How The World's Wealthiest People Travel

There are roughly 295,450 people with at least $30 million.

Such individuals, referred to as ultra-high net worth, represent about 0.0037% of the human population, yet they hold about a third, $35 trillion, of the world’s wealth.

Therefore, it’s no wonder why a massive, global industry exists, fully centered on supporting the nomadic lifestyles of the world’s wealthiest 295 thousand.

As with any socioeconomic class, ultra high net worth individuals are more likely to socialize with other ultra high net worth individuals, yet intriguingly, the number of people earning and spending similarly to you goes down as your income goes up.

Therefore, once you get to the top of the income scale, the scarcity of people like you stretches your social networks out to a global scale.

Through the years, this led to the creation of the informal but remarkably systematized so-called “Billionaire’s Social Calendar.”

The year often starts on St Barts—the traditional New Year’s Eve spot for the wealthiest few—then February might include the Superbowl, and March skiing in Aspen or St Moritz.

Spring starts with the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, while May includes the Cannes Film Festival and the conveniently close Monaco Grand Prix.

June’s highlight is the Henley Royal Rowing Regatta in England, July’s is Wimbledon, August’s is the Venice Film Festival, while September often includes a return to Monaco for its yacht show.

October’s the Frieze London Art Fair, November might include a trip down under for the Melbourne Cup, and finally, the last major event of the year, before St Barts, of course, is Art Basel Miami Beach.

These events are hardly about the events themselves—most wealthy attendees to Monaco’s grand prix hardly care about the racing and its yacht show is far more than a sales event for the vessels—but rather they serve as an exclusive space made available only to wealthy people who want to socialize with other wealthy people.

While few go to all, and each adapts the calendar to their preferences, ultra-wealthy individuals have often expressed a feeling of obligation to join the circuit in order to maintain their social standing.

Such pressure may have motivated Jeff Bezos, for example, to start his 2022 as he did—on a yacht off St Barts with his partner, Lauren Sanchez.

Thanks to publicly-available aircraft transponder data, however, we’re able to see what he did with the rest of his January.

Bezos’ pair of G650 jets are too large for St Barts’ short runway, so they waited on neighboring Saint Martin while the billionaire rang in the New Year.

Then, on the 1st, N271DV took off for the seven-hour flight to Los Angeles to drop Sanchez off, while the other, N758PB, flew the next day to take Bezos directly home to Seattle.

Over the next two weeks, both jets regularly shuttled up and down the west coast between Seattle and Burbank, presumably to take Bezos and Sanchez to visit each other.

On January 13th, however, one of the jets flew from Burbank to Maui while the other flew from Seattle and stopped briefly at LAX before continuing on to Maui, presumably carrying Sanchez and Bezos respectively to the billionaire’s new $78 million vacation home on the island, then each jet returned to the mainland four days later.

Bezos appeared to visit Sanchez again on the 23rd, then four days later flew directly to

Washington DC—Bezos owns the biggest home in the District; the largest newspaper in the city; and his company, Amazon, is constructing its second headquarters across the river in Crystal City, Virginia—so he was likely there for business.

But finally, Bezos finished out the month by flying back to Burbank, once again—and he did all of this while threading the needle between highlights on the Billionaire’s

social calendar, as just 11 days later he flew down to LA for the Superbowl.  

Across January, Bezos’ lifestyle called for his G650s to fly 29,000 miles or 46,000 kilometers in total, which is roughly equivalent to flying between Seattle and Sydney four times.

To fuel this extent of travel, his jets used about 24,838 gallons or 94,022 liters of fuel, which could otherwise be used to propel the largest passenger aircraft in the world, an A380, across the Atlantic from DC to London with 500 passengers aboard. 

But Bezos’ travel is indicative of the way that market analysts think ultra-luxury travel is heading.

You see, two phenomena are crashing head on into each other to throw the industry into turmoil.

First, more people are getting wealthy than ever, as money is becoming increasingly consolidated at the top, and second, merely wealthy people are traveling less frequently than in years past, but spending more than ever.

Data indicate that prior to COVID, Americans spent an average of $4,871 on a trip to Greece, but now, it’s all the way up to $6,561.Airline executives have also jubilantly noted that first and business class revenue is remarkably strong, despite the continued weakness of the traditionally lucrative business-travel segment, mostly thanks to leisure travelers opting to pay the premium for more luxurious travel at a greater rate than ever.

In New York City, the ultra-luxury hotel market is said to be booming, with all-time high prices and occupancy rates and new super-premium properties opening faster than ever.

