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Fruit Juice: When Healthy Fruit Becomes a Sugary Drink
Fruit juice may come from fruit, but it is not nutritionally equivalent to eating whole fruit. Juicing removes most of the fiber, concentrates the naturally occurring sugars, and makes it easy to consume the sugar from several servings in a single glass. Even 100% juice can contain as much sugar as soda. Learn how fruit juice is processed, why it affects your body differently than whole fruit, and what healthier beverage choices to consider.

ketogenicfasting
Jul 38 min read


Beginner's Guide: Foods to Limit or Avoid on Keto
One of the first questions people ask when starting a ketogenic lifestyle is: "What foods should I avoid?" This reference directory organizes articles and videos from the Comfort Keto™ Knowledge Hub into easy-to-navigate categories, including sugars and sweeteners, seed oils, dairy foods, grains and legumes, fruits, and broader food-system topics. Follow the links to explore the foods, ingredients, and modern food practices most commonly discussed in ketogenic living and meta

ketogenicfasting
Jun 214 min read


This Common Food Is Feeding Your Cancer Cells - Dr. William Li
Dr. William Li, founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation and author of Eat to Beat Your Diet, discusses how food and lifestyle influence cancer, aging, obesity, and chronic disease. He covers the effects of sugar, alcohol, poor sleep, stress, visceral fat, and microplastics, while highlighting the benefits of green tea, gut health, fasting, and nutrient-dense foods. The interview emphasizes disease prevention and the concept that food can be medicine.

ketogenicfasting
Jun 192 min read


Beginner's Guide: Comparing Common Sweeteners
Sweeteners differ in how they affect the body. Sugar-based sweeteners such as sucrose, honey, maple syrup, agave nectar, HFCS, and lactose provide calories and carbohydrates, while non-nutritive sweeteners such as stevia and monk fruit have little or no effect on blood sugar. Natural does not automatically mean low sugar, and a smaller blood sugar rise does not necessarily mean a sweetener is harmless. Understanding these differences helps you make informed low-carb choices.

ketogenicfasting
Jun 184 min read


Beginner's Guide: What Is a Carbohydrate?
This beginner-friendly guide explains what carbohydrates are and how they fit into the diet. Learn the difference between sugars, starches, and fiber, how carbohydrates are broken down during digestion, and why glucose plays a central role in carbohydrate metabolism. The article also introduces net carbs, simple and complex carbohydrates, and explains how these concepts help people make more informed food choices.

ketogenicfasting
Jun 164 min read


Our Bodies Are Not Designed to Run on Carbohydrates | by Dr. Gary Fettke
Have dietary guidelines led us in the wrong direction? In this presentation, Dr. Gary Fettke examines the science behind carbohydrates, glucose, fructose, seed oils, the Mediterranean diet, and omega-3 fats, offering his perspective on many of today's most debated nutrition topics. Watch with an open mind, examine the evidence presented, and draw your own conclusions.

ketogenicfasting
May 311 min read


10 Massive Myths and Mistakes That Destroy Fasting and Keto Diets
In this video, Dr. Robert Cywes debunks the 10 dietary myths and mistakes critical for a healthy life.

ketogenicfasting
Nov 24, 20231 min read


What Does Sugar, Particularly Fructose Do To Your Body?
Fructose can set the body on a pathway toward metabolic syndrome by triggering a cascade of metabolic changes that begins in the liver. In a study by Kimber Stanhope and colleagues, participants consumed sugary beverages instead of carbohydrate-rich foods such as rice, pasta, and bread. The findings highlighted how fructose affects metabolism and underscored the value of understanding what happens inside the body when making dietary choices.

ketogenicfasting
Dec 17, 20221 min read


🍭 75+ Names for Sugar: How Sugar Disguises Itself on Ingredient Labels
Food manufacturers often replace healthy fats with sugar to enhance taste and increase sales. Sugar does not always appear as "sugar" on ingredient labels. It may be listed under dozens of different names, including glucose, fructose, sucrose, dextrose, maltose, lactose, and galactose. Multiple sugar names may even appear within the same ingredient list. Being aware of these alternative names can help you make more informed food choices and avoid products containing more suga

ketogenicfasting
Feb 26, 20222 min read


Lose Belly Fat But Don't Eat These Common Foods
Have you ever wondered what not to eat to lose belly fat? Here are 10 foods that you don't want to eat if you want to burn belly fat...

ketogenicfasting
Oct 3, 20211 min read
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