Mind Blowing Health and Wellness Audio Podcast

We are constantly fighting our cravings and confused about why cravings are so strong. We need to understand that “cravings” is a cute word for addiction. So in reality, you are trying to end addiction rather than just break a bad habit. Addiction affects everyone, unfortunately. This is because we are all allowing ourselves to … The post One Powerful Solution to End Addiction – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

If you really want to know how to conquer food cravings, you need to understand how our body processes food and how our mind manages stressors. Your body wants to grow, repair, and maintain itself for as long as possible. Eating processed foods is not in line with that goal. Your ability to end food … The post The Real Secret to Conquering Food Cravings – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

People say keto is bad. Often because their doctor said keto is bad or maybe their mom said keto is bad. But in the end, was there any explanation of why keto is a worse way of eating than the cabbage diet, raw foods diet, vegetarian, or any other diet that people have happily tried … The post Mom Said Keto is Bad / Top 3 Reasons – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

I was not expecting advocates of eating healthy carbs to admit that a calorie is not a calorie and that there are dangers to eating carbohydrates! And then this article happened. A miracle? More like, sometimes the facts are just the facts. It is important for us to understand that when you try to understand … The post 6 Reasons Why a Calorie is NOT a Calorie – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

I’ve been asked several times why my channel is focused so much on keto and weight loss rather than psychology. Interestingly, body image and good physical health are actually very high concerns of the majority of people who see a psychologist. My keto focus is also based on very personal reasons that I explain in … The post The Truth: Why I Still Push Keto – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

On our weight loss journey, what happens when you just can’t stop eating? When every meal leaves you sore from the fullness? Is this a healthy way to live? All too often, we are eating until we are full rather than eating until satiation. There is a huge impact on our health because our body … The post Can’t Stop Eating! Satiation vs Fullness – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Food is to fuel and build the body. But many people use food to entertain, eating huge meals and even nibbling in between meals. What happens to the body when we are constantly snacking? Is there a danger to eating between meals? Most people are unaware that they are addicted to carbohydrates, sugar. We are … The post The Truth About Nibbling in Between Meals – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

The tragic death of actress Misti Mukherjee was blamed on the excess protein in the keto diet. This contradicts the information shared by this channel and many doctors like @Dr. Eric Berg DC, @KenDBerryMD, @Dr. Sten Ekberg and many other keto friendly doctors who have been trying to help us improve our health. The ketogenic … The post Tragic Death of Actress Used to Bash Keto Diet – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Fruit is healthy right? Micro nutrients, anti-oxidants, fiber, we need those right? Are you still eating fruit? If you are, I have to tell you that you are harming your health more than helping it. Eating a healthy diet is essential to having a healthy body. Eating fruit can actually damage your body rather than … The post Are You STILL Eating Fruit? – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

@GaryVee  is a businessman! What the heck can a businessman tell us about better health and weight loss? Do a YouTube search for Gary Vee Gratitude and you will find several pages of results from Gary Vaynerchuk himself, in different events and meetings, talking about how gratitude has helped him achieve his success. There is … The post A Lesson From Gary Vee: Gratitude Equals Better Health – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Are you trying survive or thrive? Your body wants to improve but can only do that with proper nutrition. If you are just surviving, you are feeding your body poor quality food that just barely allows it to maintain itself. But if you want to thrive, feed your body good quality food and watch how … The post Your Body Wants to Improve But You Eat Junk! – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Weight gain happens so slowly that by the time you are trying to lose weight it can seem like an impossible task. The key to burning fat is understanding how fat burnging works. In this video, I share the one piece of information that will make or break your weight loss journey. Health and happiness … The post The Key to Burning Fat and Staying Slim – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Beginning an intermittent fasting regime can seem scary. The idea that you are not going to eat breakfast, or lunch, or maybe even that you might not eat for a complete day could sound ridiculous. But intermittent fasting has been shown to have many positive health benefits. It is actually good for the body and … The post How to do Intermittent Fasting Safely – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Is there any science to back up the health benefits of the keto deit? @Thomas DeLauer shares videos that are focused on the scientific reasons that you should be living a ketogenic lifestyle. Obviously there are doctors sharing this information, like @Jason Fung, @KenDBerryMD, @Dr. Eric Berg DC, and many others. But Thomas Delauer is … The post Four Things I Learned From Thomas Delauer – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