Summer 2022 saw the opening of the highly-anticipated Aman New York, with the cheapest room starting at $2,600 a night, but more regularly pricing in the three or four thousands.

Five years ago, the Aman’s sister property—the Utah desert resort known as Amangiri—started at $1,400 a night, but these days, that’s doubled to $2,800 a night, and even with dynamic

pricing charging a hefty premium for the most attractive dates, plenty of nights are regularly sold out, even many months in advance.

And of course, for those lucky enough to get a booking at resorts like the Amangiri, they need a way to get there so it’s no wonder that 2021 saw an all-time record-high number of private jet flights—3.3 million globally.

This tremendous growth was in large part enabled by the propagation of the on-demand charter business model.

Companies like Wheels Up, NetJets, and XO have revolutionized the industry by simplifying one-off charters of private jets, which makes the means of travel far more achievable for the twice-a-year wealthy leisure traveler.

These private jets are serviced by fixed-based-operators, which essentially act as private terminals-for-hire, and these are also observing record traffic, leading to more FBOs being developed, which is pushing up prices for airport real-estate and hangars to an all-time-high as well.

So, as the industry has grown as large as ever, it’s simultaneously more expensive than ever and more frustrating than ever to get access to a private jet.

Essentially, across the ultra-luxury travel segment, there’s a capacity crunch. More people than ever are willing to pay more for a night in a top hotel than most do for a month of rent; or more for a two-hour private flight than most pay for their cars.

The pace of industry growth is outmatched by the growth in demand for the segment.

The incredible consequence is that the super wealthy have pushed the ultra-wealthy out from their traditional stomping grounds.

There simply are not publicly-available travel experiences expensive and exclusive enough for the wealthiest of the wealthiest anymore, so they’re essentially turning to private everything.

Yachts fulfill this need well—they allow the ultra-rich to travel on their own terms,

bringing the quality of accommodations they expect to wherever they want to go, largely

regardless of outside demand.

But where they want to go is still largely dictated by that Billionaire’s calendar,

so each fall, as the temperatures in the Med drop and the final summer events finish up,

a maritime migration begins.

Some of the superyachts push off the dock with pared-down crews to begin the lengthy

transatlantic passage under their own power, and while most yachts are capable of taking

on most ocean crossings, it’s an expensive, impractical, and dangerous endeavor.

That’s why these exist—yacht-carrying ships.

These ships work year-round connecting the world’s yachting hotspots, but in the fall

and spring, it’s all about the transatlantic migration.

So, at the end of the Med season, a deluge of vessels descend on yachting hubs like Genoa,

Italy and Palma de Mallorca, Spain to load up on one of these vessels—their owners

paying up to $100 thousand for the convenience.

Upon arrival in the Caribbean, their owners can once again access their yachts, providing

convenient access to winter events like Art Basel Miami and New Year’s on St Barts. 

As with every other segment of the industry, however, the superyacht industry is growing

faster than ever, meaning what was previously a refuge from the constraints of land is finding

itself increasingly stuck out at sea.

Take, for instance, a berth at the Yacht Club de Monaco.

First and foremost, it’ll cost you.

During the summer season, a night will cost the shortest vessels $275; but if you’d

like to dock the same boat during the Monaco Grand Prix, the price skyrockets to over $16,500

a night.

To get one of the few spots that can fit the largest 60 or 70 meter vessels, it’ll cost

$73,000 a night, but even then, the clubhouse building blocks the view of the track, so

to actually see the race, this fee includes access for two to the building itself. 

But cost is hardly the issue here.

Rather, it’s club membership, which requires that you were first sponsored by a member

then approved by the admissions committee.

Once in, to secure a spot during the Med Season, berth reservations have to be booked months

in advance.

But for the only event that parallels the Grand Prix in exclusivity, the yacht show,

just getting a berth is only half the battle.

When showing your superyacht off to other attendees, the best spot to dock is here,

across the way, so onlookers can take in the full profile of the vessel rather than just

its rear.

But getting these spots requires first that the yacht is too long to fit in a traditional

spot, and that you, or your captain, has a strong relationship with the event directors—relationships

that take years to form.   

Navigating these busy waters is an expensive pain.

Superyacht ownership in general is an expensive pain.

Yachts don't actually get someone from one place to the next efficiently at all—on

the open ocean they’re generally unpleasantly bumpy rides—and yearly costs generally average

around 10% of the boat’s value.

Yet, across the board, no matter the length, sales only continue to rise.

