Have you seen these headlines?

Meat-heavy, low-carb diets can ‘shorten lifespan’: study – CTV

Low-carb diets can shorten life expectancy: study – CBC

Low-carb diet linked to early death, medical study suggests – USA TODAY

Low carb diets shorten your life unless you are mostly vegetarian, study suggests – The Independent

This comes at a time when everyone and their dog is raving about the benefits of the ketogenic diet (low carb/high-fat), and its’ ancestral relative – the Paleo diet, both which are top trending diets of 2018.

And for good reason…

Healthy TV Episode 075

There are costs and benefits to specific foods, and in Episode 074 I gave you a good strategy for choosing the right foods to fuel your body…

Click HERE to go back and watch it now.

But there is one other food cost that is rarely considered, and it could be the difference between a good meal and a great one…

Watch the video to find out to find out exactly what I’m talking about!

If you’ve been paying attention at all to the fitness and nutrition world, you would have come across this new ‘fad’ diet. Much like paleo, the ketogenic diet is steeped in controversy… dietitians seem to hate it, athletes and bloggers seem to love it…

And with so many books, blogs and articles to read through it can be so tough  to know what’s healthy and what’s not.

Do you know how many people are consuming the recommended 5 or more servings of vegetables each day?

If you guessed not many, you are correct…

• Less than 1% of men & 4% of women ages 18 to 24
• Less than 6% of men & 9% of women ages 25 to 34
• Less than 14% of men & 16% of women ages 35 to 49
• Less than 24% of men & 22% of women ages 50 to 64

Basically, almost everyone (including me some times) is coming up short…