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What is Mediterranean Keto?

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As I’ve written before , although most people’s lipid numbers improve across the board, some people get interesting cholesterol responses to Primal ketogenic diets. LDL skyrockets, even LDL particle number. The jury’s out on whether or not they indicate negative health concerns or if keto dieters are a special breed that hasn’t received enough study. (There may be a few genetic profiles, such as APOE4 carriers , that react differently to certain dietary inputs.) Either way some people just want their cholesterol numbers to look good in a conventional way. These days, whenever I run into someone in the real world with these or similar concerns, I tell them to try “Mediterranean keto.” What is that, anyway? The Mediterranean diet can mean a lot of different things depending on who you ask. On one side, you have the folks who make the ridiculous claim that the Mediterranean diet consisted of pasta, low-fat dairy, beans, green veggies, seed oils with a “drizzle or two” of extra virgin

Weekly Fashion Finds + Upper Body Dumbbell Workout

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Good morning! I’m popping in with a quick blog post that includes some awesome fashion finds from the week (aka SALES) + a great upper body dumbbell workout that I’ve actually done twice now, and it’s left me quite sore the next day! It includes all single-arm movements, so it’s helpful for increases strength, especially if you deal with any sort of imbalances. I hope you like it! Mal snapped the photo below as we were leaving the gym this morning. I’m holding Quinn’s iPod, which was mine a million years ago. I forgot my wireless headphone at home and just couldn’t work out without music, so Quinn’s iPod saved the day. It was in my purse, and it had quite the old school music of music on it. It was a fun trip down workout music memory lane! 🙂 Weekly Fashion Finds   Lululemon Day Tipper Dress (25% off) Lululemon Tuck & Gather Pullover (30% off) Madewell 10″ High-Rise Skinny Crop Jeans  (40% off)   Madewell 9″ Mid-Rise Skinny Crop Jeans (40% off) Leith Ruched Bo

Recovering From Dog Surgery: What’s Changed

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First: A Story About My Own Foot Surgery In March of 2005 I had surgery on the subtalar joint in my foot to un-fuse what’s called a tarsal coalition. I still don’t really understand it, but I know that before the surgery I had so much arthritis that I could barely walk at times (much less run or play soccer) and many years later I’m able to do almost any sport I want (although I have to ice and stretch a lot.) I bring this up because my surgery was scheduled for my senior year of college spring break, and I was going to have 10 days at home with my parents. We made plans to go to the movies, to the mall, out to eat, and enjoy other fun leisure activities. We knew I’d be on crutches, but that wasn’t going to stop us from doing some fun things! Boy were our expectations wrong. I was so sick and totally knocked off my feet (literally) it was hard for me to even get to the bathroom and back those first few days. The painkillers made me nauseous, and I barely moved from the couch that