Anecdotally, the deals cut on the decks of these behemoth boats, and the valuable relationships

curated at yacht club bars are said to make the investment worth it.

As one new yacht owner told the New Yorker “one deal secured on board will pay it all

back many times over.”So, increasingly, the yacht is now perceived as a necessary

component of the Billionaire’s social calendar, meaning the same way the wealthiest few are

feeling about private aviation and ultra-luxury hotels now extends to the yachting world as well.

In response, the ultrawealthy are getting more creative.

Over the past five years, just as overall sales and superyacht builds have risen, the

number of superyachts over 40 meters being refitted has nearly doubled.

More often than not, refitting means a visit to a boat yard for minor alterations.

Sometimes, though, these refits are major, which reflects a growing trend: the rise of the expedition yacht.

With traditional waters busier than ever and the experiential economy as big as ever, billionaires

are rebuilding and buying superyachts capable of taking on more adventurous trips, be it

sojourns into the Arctic or lengthy, remote prowls across the Pacific. At the extreme end of this trend is a former Soviet icebreaker now rebuilt as an equally tough and luxurious expedition yacht called Legend.

On the other, experiential yachting firms have popped up that create World War II battle simulations in the Pacific for bored kids or set up temporary restaurants on sandbars in the middle of the Maldives. 

The trend toward exploration and expedition isn’t just a superyacht thing either. At the same time that increasingly numerous millionaires are pushing the ultra wealthy away from their old stops, the interest in and social value of unique experiences is

pulling billionaires to services offering one-of-a-kind adventures—from up-close gorilla safaris in Rwanda, to luxurious overland treks to the south pole.

These luxpeditions, as they’re called, are individually curated by companies like Brown and Hudson to push their guests through Bear Grylls-like experiences in frigid winter conditions before they escape to tents with heated floors and Michelin star-worthy food waiting on them.

Their goal is that the trip, in their words, is seared into the participant’s memory. And if the extreme outdoors isn’t of interest, Brown and Hudson offer the opportunity to travel like James Bond, to live a few days like someone else entirely, or go off on a globe-trotting Grand Tour.

For the ultra-wealthy, the options are really endless.

As long as it’s legal, said one representative of a referral-only travel service, they’ll do anything for a client. Bespoke traveling for the billionaire class is booming, and as long as the traveler gets a good story out of the experience or the ability to brag about visiting the Salar Uyani

salt desert in Bolivia or the most rural reaches of Sudan before any of their friends, they’ll keep paying well into the hundreds of thousands for it.

But of course, the true top of the market is what we don’t know about yet. Increasingly, wealthy people are traveling to be seen—either in person or on social media.

In response, ultra wealthy people are increasingly traveling to disappear—as reflected in the record sales of secluded $30, $40, and $50 million vacation homes in places like Hawaii, Colorado, and the Caribbean.

We don’t have a great sense of the ins and outs of the most expensive travel experiences, because the secrecy is part of the premium itself.

By the time we do, the top of the wealth pyramid will have moved onto something else—always staying one step ahead of the merely wealth.

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How Rwanda Is Becoming The Singapore Of Africa

Africa is often viewed quite poorly on the world stage. The continent holds plenty of violent, corrupt, and unstable nations and the majority of world’s least developed countries, but Africa is big. There are 54 countries there and not all fall into the generalizations of the continent as a whole. Perhaps most notably, Rwanda.

One of the easiest ways to compare countries is through their indicators and Rwanda’s are impressive. For every 100,000 residents, Rwanda has, on average, only 2.5 murders per year. As a point of comparison, that’s lower than  India’s 3.2 or the United States’ 5.4. It’s even more impressive when looking at the kind of neighborhood Rwanda is in.

Uganda has 11.5, Tanzania has 7, Burundi has 6, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has 13.6 murders per 100,000. In addition, Rwanda is ranked as the 48th least corrupt country in the world. That’s not perfect, but on the continent, only Botswana, a far richer country, ranks higher.

The country also has a 67 year life expectancy, tied for forth best in Africa, and only slightly below the world average. That 67 year number is believable, but what’s truly unbelievable is that 25 years ago, the average Rwandan had a life expectancy of 28 years. 25 years ago, Rwanda was in the midst of one of the most horrific genocides in history.

In only 100 days, 800,000 Rwandans were murdered in the midst of this ethnic conflict. The group primarily targeted, the Tutsi, saw the loss of about 75% of its population. With time, though, the country emerged from the other end, peace prevailed, and its indicators began their steady climb upwards to where they are today.