The fiction we all believe about metabolic flexibility is that it is a permission slip to eat carbs again. But in fact, metabolic flexibility is not an excuse to cheat on your diet. There is a real definition, which is an organisms ability to adapt to the conditional changes in metabolic demand. This is a … The post The Truth About Metabolic Flexibility – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Are we able to get back to normal eating after dieting and achieving our goal weight? This is a question that I hear often. This question assumes that normal foods that you were eating before your diet were healthy and that what you are eating on your diet, not healthy. I do understand this mentality … The post How to Get Back to Normal Eating After Dieting – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

I love Dr. Berg’s keto diet success stories because they are so inspirational and I imagine, motivational to those who have not yet begun their journey. Are you working on your health success story? To accomplish writing your health success story, there are 8 important things to keep in mind in your journey. Each point, … The post Write Your Keto Diet Health Success Story – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Has your doctor ever told you that you need to lose weight? My doctor told me that I needed to lose weight several times over the course of years. Every doctor’s appointment after my daughter was about 4. So what was I supposed to do with that information? And I mean, I know the idea … The post My Doctor Told Me to Lose Weight – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

If you want to know how to lose weight naturally and permently, you will want to know if you should use carb counting vs calorie counting. Both ideas can lead to weight loss but only carb counting leads to permanent weight loss. There are many videos talking about calorie deficits being essential to weight loss … The post Natural Weight Loss That’s Permanent: Carb Counting kicks Calorie Counting’s Butt appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Are you feeling like you are doing everything right on keto but you still aren’t losing weight? Why would that be happening? Often it is because we have done some research and have some understanding of what we are trying to accomplish but we do not have a deeper understanding of what our body is … The post You’re Not Doing Everything Right on Keto If You’re Not Losing Weight – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Your body has several ways that it gives you feedback. Temperature, orientation, visual, and pain, just to name a few. Do you listen to your body? Weirdly enough, most of us misinterpret the information that we are receiving regularly from our body. Your body wants to be healthy. Every process that occurs is towards using … The post When Pain Speaks, Shut Up and Listen to Your Body! – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Should you be eating nightshade vegetable? On a keto diet we often avoid eating potatoes but allow bell peppers, egg plant, and other nightshade vegetable on our plates. Would you be surprised to learn that all nightshade vegetable actually contain solanine, a known toxin. And yet nightshades are presented as healthy vegetables that we should … The post The Healthy Vegetable You Should Not Eat! – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

How do you treat your body? Are you acting like it is an old junker car that you can run into the ground or are you investing in the care of your body like an expensive luxuary car. How you treat your body matters! I have spoken to so many people who knowingly eat junk, … The post How Do You Treat Your Body, Like a Luxury Car or Junker? – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Is keto a fad? What would make something a fad diet? In reality, we’ve had several fad diets that lead to weight loss but were not sustainable. What makes a diet sustainable? Well in reality, it is not just my ability to commit to a diet but it is the diets ability to support health … The post Hating on Keto Keeps Us Sick, Keto Isn’t a Fad! – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

There are several things we wish we knew before keto because our lives would have been so much healthier. People think that the keto diet is the quick fix diet of the century but in fact, it is just a way to get us back to basics. The number one thing that I wish I … The post Things We Wish We Knew Before Keto – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

For those of you who prefer reading, Dr Jason Fung has three excellent books that explain his use of fasting and Keto to manage weight loss and diabetes:The Complete Guide to Fasing: https://amzn.to/3isKKZkThe Obesity Code: https://amzn.to/2DM7STmThe Diabetes Code: https://amzn.to/31ARFZl  @Jason Fung  is a Canadian nephrologist who is educating anyone who will listen about the natural … The post Dr Jason Fung Obesity Lecture Changed My Life – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

We need to address the harsh truth about cheat days on keto. For some reason, people have been mislead into believing that if you do not see an immediate physical repercussion to eating poorly, it is harmless. Have we not learned, over the past few years, that insulin resistance is in the making upward of … The post The Harsh Truth About Cheat Days on Keto – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Are you sure you are doing keto the right way? How can we tell? We think the obvious answer is that we are losing weight. But what if I told you that you could lose weight and still not be doing keto appropriately. Keto is a diet that helps us repair the damage caused years … The post Doing Keto the Right Way: 6 Simple Mistakes that Ruin Your Results – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

How many times have I heard “keto doesn’t work for me no matter how much I try” when talking to people who have given up on the ketogenic lifestyle? What is happening in those situations? Did your body actually respond poorly to a healthy diet … or is it possible that there was something else … The post Keto Doesn’t Work For Me No Matter How Much I Try – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Are you doing keto perfectly but not losing weight? Are you confused about how to get the results that you’ve heard about? Are you close to giving up on keto? We know how frustrating it can be to see everyone else getting results when you are not. There is a solution. There are multiple reasons … The post Doing Keto Perfectly But Not Losing Weight – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

What is metabolic syndrome and how does it affect our lives? Each day when you eat, your body needs to process the food. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that tend to occur together. If you have 3 out of 5 of the conditions, you are considered to have metabolic syndrome. However, many keto … The post What is Metabolic Syndrome? – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

My family isn’t keto and I’m worried that I will be tempted to eat high carb foods taht come into the house. Or, my family isn’t keto but they need to be keto to be healthy. If you were wondering how to do keto as a family or how to get your husband to do … The post Help, My Family Isn’t Keto – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

If you find yourself wondering why keto isn’t working anymore, this video will help you trouble shoot your diet and get back on track. With the guidance of doctors like Dr. Berg, Dr. Berry, Dr. Masson, Dr. Fung, Dr. Ekberg, and Dr. Cywes (to name a few), we can now take steps to really improve … The post Why Keto Isn’t Working Anymore – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

What happened when we quit sugar? What were the benefits of eating fewer carbs and what were the drawbacks? We discuss our experience with eating a ketogenic diet and low carb over the past two years to help you better understand what to expect. These are our experiences with quitting sugar. Although results do vary, … The post We Quit Sugar (Spoiler, It Wasn’t ALL Good!!!) – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Sugar’s affect on your body is specific to your eating and health history. This helps us to understand why some people gain weight, others have inflammation issues, still others have skin issues. There are several possible avenues that our body can take to eliminate the excess of sugar from our blood. And the results are … The post You Are Unique, Sugar’s Affect on YOUR Body! – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

What is happening if my diet stopped working? Chances are, you stopped doing keto appropriately. Carb creep, extra protein, a cheat day, there are many things that we do that affect our body’s ability to maintain good health. And ultimately, it is about health. If you are eating a healthy keto diet and you stop … The post My Diet Stopped Working, Keto Challenges – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

When we drink to feel better we are engaging the coping by avoiding trap. It’s a trap because avoidance behavoirs do not solve your problems. In fact each time do self soothing behaviors, you risk addiction. Yes, most avoidance behaviors are actually addictive behaviors. We all know that being addictive is a bad thing. So … The post The Coping By Avoiding Trap – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

So many people don’t believe you can have successful weight loss after 40. They think that as you age, weight gain is just a part of life. But I am an example of how you can lose weight successfully without surgery and maintain that weight loss for years. Weight loss is a matter of understanding … The post The Real Secret to Successful Weight Loss – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

I want to be like everyone else is the most common reason I hear for not achieving our life goals. We want to eat like everyone else, not realizing that everyone else is addicted to carbs and on the road to metabolic issues. This fear of missing out that we all suffer from keeps us … The post Don’t Be Like Everyone Else: Fat and Sick (FOMO) – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

You’ve been eating a certain way for the majority of your adulthood. The devil you know, the standard American Diet, is sabotaging successful weight loss and health management. In order to really change the way that you are eating and improve your health, you need to decide to do what will actually create change in … The post Sabotaging Success: The Devil You Know appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but effortless weight loss is a lie. in our immediate gratification society, we seem to believe we are entitled to whatever we want with little to no effort. This is not reality. Although weight loss is a simple process, it takes time, consistency, and commitment to accomplish. … The post Effortless Weight Loss is a Lie! – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

When you try to change your eating habits, you may find yourself fantasizing about junk food that you know is not a part of your new diet. We think it is harmless to fantasizing about cookies but in fact, when we daydream about eating cookies, psychologically we are actually eating the cookies. All too often, … The post Fantasizing About Cookies Makes You Fat – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

What the heck is Keto 2.0 and why should we care? The mainstream medical professionals believe that we should not be eating animal products. So Keto 2.0 encourages us to eat fatty fish. Wait, isn’t that already promoted on a ketogenic lifestyle? Keto 2.0 is Keto. These artificial rules that they are trying to impose … The post Keto 2.0: They FINALLY Made Keto Safe! – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Are you searching for real love vs fantasy focused. So many of us think that we are trying to find real love but then get caught up in the fantasy scenarios in our mind or portrayed on in movies. Being realistic about relationships means that you can solve issues quickly and enjoy a deep, meaningful … The post Real Love vs Fantasy: Stop Sabotaging Your Relationships appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

If you haven’t figured out by now that processed food is killing us, you’ve been walking around with your eyes closed. Our population has increased in weight to teh point where it is normal for 50% of adults to be overweight. We see no isssue with our chidren also being overweight, blaming their genes. This … The post Processed Food is Killing Us: Ingredients or Tongue Twisters? – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

After months of effort to improve your health, don’t regain the weight by ignoring this very important advice. Three simple changes to your mindset will result in maintenance now and long term. Real success occurs when you have maintained your new eating habits and healthy weight consistently. Knowing that you can apply the principals that … The post Don’t Regain the Weight, 3 Pro Tips to Stay Thin – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Do nutrition labels promote weight gain or provide helpful information? Well, if you want to be lulled into a false sense that what you are eating is healthy, you might believe that the information is helpful. But in fact, food labels are still skewed towards glorifying low fat as a healthy way to maintain your … The post Do Nutrition Labels Promote Weight Gain? – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

If you have ever wondered if doctors are conspiring to keep us sick, you need to read Dr. Ken Berry’s Book (link below). I can honestly say that I have come to the conclusion that doctors are not lying to us about how to be healthy on purpose. Doctors are not presenting a clear and … The post Are Doctors Conspiring to Keep Us Sick? – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Creating a functional work from home scenario is very important. Your environment and the psychological tactics you use will either improve your efficiency or lead to procrastination. Placing a good quality, comfortable work station in a well lit area will make all the difference in terms of motivation to work. Patrick recently set up his … The post 8 Work from Home Tips, Covid-19 & Beyond – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

Ever wonder why you always feel hungry, even after a rather large meal? There seems to be this never ending sense of having the munchies! And when we resist eating something, our mood plumets. We are addicted to food, or more specifically, addicted to sugar. Many of us are absolutely unaware of our addiction. And … The post Why You Always Feel Hungry, Three Meals a Day Lie – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.

@ErikTheElectric tried to eat 18 pounds of sugar in 15 minutes. The goal of this video is to explain that sugar behaves a certain way in the body. It is not possible to exercise away poor food choices. The damage caused by sugar occurs within the body. We need to accept how sugar affects the … The post Trying to Eat 18 Pounds of Sugar!!! – Healthy Ketogenic Diet appeared first on Violet Reveira, Psychologist.