If you like this post, please share!by The beginning of the year challenges us to look at our lives with an eye for what we might like to change. For many, that includes alcohol consumption. The disease of alcoholism is a progressive, terminal illness with no clear-cut treatment. However, not everyone who wants to change… Read More Drinking Less or Not at All in the New Year
If you like this post, please share!by In no way do I intended to cut-and-paste the content of A Course in Miracles into my posts. However, the list of 50 Principles of Miracles really is must-read material, so I will put 10 of the principles into a blog post for 5 weeks along with some… Read More A Course in Miracles Basics #2: Principles of Miracles 11-20 and On-line Support for Doing the Workbook in 2018
If you like this post, please share!by The glory of Google Alerts, Twitter and friends that care is that you can be quite efficient in staying on top of issues that matter to you. Issues that matter to me and this blog: sugar & alcohol addiction, spirituality and the ketogenic diet. The connection among these… Read More Recent Articles Worth Reading If You Enjoy This Site
If you like this post, please share!by Whether you are looking for a gift for a spiritual seeker, a sober friend or someone interested in nutrition or keto, I have some easy and affordable ideas to share. For the keto-curious or the sugar addict: Check out the just released The Case Against Sugar by Gary… Read More Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas!!
If you like this post, please share!by In no way do I intended to cut-and-paste the content of A Course in Miracles into my posts. However, the list of 50 Principles of Miracles really is must-read material, so I will put 10 of the principles into a blog post for the next 5 weeks along… Read More A Course in Miracles Basics #1: Principles of Miracles 1-10 and Marianne Williamson Talks
If you like this post, please share!by If you are new to the ketogenic way of eating, you are probably wondering what you can and cannot eat. Generally speaking, eating keto means eating lots of yummy, wholesome, UNPROCESSED, REAL foods. Today in the Basics Series, I will review 3 foods that are musts to cut… Read More Keto Basics Series #3: 3 Foods to Cut; 3 Foods to Add
If you like this post, please share!by What makes a diet keto is that it restricts carbs enough to exhaust the glycogen supply in the liver, requiring the body to tap into fat as fuel. It is moderate protein because protein can’t be stored and is transformed to glucose if overeaten. There are no foods specifically… Read More Keto Basics Series #2: What Makes a Diet Ketogenic?
If you like this post, please share!by Since I will be referencing various programs of recovery and relating it to sugar addiction, I will do a series of posts about these programs. In previous posts, I listed the basic tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous and Women for Sobriety. Today I will list the basics of SMART… Read More SMART Recovery 4 Point Program
If you like this post, please share!by Since I will be referencing various programs of recovery and relating it to sugar addiction, I will do a series of posts about these programs. Today I am listing the Women for Sobriety (WFS) 13 New Life Acceptance Statements. The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous are listed here:… Read More Women For Sobriety: 13 New Life Acceptance Statements
If you like this post, please share!by What are ketones? Keto bodies or ketones are byproducts of burning fat for energy, also known as fat metabolism. There are 3 types of ketones produced: Acetoacetate (AcAc), Beta-hydroxybutyric acid (BHB), and Acetone. How do we make ketones? Significant fat metabolism occurs once all the body’s 2,000 calories… Read More Keto Basics Series #1: What Are Ketones & How Do We Make Them?