It is now the 15th fastest growing economy in the world as its government has set out a clearly defined mission—they want to become the Singapore of Africa. To understand what this means, though, you have to understand what Singapore is. It’s easy to forget that east Asia was not the highly developed, economically powerful place it is today 100 years ago.

Many refer to the 1800’s as Britain’s century, the 1900’s as America’s century, and the 2000’s as Asia’s century. It’s thought that we are currently in the century where Asia will prevail and one of the countries driving that is Singapore. Singapore sits at the top of all the indicators—not just for Asia, but the world. It’s the eighth safest, third richest, third least corrupt, third longest living country in the world.

60 years ago, in 1960’s, Singapore’s economy had a size of about $700 million. Today that number is $320 billion. In the last ten years alone its GDP has doubled. It went from a definitively third-world country to a definitively first-world country in less than a lifetime.

The country is intensely focused on being the business hub for Asia. Of the world’s 20 largest companies, 15 have operations in Singapore. It’s tough to look at the results of Singapore’s economic development without being impressed. They have done the nearly impossible.

Some of the ways Singapore has achieved this growth, though, has met some criticism. The way Singapore is run politically has been described as, “paternalistic.” it’s not quite authoritarian, but some freedoms are lacking.

One of the few indicators that Singapore does rank at the top of is the Democracy Index. It scores a 6.4 out of 10 which ranks it at 66th in the world and categorizes it as a, “flawed democracy.” The elements of this paternalism range from small things like the country’s ban on chewing

gum for cleanliness purposes to big things like the limitations on freedom of speech, assembly, and the press. To this, proponents would say, “look at the results.” The country has succeeded economically based off the trade that seemingly more and more countries are embracing, “liberty for prosperity.”

Rwanda has been paying attention. Paul Kagame, its president, declared that mission to turn the country into, “the Singapore of Africa,” and in many ways, it’s already well on its way. Arguing that Rwanda is authoritarian is easy.

On the same democracy indicator where Singapore is categorized as a, “flawed democracy,” Rwanda earns a score of 3.4 out of 10 and the categorization of, “authoritarian.” Paul Kagame was first elected in 2003, then again in 2010, then again in 2017 with 98.8% of the vote.

The US Department of State, though, described that third election as having some, “irregularities.” That also came after a constitutional amendment lifting term limits to let Kagame take power again. He is clearly well-liked and impressive.

He began his career in the military, played a part in toppling the oppressive governments of Uganda, Rwanda, and the DRC, and has been described as, “perhaps the most successful general alive.”

He is by all accounts a military genius and since his fighting days he has risen Rwanda from chaos into peace and prosperity but as a political leader, he himself is still oppressive. Just like Singapore, there are severe limitations on the freedom of speech, assembly, and the press.

There are even accusations of Kagame supporting or arranging the assassination of his political opponents. Looking at the ends, though, there are clearly more parallels with Singapore. Singapore’s success as a business hub is can be attributed to three factors: geographic centrality, political stability, and ease of doing business.

As part of Kagame’s mission, Rwanda is working to improve these same three factors. For the first factor, Singapore’s sits as a central point in the world. Within an eight hour flight one can get to the major business hubs of the middle east in the UAE and Qatar, all of India, all of east Asia’s major business hubs, and all of Australia.

Meanwhile, Rwanda sits only 600 miles or 950 kilometers from the geographic center of Africa. It is about as central as you can get on the enormous continent. For both countries, though, geographic centrality means nothing unless you can actually get to them.

One of Singapore’s largest companies is Singapore airlines—often considered one of the best if not the best airline in the world. Thanks to this airline, one can get from Singapore to five different continents in a matter of hours. It’s easy to underestimate the importance of having a globally competitive airline to establish a city as a business hub.

It’s safe to say that other business hubs, such as Dubai and Doha, would not be as influential as they are today without their airlines. Rwanda has clearly noticed this. Their national airline, Rwandair, which is government owned, has grown from a tiny operation with a few regional jets to a significant, intercontinental airline operating brand new planes.

They now fly all around Africa, to Dubai, Brussels, and London and have even announced plans to start one-stop service to both Guangzhou, China and New York. While the airline is not yet nearly at the level of some larger players on the continent

like Ethiopian Airlines and South Africa Airways, it’s serving its job effectively of connecting Rwanda to the world. The second factor to Singapore’s economic success is political stability. The World Bank rates countries in terms of, “political stability and absence of violence and terrorism,” and for this, Singapore, unsurprisingly, comes up in the 99th percentile—better than almost any country in the world.

