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Low-carb living

Want to improve your mood, quality of sleep and energy levels, and enjoy sharper brain function? What if you could do this simply through the ingredients you choose to cook with? Yep, putting food on your plate that’s designed to help you function at your very best is one of the key things you can do to support sustainable, long-term health for you and your family. That’s why I believe it’s beneficial to embrace a lowcarbohydrate lifestyle when it comes to the meals you prepare daily.

While I’ve personally experienced the awesome benefits of this approach to eating, the latest nutritional research is also confirming that the food we choose can be instrumental in protecting against the onset and development of chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

Carbohydrates and you

Hands up anyone who eats a Westernstyle diet that consists of toast or cereal for breakfast, a mid-morning snack, a sandwich, roll, wrap or sushi for lunch, another afternoon snack to get through the last few hours of the day and then pasta, rice or pizza for dinner. This is — nutritionally speaking — the same as keeping a fire going with kindling. It’s exhausting for your body because it takes you on

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