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In my practice, lowering your carbohydrates through elimination of all the added sugars, grains and beans, dairy products, fruits. Eating whole foods only, non-starchy vegetables, healthy proteins from fish and eggs etc. Drinking lots of water and being more active. Eating in an 8-hour window, eating earlier in the day. If you implement all the strategies, you’ll lose weight with your health improving and without major cravings. (Keep in mind that any lifestyle/diet change it still work, otherwise everyone would easily do it) Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Diet soda with artificial sweeteners and a bunch of chemicals in it - no, it is not healthy, and yes, you might gain weight. Weight gain is to a bigger degree the result of hormonal imbalances and issues with metabolism and your gut bacteria. Calories play a minor role. Plus a lot of "zero-calorie" drinks in reality have some calories that they don't have to claim due to FDA standards or the substances in the drinks are broken down by your body into caloric substances. The studies on both questions in humans, weight gain and health problems and diet soda consumption, are not conclusive, but in rats studies, there was a definite correlation between artificial additives in diet sodas and weight gain/health problems (even though the mechanism is still not clear) - diet sodas consumption negatively affects your metabolism, making you more prone to gaining weight, changing your hormones in unfavorable way, increasing inflammation, negatively affecting your gut microbiome, increasing cravings and appetite, increases your chances of getting a stroke, dementia, tumors of all kinds. Sodas are definitely not a healthy drink. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

It actually can take up to 6–9 months to become fully keto adapted. It really depends on many factors and how well you do keto diet, because most people really do not implement it well, kicking themselves out of ketosis, consuming too much protein, or too many carbs for their metabolism, or the wrong kind of carbs that kick them out of ketosis. The key to success on a ketogenic diet, the key to feeling good, having lots of energy, having improved physical and mental performance is to train your body to switch to burning fat for fuel efficiently producing ketones. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of lean living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

The best way to kill stomach fat is to stop eating processed sugar and ANY added sugars (even natural ones like honey). AND excess carbohydrates in the form of fruits, dried fruits, starchy foods like potatoes, anything made of processed grains and, ideally all whole grains and beans - you’ll kill that stomach fat really fast, when you remove all the foods that raise your blood sugar (all the foods higher in carbohydrates and foods you are allergic to), all the pro-inflammatory foods (refined an processed foods, packaged foods with a lot of artificial ingredients), and when you eliminate/reduce lifestyle factors, that promote inflammation and stress, some of which are bad quality of sleep, work stress, toxic environment, stressful relationship. To start off for fast results I’d recommend to: stop all the added sugars stop all the grains and grain products stop all fruits stop eating as much as possible packaged and processed foods of any kind make sure you sleep well and exercise regularly (weight training + HIIT combo is best for weight loss). Some foods that assist you in losing weight and reducing stomach fat, are the foods that make your body spend a lot of energy on digestions and improve your gut health: green leafy vegetables non starchy vegetables with lots of fiber, cooked “al dente” (not fully cooked) and eaten raw: broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, kale, mushrooms etc. protein rich foods like eggs or fatty fish, grass-fed meet foods rich in probiotics like sauerkraut and kimchi Also helpful: Green tea and coffee (nothing added) Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of Lean Living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

A question I got on Quora: The Atkins and ketogenic diets seem to both be very effective for weight loss. What is the difference between the two? Listen to my answer to understand the major difference between Atkins and Ketogenic diets, which one to use for your goals, to look/feel and perform the best. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of Lean Living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Ketogenic diet, keto, ketosis, high fat diet - these term are used to describe the most googled diet of 2017. It’s not a new diet. It was first mentioned and used almost a century ago! Everyone these days seems to be getting into ketosis,out of ketosis or wanting to learn more about it. Why? Some benefits of properly implemented ketogenic diet include: No cravings and hunger Stable increased energy levels, no ups and downs, no crashes, no mood swings Better digestion Effortless weight loss Improved mental and physical performance Decreased inflammation and faster recovery Improved metabolism Decreased, stable blood sugar levels Reduced belly fat Stabilized hormones Helps with any autoimmune, neurogenerative, inflammatory conditions And so much more… But all of this goodness you get ONLY when you do it right. Otherwise you might just end up feeling the worst you felt in years, adding to what you already have very low energy levels and a lot of crankiness :) So how NOT to do it? 1. Eating high fat diet (75% and more calories come from fat) combined with high carbohydrate content. It’s not just about eating most of your calories from good quality fats. It’s also about not consuming excess amount of carbohydrates overall. For most people ketogenic diet means no more than 50g of carbohydrates total per day. 2. Consuming the wrong kind of carbohydrates. The carbohydrates you eat should come ideally and entirely from your non starchy and leafy green and colorful vegetables, from nuts and seeds, from avocadoes. NOT from fruits, potatoes or (the worst) simple sugars like honey or plain sugar (brown or not). The wrong carbohydrates can raise your blood sugar and kick you out of ketosis never letting your body burn fat for energy, meaning no ketosis with all the benefits, and no energy for you. 3. Eating too much protein. Especially from shakes and protein bars - those are fast proteins that can easily be converted into blood sugar, glucose, again kicking you out of ketosis. But even eating too much protein from whole foods like your favorite meats, fish or eggs will do the same. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of Lean Living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Experiment, experiment, experiment - this is a short answer of course. But the truth is, until you give a few diets at least a 2-week trial, being really consistent with the rules you establish, until you experiment, you'll never know, no matter what the experts in nutrition field tell you, that's why some diets work for some people and don't work for others – there is no such thing as one-diet-fits-all. But besides that? Besides that, to learn what your perfect diet is, you got to: Educate yourself about essential nutrition requirements for your body, maybe get a consultation with a nutritionist to learn what nutrients, micro and macro, your body needs to be in your diet, and then learn about the best foods (the ones you like the most) to get those essential nutrients from. Build a sample meal plan, that works for you around those foods. Eat a lot of non-starchy green and colorful vegetables in any case, some fermented foods, fatty fish – proven by people living the longest to be the most beneficial kinds of foods you can’t skip if your goal is ultimate health, mental and physical performance, best body. Listen to the full episode to learn about other things to pay attention to, other things that matter, when trying to create a perfect-for-you diet. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of Lean Living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