This is a big reason why a CEO might choose to set up their Asian hub in Singapore over Hong Kong, for example, which only scores in the 75th percentile for political stability and is trending downwards. They want to operate in a place that they know won’t change quickly on a political level since there are inherent costs involved with a changing external environment.

Rwanda sits at the 48th percentile for this political stability indicator, well in the middle of the pack. This isn’t phenomenal but, compared to the sub-Saharan average of 31, it’s doing alright. It’s a contentious issue whether elements of authoritarianism promote or impede political stability.

In Rwanda’s case, with so few years under the current form of government, it’s tough to know if the country really is stable or not. Rwanda is now, by many accounts, a police state. There are random checkpoints all around the country and strict security at most buildings in Kigali, the capital.

Kigali is now one of the cleanest cities in Africa, let alone the world, partially due to a ban on single-use plastics and plastic bags but also because all able-bodied members of the population are required to participate in a community cleaning day on the last Saturday of each month. According to one report, there’s even widespread unlawful detention of what are described as, “undesirables,” on the streets.

The test of whether this country is truly stable or rather in a state of temporary fear-based obedience might not have yet come.Rwanda has not experienced a transition of power since 2000 and nobody really knows whether the country can continue on the right path after Kagame leaves. He himself even said that if he had not groomed a successor by 2017, “It means that I have not created capacity for a post-me Rwanda. I see this as a personal failure.”

It’s now well past 2017 and Kagame is still in power with no signs of leaving. Regardless of the reasons, though, for Rwanda’s current political stability, it’s sure that businesses like it. It’s one of the top factors they look at when deciding which countries to operate in. The third factor that led to Singapore’s business success, ease of doing business, is perhaps the most important one and it’s also the one at which Rwanda most excels.

This is a broad factor but it’s one that the World Banks tracks with a well known indicator—the Ease of Doing Business Index. This looks at ten factors—ease of starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency.

Singapore ranks as number two in the world behind New Zealand and is followed up by Denmark, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Rwanda, meanwhile, scores as the 29th. This is an impressive score by itself but it is incredibly impressive when considering how the rest of the continent ranks up. Rwanda is by far the highest ranked among mainland African nations.

The nearest trailing African nation is Morocco at number sixty and plenty of highly developed countries like the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Japan rank lower than Rwanda. To achieve this Rwanda has made plenty of economic and legislative reforms to foster the business-friendly environment.

They’ve also been focusing on building both soft and hard infrastructure. The government, in collaboration with private investors, built an enormous $300 million convention center along with a five star Radisson Blu hotel to attract the convention market in addition to less flashy infrastructure projects building roads and airports.

Overall, Rwanda is on the hunt for international investment in the country and so far, that’s paid off. In 2005, $10.5 million were invested from abroad in Rwanda. In 2017, that number was $293 million. Clearly a lot is working in Rwanda. It’s safe, clean, and growing economically. What more could a country want? Well, there are serious questions from abroad on whether Rwanda’s growth is ethical, replicable, sustainable, and even real.

The way Rwanda has achieved its current stability and growth have some external observers condemning it. Appearances of Rwanda can also be deceiving. It is still one of the poorest countries in the world with the average resident earningonly $750 a year. Some question whether the country should be spending so much on its airline, its infrastructure, and its capital when so many in the country are so poor.

Some question whether the country is growing for its middle and upper class while leaving its rural poor behind. It’s no surprise, though, that many of the countries neighbors, curbed by violence and poverty, have pondered whether they should be replicating the ways of Kagame. External observers have given mixed answers to that question. Some believe that the the current authoritarian policies will let dissent bottle up and eventually explode.

They worry that the country will erupt into violence again. Some say that the current regime is solely focused on making things seem like they’re improving through climbing up the indicators without making real, rational change. There are even some accusations that Rwandan GDP growth figures might be inflated or otherwise manipulated. It’s sure that Rwanda has been growing enormously, but is it really this much? There is no one recipe for economic growth.

The fact that the United States became the superpower of the 20th century and China is becoming the superpower of the 21st century proves that more than anything. Democratic states grow and autocratic states grow—they might grow in different ways, but there are success stories on both ends of the spectrum. What external observers have so much trouble answering is the means to the end question. Should Rwanda’s growth be lauded given how it is achieved? Can you tolerate some bad in exchange for much good?

