Kategorie: Nutrition
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Why OMAD (One Meal A Day) Could Be the Key to Curing Your Sleep Issues
Spring has finally arrived, and the sun has tuned up the temperature notably – as well as my mood, which has been affected by some sleep deprivation in the last six months. What happened? Each night, I woke up and had massive issues falling back asleep. Every noise—even those barely…
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Lowering Lipoprotein(a)
I can’t say whether my Lipoprotein(a) levels have ever been measured before my first acknowledgement of it in 2019. But first things first: what is Lipoprotein(a)? In short, Lipoprotein(a) is a substance built in the liver to transport fat within the blood. Or, in other and more complicated words: Lipoprotein(a)…
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Abbott FreeStyle Libre 3
Even though Abbott started to sell their updated Continuous Glucose Monitor (=CGM) FreeStyle Libre 3 in August 2021 already, I only recently got my hands on it. I was excited to learn more about the enhancements coming with the new model after I had tested their previous model -the FreeStyle Libre 2-…
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Deep Ketosis Challenge
During the late summer and autumn, I found a fasting balance of approximately 14 hours per day. It felt like a good and solid schedule while being a bit boring at the same time. Well, well, well. The boring times are over now 🥳 Coming out of a relaxed period,…
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The Tale of Healthy Food
Like most tales, the tale of healthy food is a nice little story with exciting ups and downs, magical heroes, and malevolent villains. The tale has many different authors, and most of us don’t exactly know who is the author of which section. While the tale has been narrated many…
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Insulin resistance
When hearing `Resistance´, you might think about Star Wars and the force around General Leia to fight against the First Order. So far – so good 😉 While I appreciate your nerdy cinema knowledge, the resistance we are talking about in this article is less cinematic but still – it…
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Protein Cookies
Sometimes, I want dessert. A tasty, wonderful little treat that gives me peace of mind and calms me. After an umami or spicy meal, sometimes all I want is something sweet. But you are right: I do not want a sugar load! For those days, I am happy to have…
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Challenge Update – Finishing OMAD April
📢 I hereby officially end OMAD April May has come and it is time for the aftermath. Let´s start the second review round of the OMAD progress to cover the weeks three and four. (For the first round, see OMAD progress.) The stats OK – how long did I fast?…
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Fasting is free
As you know, I spent most of this month fasting. Not only that, but I was also thinking about fasting, listening to others talking about fasting, and reading about fasting. I´d say that I spent a fair amount of time on the fasting topic. However – what I did not…
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Challenge Update – 2 weeks into OMAD April
I made it halfway through OMAD April and wanted to provide a short update on my journey so far highlighting a few points. Did I make it? Absolutely yes! Well, except for the Mondays where I fasted all-day and increased the fasting from 24 to 40+ hours. So technically I…
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OMAD during the holidays
It is true: It´s easier to stick to a specific way of eating if you are on your normal schedule. It can be more challenging during the holiday season when feasting is an integral part of the celebrations or when you are invited to a party. Invited? What to do?…
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Being hangry
When you are on a standard diet, you might have experienced situations in which you are overreacting to things that normally don´t really bother you. You´re getting mean and impulsive and you are stressed out. You are hungry. You feel anger. Or in this case: hanger (= hunger and anger)…
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Making OMAD easy – Insulin and Ghrelin.
The idea of only eating one meal a day can be frightened. Thoughts like I will be hungry all the time and I can´t do that can hinder us from enjoying and achieving OMAD April successfully. Today I want to provide you with some info and tips around your hormones…
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