Morgaine Swann
Bio
Feminist Witch, Author, Tarot reader, Lost 100 pounds on the Ketogenic Diet.
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My Little Dream Home
I decided to take up the Dream Home challenge because it's something I think about a lot. The picture above is a Vision Board I made recently just for fun. When I became disabled (I'm not in a wheelchair, but I'm nearly housebound for a variety of reasons) I wound up moving to a small place that had belonged to my grandparents, then my parents, and when they died, it became mine. It's located in a remote area of Eastern Kentucky on land that has been in my family since the 1800s. I'm on a mountain next door to my closest family, though I only see them a few times a month when I happen to be outside as they bring my mail up from the road. I love it here most of the time, but the structure has seen better days and now that I'm alone and on disability, things are going steadily downhill. If I had unlimited funds, I'd hire a professional crew to clean it out, reinforce the floor and fix the leaky roof. New siding would be nice, too. Plus I need a new back door because a bear damaged mine trying to get in one night. (It nearly succeeded!)
By Morgaine Swann4 years ago in Lifehack
BOOK REVIEW: THE BIG FAT SURPRISE, WHY BUTTER MEAT AND CHEESE BELONG IN A HEALTHY DIET BY NINA TEICHOLZ
This is a remarkably well-researched story of how America learned to fear saturated fat and why that may have been the most tragic mistake our medical profession ever made. Teicholz spent 9 years going back and doing fresh analysis on the studies that were used to justify the Diet Heart hypothesis that started with researcher Ancel Keys and an elite group of doctors and researchers who still control the government agencies that set dietary policy used in all of our institutions – homes for the elderly, assisted living facilities, prisons, hospitals, school lunch programs and more. The problem is that the actual data never supported the concept of a low fat diet, and the data they did have was based largely on studies of middle aged men at risk for heart disease. Wanting to extend the benefits to the rest of the population, they included women and children in those recommendations. Unfortunately, what the data actually shows is that the low fat diet is harmful to children, causing stunted growth and failure to thrive, and it is also unhealthy for women, who need dietary fat for many reasons including reproduction.
By Morgaine Swann4 years ago in Feast
Keto and the Aftermath of Losing Weight
I wrote my book, "How I Lost 100 Pounds Without Getting Out of Bed, the shortest, dirtiest, laziest Keto routine ever," because Keto has been a miracle for me. I was so sick, so depressed, and completely unable to function. When the doctor told me I was Diabetic, something in me snapped. My uncle had just had his leg removed because of complications of diabetes, and I'd watched my parents, grandmother, and aunt all struggle with it. I was not going down that road. I have a sleep disorder and managing shots of insulin was going to be impossible and dangerous for me. I knew people claimed that you could reverse Type 2 Diabetes and I was going to find out if it was possible. Long story short, it was and I did. I no longer require any insulin or metformin and my A1c is 5.1. I lost over 100 pounds with almost no exercise - I was in bed with severe bipolar depression the whole time, though that has also improved since I'm on a ketogenic diet. I eat a meat-heavy keto/carnivore diet with only occasional lower-carb veggies and a few berries now and then for variety. The food I eat is delicious - steaks, hamburgers, shrimp, crab, lobster, chicken, turkey, duck, fish. I love broccoli and cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and cucumbers. I even eat Keto ice cream. thanks to a company called Rebel Creamery. Yes, I miss chips and fries, I miss mashed potatoes and regular chocolate - mine is keto these days, but still delicious. We eat healthy fats like butter, tallow, and bacon grease as well as olive, avocado and coconut oils. We don't eat grains - no breads or pasta - but honestly, there's a keto version of almost any dessert or bread that you'll miss on the diet. You'd be amazed what you can do with almond flour and coconut flour, plus Swerve sweeteners. We don't eat industrial seed oils like Canola, soy, corn. or vegetable oils and we definitely don't eat hydrogenated fats like Crisco which are trans fats. Those oils are produced by sending seeds to a factory where they're processed with solvents and deodorized and they're poison to a lot of people. If you have any kind of autoimmune disorder, start by eliminating grains and industrial seed oils and see if your inflammation doesn't go away. Most people have at least some reduction in flareups, if not a direct cure.
By Morgaine Swann4 years ago in Longevity