In the end, Rwanda is the country of Rwandans and they are the only ones that matter with these questions. If Rwanda is truly working for all Rwandan’s, then Rwanda is working. There are a lot of, “ifs,” but if Rwanda’s growth is sustainable and if Rwanda’s politics are stable and if Rwanda’s investments pay off and if businesses pay attention to Rwanda, there is a very good chance that the country is well on it’s way to becoming the Singapore of Africa.

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The Healthiest Foods With No Carbs and Sugar

Hello guys welcome back to another intresting topic today. Kindly read this article to an end in order for  you to familiarize with it so lets begin. A list of healthy foods with no carbs and no sugar in your diet is very important thing to consider.

If you want to lose weight and get healthy, it's important to lower the amount of carbohydrates that you eat.

Junk foods are high in processed carbohydrates and refined sugars.

These have been proven to cause inflammation throughout the body.

Such as in your liver, which then produces more body fat. (Eating too many of these)

Over time this leads to a great range of illnesses, such as diabetes, weight gain, obesity, nerve damage, heart attacks, strokes and many more problems.

Today I will share with you a list of the top 12 healthy foods which contain very low carbs and sugars (less than 3g). Eating these to replace junk foods will bring in lots of nutrients to your body and allow to heal naturally. Just my usual reminder, this article  is for educational purposes only, so do speak to your doctor if you have any medical problems.

1. Eggs (0.6g Carbs, Per Egg).

Pasture raised eggs contain all the building blocks of life and contain only trace amounts of carbs within them.

Eggs are a great of source choline and lecithin which can break down fat inside your liver and help to you lose weight.

They are also rich in protein, amino acids, vitamins and minerals which help the body's cells to heal and grow.

Eat 2-4 eggs on a daily basis to boost your nutrition.

These will keep you full, feeling focused and massively reduce cravings for snacks and junk food.

2. Kale (0g Digestible Carbs).

Organic kale is one of the most nutrient dense superfoods on the planet.

This leafy green vegetable contains 2x Vitamin C than oranges, more calcium than milk, and more potassium than bananas.

Start eating this lightly steamed as a side dish or blended into smoothies daily to see some major health improvements in your body. It contains no starches or sugars, only healthy forms of fiber.

3. Red Meats (0g Carbs).

Choose high quality, grass fed animal meats such as beef, lamb and organ meats.

These are essential blood building sources of protein that are rich in bioavailable iron and vitamin B12. (they contain no carbohydrates)

They are needed for the development of strong healthy muscles and to provide energy to the body.

4.Cheese (0.4g Carbs, Per 1oz).

Cheese is one of the healthiest sources of fat soluble nutrients such as Vitamins A, E, D and K2.

Eating this helps calcium to be absorbed into your bones, teeth and nails.

It also contains healthy fatty acids and proteins which can improve brain health and concentration levels.

Make sure that your cheese is high quality, from grass fed cows/goats.

I recommend cheddar, camembert, halloumi, brie, goats cheese and mozzarella.

5. Pecan Nuts (1g Net Carbs, per 1oz).

Pecans contain a very low amount of net carbs, but contain high amounts of soluble fiber which helps to control your blood sugars.

Pecans are rich in zinc, copper, Vitamin b1, and monounsaturated fat which will keep you feeling satisfied and less likely to crave junk foods when losing weight.

Eat a small handful of these after a meal, or chop them up and mix with sugar free dark chocolate 70%.

6. Cauliflower & Cruciferous (0g Digestible Carbs).

When improving your health or losing weight it's 100% essential that you load up on leafy greens in the cruciferous family like cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, bok choy, arugula, and collard greens.

These are densely packed full of phytochemicals that help your liver to remove toxins from your body.

You need to eat these to meet your potassium and magnesium needs, two essential minerals that help lower insulin resistance so that you can burn fat at a rapid rate.

7. Wild Salmon (0-0.1g Carbs, Per 3oz).

When following a low carb diet, oily fish are some of the best natural sources of protein and omega-3 fatty acids that you can eat.

Omega 3-s from wild salmon, sardines, mackerel and anchovies lower inflammation throughout your body and reverse oxidative damage caused by eating sugary food sin the past.

Make sure to avoid the farmed fish however as these contain toxic antibiotics, synthetic food colouring agents and are fed a very poor diet, making them low in nutrients.

8. Butter (0.1g Carbs Per 100g).

Pure butter than has not been blended with vegetable oil is one of the healthiest sources of retinol to protect and rejuvenate your eyes, skin and hair.

It has a bad reputation, however the cholesterol in butter is essential for your body to build hormones like insulin, estrogen, testosterone or cortisol, which are all needed in balance to help you lose weight.

Start cooking your foods in REAL butter instead of inflammatory oils to help strengthen you bones with calcium, to minimise your cravings, and also help your gallbladder release bile which will help to break down fat.

9. Sauerkraut (0.1g Net Carbs, Per 1oz).

Sauerkraut is a form of fermented cabbage and is one of the richest sources of Vitamin c and probiotics in the world.

You can eat this 2-3 times per week to boost the amount of friendly bacteria in your body, helping to support gut health and lower your blood sugars for weight loss.

It's very easy to digest for those with digestive problems like acid reflux, ibs, crohn's, diverticulitis. The prebiotic fiber will feed the cells in your colon to heal any damage.

10. Avocados (0-4g) & Olive Oil (0g) .

Avocados and extra virgin olive oil.

When cutting out carbs and sugar, you'll definitely want to add more healthy fats into your diet, to help control your appetite.

Avocados are one of the most nutrient dense foods in the world, and are rich in monounsaturated fats which provide fuel and energy to your cells.

They are also rich in potassium, magnesium and Avocatin B, all of which improve hormone balance, insulin resistance and help your body metabolise and burn fat.

Similarly, extra virgin olive oil is one of the healthiest cooking ingredients.

It's loaded with anti-inflammatory chemicals like oleocanthal and oleuropein which can get rid of pain, swelling, joint pain, inflammation and improve the health of your liver.

11. Nutritional Yeast

When you're on a diet or your exercising heavily, your body uses up its B-vitamins to help break down your stored fat and turn it into energy.

This can leave you depleted, causing you to feel weaker, tired and it can even trigger anxiety and mood disorders in some people.

Start consuming 1-2 tablespoons of unfortified nutritional yeast daily.

This is rich in the B-Vitamin complex and will help to fix your metabolism, lower cortisol (stress), and support heathy weight loss.

12. Herbs (0g) & Spices (1-3g) Carbs, Per Tsp.

To heal any ailment or to lose weight, eat freshly chopped herbs in salads on a daily basis.

Some of the best are mint, basil, parsley, oregano, cilantro, dill, rosemary and thyme.

These do not contain any starches, but are packed full of healing antioxidants and phytonutrients that support weight loss and blood sugar management.

Likewise I also recommend spices, like turmeric, cinnamon, coriander seeds, black pepper and ginger.

These are some of the nature's most powerful natural healers which help to repair the liver, the pancreas, and the digestive organs.

Spices contain a very tiny amount of carbs, but you don’t need much to get the benefits and give your meals a delicious flavour.

What's interesting about nature, is that the foods that are healthiest for you often have the most vibrant tastes and flavours.

Here's a quick summary of some of foods that I've talked about today.

Eating a mixture of these foods to replace carbohydrates will quickly help your body

to burn fat at a rapid rate, and also trigger healing at the cellular level.

It's important that you avoid the conventional cheap meats and farmed fish which are pumped full of hormones, antibiotics are fed GMO grains.

You want to choose high quality grass fed and grass finished meats, wild caught fish, pasture raised eggs and dairy produce.

Also, choose organic vegetables and leafy greens, that have not been sprayed with harmful pesticides that can damage your liver.

Losing Weight Fast.

If your' goal is to lose weight there are some simple tricks and techniques that you can also use to help turn your body into a fat burning machine.

1. Perform intermittent fasting at least 2-4 days per week. Eat all of your calories and food in a shorter window of time. You do this in a 5 hour window, and allow your body 19 hours to fast.

Fasting makes your cells more sensitive to insulin, allowing more energy, fat and fuel to be burned so that you can lose weight faster.

Fasting also stimulates autophagy, your bodies way of cleaning out damaged cells, recycling them to build new healthy parts.

2. Start taking a digestive enzyme supplement before each meal. Choose a brand which contains bile, pancreatin and betaine hcl. These ingredients help your gallbladder and your pancreas to release bile and enzymes that break down fat, and clean out your digestive system.

3. Avoid all starchy, sugary and processed carbohydrates like bread, cereal, pasta, rice, biscuits, potatoes, soda, doughnuts etc.. These foods raise your insulin and blood sugars, which prevent you from losing weight.

4. Eat lots of healthy fats that I've already talked about today, like avocados, eggs, EVOO, and raw coconut oil. These help your body to switch from burning glucose (sugar) to burning body fat (adipose tissue).

5. Keep your stress levels low, because stress hormones (cortisol) makes you gain weight. Taking long walks in nature, getting more sleep and deep breathing exercise can all be used to minimise stress, which helps balance hormones.

