits Of Green Tea?

Green tea is well-known for being more than a comforting, caffeinated beverage. But what are the benefits of green tea that make it so remarkable? Should you start brewing matcha green tea in the mornings in place of coffee? And does green tea extract deliver the same benefits as hot...

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Are You a Sugar Burner or a Fat Burner? Why Your Metabolism Can Do Both

You always need a snack. You get mega sugar cravings. You’re constantly dealing with stubborn belly fat. Sound familiar? You might be a sugar burner, which means you primarily burn carbs (sugar) for energy. No, that’s not a bad thing. Lots of people burn carbs for fuel. The thing is,...

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How to Own Your Gut Bacteria and support a healthy gut

Your gut bacteria affect your entire body, including your sleep quality, mood, and appetite. If all is going well, these organisms live in perfect harmony with you, their host. However, your gut microbiome is influenced by everything from your diet to your stress levels. If things go south, you can...

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Your Ultimate Guide to Sugar Substitutes

Sugar tastes sweet, but its effects on your body are anything but. Excessive and prolonged sugar intake may lead to weight gain, heart issues, mood imbalances and other health concerns. You can reduce sugar’s adverse effects on your health by using sugar substitutes and cutting back on added sugars in...

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5 Reasons to Eat More Hot Peppers

Capsaicin is the molecule that gives jalapenos, habaneros, cayenne, and other spicy peppers their heat. It’s also a culinary oddity – capsaicin is one of the few cooking ingredients that goes beyond the five tastes humans experience (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory). Capsaicin is an irritant, not a flavor –...

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Save The Rainforest! Brain Octane is Palm Oil-Free

Do you know what’s in your oil bottle? Not all oil products are created equal. When you buy something that says “MCT” on it, it’s not always just from coconuts. Palm oil is often in there too, which nutritionally isn’t a huge deal… except that the palm oil industry has...

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Bulletproof Takeout: How to Make Cassava Egg Rolls

Egg rolls taste delicious. But the crispy outside layer of the average egg roll, wheat flour cooked in peanut or canola oil, can rob you of your energy and leave you craving more kryptonite foods. Not very Bulletproof. Luckily, we have cool friends. Nick Kowalski of Nicksfit.com formulated and tested this amazing...

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10 Secrets for Success on the Bulletproof Diet

The Bulletproof Diet is the place to start if you want to feel amazing and kick more ass. But this approach to nutrition is an abrupt departure from the Standard American Diet (SAD). So, if you’re having a tough time wrapping your head around the diet or just need some...

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6 Common Questions About Bulletproof Coffee

Bulletproof Coffee has already changed hundreds of thousands of people’s lives. You owe it to yourself to see how good you’ll look and feel after drinking it for a couple weeks. It’s powerful stuff. It also goes against almost every mainstream dietary recommendation out there. Dosing your coffee with butter and...

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Is Bulletproof Making You Fat?

You may have heard about a study condemning a Paleo-style, high-fat, low-carb (HFLC) diet. Reports like of the diet have the same takeaway message: HFLC diets don’t actually work. A study has shown that they cause obesity and other health problems. The consensus seems to be that celebrities and charlatans...

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Another Reason Wheat Destroys Your Performance

When you look at biochemistry, it really is amazing that people still think of wheat as a food. Besides lectins, phytic acid, digestive inhibitors, and various other antinutrients, wheat is mostly contaminated with mold toxins.  The toxins form while the wheat is being transported or stored, but new evidence is...

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Greg’s Butter Experiment: Did Butter Replace Statins For Him?

  Statins are one of the most used drugs in the history of human existence.  In 2008, $12.4 billion dollars worth of Lipitor was sold. In 2000, almost half of all patients with dyslipidemia (bad blood results) were taking a statin (this is despite a lack of clinical trials showing they...

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It’s NOT The Calories – Quality is What Counts

When it comes to nutrition and mainstream magazines with lots of ads from junk food companies, journalists sometimes seem to be oblivious to the research they write about. Take Time Magazine in particular.  In 1985 they tried to convince you cholesterol and saturated fat caused heart disease, now in the...

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The Bulletproof Diet Roadmap Free Download

The Bulletproof Diet Roadmap is the best place to start if you’re new to the Bulletproof lifestyle or if you’re looking for an easy reference to find the best foods for your body. This download will help you: Easily navigate the Bulletproof Diet on a single page (for free!) Get...