In this episode I briefly talk about how cooking and raw food for metabolism and weight loss. Did you know that, for example, when you eat a cooked egg you absorb about 40% more protein compared to eating a raw egg? As it turns out, according to the recent evolutionary research, we homo sapiens, might have evolved as a cooking ape. Cooking our food (not only by temperature, but drying, fermenting etc.) allowed us to develop and sustain such a robust and hungry brain, that ultimately made us smarter... Anyway, to make it short: cooking makes nutrition/energy in foods more available (not talking about some temperature/storage sensitive vitamins) to our bodies, cooking makes digestion on all levels a much easier job - we get more energy from our food with less work. That's why eating more raw foods with a lot of fiber and not many calories (like salads, raw broccoli or kale etc.) makes it easier to lose weight! You make your body work hard to digest not getting much in return! And digestion is an energy consuming process! It can take up to 30% of your daily energy expenditure! That's why 100% unprocessed raw food diet works for weight loss that well. That's why diet high in processed "lazy" foods makes us fat so easy! All the energy and no work, almost instant digestion! What's the main takeaway? Eat your raw vegetables to make your digestive system work hard to lose weight easier and faster. Eat your protein from whole foods, like your meat, eggs and fish - it makes your stomach work hard too! Fats, sadly, are the easiest to digest, even the good fats. Watch them (all the oils and butters mainly, not fats in whole foods), when weight loss is the main goal. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of Lean Living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

3 major reasons: 1) your genetics (about 20% or less) 2) your microbiome (your gut bacteria) 3) your health (hormones, metabolic health, immune system, age etc.) 3 things you can do about it, to lose weight easier, reduce cravings, maintain a healthy weight effortlessly, get more from your exercise, have more energy: 1) Improve the quality of your diet: think quality over quantity, think nutritious FOOD (full of vitamins and minerals, fiber, essential fatty and amino acids) over supplements and worse quality of food. Think organic, local, fresh, wild, grass-fed, pasture raised, sustainable. 2) Manage your stress better using tools like meditation, focusing on what you can do in each situation instead of focusing on possible negative outcomes, being proactive and responsive to life's events instead of reactive with behaviors that don't serve you, being more present VS anxious about the future or regretting smth in the past 3) Manage the quality of your sleep by having no screen time an hour before bed and right after you wake up, by doing some relaxing before-bed routine like reading a paper book, listening to nice music, spending time with family, meditating, taking a bath. Manage the quality of your sleep by sleeping in a completely dark room: best solution is blackout curtains or at the very least really good eye mask. Have no wifi and blinking devices operational while sleeping. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of Lean Living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

A short summary for you guys, listen more for details if you want to build YOUR perfects abs but have been struggling with it for a while now. I used to run 10 K a day, counting calories, eating low fat diet and I never saw my abs. Now I don't run except for short sprints, I don't count calories and don't starve myself and I get to keep my 6 pack abs all year round. 1. Quality of your food matters more than the quantity of your calories. 2. You don't need to do hours of cardio to get lean and see your six pack. In fact, it can be counterproductive. 3. Consistent efforts will bring more results, even if they are not "perfect". Compared to all-out efforts combined with "recovery" periods doing nothing and often falling backwards. Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? Questions? Want me to talk about your confusions? SHOOT ME AN EMAIL: Angela@CreateYourself.Today Want to ALWAYS know what's new in the world of Lean Living, nutrition, fitness, weight loss, high-tech health, biohacking? SUBSCRIBE - bitly.com/LeanPeopleNewsletter Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant