With the NCOP signing the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill on Wednesday the 6th of December 2023, it is all but certain that the Bill will come into effect to some degree in 2026…However, before this happens, there are still two potential speed bumps that may delay this process.

Here are the top 5 mistakes I have seen people make when first going Keto:

Keto is not predominantly dependent upon caloric restriction. Instead, the ketogenic diet focuses on the hormones responsible for fat storage. Being in ketosis forces your body into a metabolic state in which the primary hormone responsible for storing fat is bypassed almost completely. This hormones is insulin.

Whilst the ketogenic diet eliminates most of the constraints of traditional calorie restriction diets, Keto still serves an imperfect being, namely ourselves. These are the 4 rules that have helped me and many many others successfully adopt a Keto lifestyle:

Our earliest ancestors were hunter-gatherers that had to learn to live in an unforgiving environment. Their next meal was never guaranteed and so their bodies had to take full advantage of every calorie they consumed so they could survive the inevitable lull that would follow. Our bodies quickly adapted to these constant states of feast and famine by developing a neat trick.

The word ‘Keto’ is almost synonymous with weight-loss. And whilst the lifestyle does guarantee rapid weight-loss when executed correctly, this is probably one of the lesser benefits of Keto. These are the 7 main benefits one can expect to experience when they adopt the Ketogenic lifestyle:

How does all that weight that you lose leave your body? This is a question that has stumped many wise minds. In fact, I encourage you to perform this simple survey yourself amongst your friends and family. Most will likely tell you that it passes through our body either in the form of sweat, urine or through our digestive tract. All decent guesses and not 100% wrong, more like just 84% wrong…

Thus, if weight loss is dependent upon the amount of calories our bodies burn, then we are far better off doing a few squats and deadlifts than beating the tarmac.

The pharmaceutical and healthcare industries are predominantly concerned with treating illness. Well, what if we could flip the script. What if we had a community driven healthcare system that focused on optimising human health and wellness instead. This perspective change is the bedrock of the Green Pill Movement.