6. Drink at least 1 litre of a good quality mineral water each day, avoiding tap water as this can contain unhealthy forms of estrogen that promote weight gain.

Choose a bottled brand which comes from a natural source rich in minerals.

I personally drink Evian, San Pellegrino and Fiji water, but there many brands out there to choose from.So do you know any other healthiest food with no curb and sugar? Feel free to share with us on the comment section below also don't forget to share this article out.

Three Causes Of Dry Skin On The Face

Dry skin around the face indicates that you are deficient in certain vitamins and nutrients which causes the skin to flake and malform.

You may have dry or flaky patches around your nose, forehead, chin, or anywhere on the face.

People who have more severe deficiencies may develop red and inflamed skin which a medical condition called pellagra or dermatitis.

Although cold weather, harsh soaps and shampoos can cause dryness, this is usually temporary.

So if you have dry skin throughout the year, then it's important to find out what's causing it.

Today, we will be exploring the 3 main causes of dry skin due to nutrient deficiencies, and how you can overcome them using natural remedies.

This article is for educational purposes only, so do speak to your doctor if you have any medical concerns.

1. Omega 3 Deficiency.

The first and most common cause of dry facial skin in an omega-3 deficiency.

There are two types of essential fats that that your body needs to maintain healthy, moisturised and glowing skin.

These are omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

Both of which are used to support the growth of healthy skin cells throughout your body.

The body is designed to eat a 1:1 ratio of these, however modern statistics show that people are eating far more omega 6 and not enough omega 3-s, which causes the skin to dry out, especially around the face where more flexibility is needed for movement.

Omega-6 fatty acids are found in all the vegetable oils, fried foods cooked in corn oil, canola oil, soy oil etc…

It's also high in foods like chicken, batch farmed eggs, grains and nuts.

However Omega-3 fatty acids are found primarily in seafoods like oily fish such as salmon, sardines, mackerel and anchovies.

You can also get omega-3 from pasture raised eggs, grass fed beef, virgin cod liver oil, and seeds such as flax or chia.

So if you want to start improving the health of your skin, cut down on the refined foods and load up on omega-3 fats.

This will lower inflammation in the skin and help to produce new, healthy skin cells which remain moisturised and flexible.

2. Vitamin B3 Deficiency.

The second cause on our list in a Vitamin B3 deficiency.

If you are deficient in Vitamin B3 (Niacin), then you are much more likely to suffer with cracked skin around the mouth, patches of dry skin on the forehead and dry or cracked heels beneath your feet.

This is a subclinical form of a condition called pellagra.

Although Vitamin B3 is found in many different foods, people are usually deficient because they are eating too many foods that contain flour, corn such as corn oil, rice or alcoholic drinks.

These foods deplete Vitamin B3 because they are harder to break down and digest, so B3 helps convert them into energy.

Niacin (Vitamin B3) is actually an antioxidant which protects your DNA, the genetic material found inside all of your cells.

So as you become deficient, the skin starts to become dry, scaly and may cause rashes.

To overcome this deficiency, simply cut back on the foods I just mentioned and eat salmon, turkey or tuna which are all good sources of B3.

3. Trace Mineral Deficiency.

The last cause of skin problems on our list is a lack of trace minerals.

There are a range of trace minerals that the body needs in very tiny amounts such as zinc, selenium, copper, chromium, boron, etc…

Many people do not realise how important that these actually are for maintaining overall health.

Trace minerals help make enzymes in the body that build proteins such as healthy hair, skin cells and tissues throughout your body.

Organic trace minerals are found in plants that are grown on fertile soil, especially volcanic soil in Central America etc..

Sea vegetables and shellfish are also loaded with trace minerals, because they absorb them from the vast mineral rich seabed's within the ocean.

Unfortunately nowadays people do not consume enough seafood, and many of the vegetables today are grown on over farmed soils which have been depleted of minerals.

This can lead to problems with hair loss, dryness of the skin and weak nails that crack easily.

Start eating foods rich in minerals such as seaweed, sea kelp, pasture raised eggs, shellfish and bone broth to help improve your skin.

On a final note, if you continue to eat lots of refined grains and junk foods then it's likely that your skin will remain the same, regardless of If you take a supplement or not.

No matter how many skin creams, ointments and products you use, the problem will always return, because the skin is made from the inside out, not the outside in.

Clean up your diet and start eating healthier options such as a daily salad, adding in the remedial foods I mentioned today to truly master healthy skin.