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thinkThin Crunch Gluten Free Reduced Sugar Protein Bars - Crunchy, chewy, & wholesome. Lower carb but not the lowest in sugar.

Meet me, Andrew, and Amy - The CarbSmart writing team at the 2012 Low Carb Meet & Greet Saturday, July 7, 2012!

"In Defense of Fat" is a documentary about Obesity and the science of Ancestral Health. Through in-depth interviews, animation, and the examination of the change in nutritional and cultural attitudes,

An article by associate professor Brian Parr, claims that maintaining weight loss depends on making your weight loss diet your normal diet. This is true but then he says the solution is calorie counting.

Dana Carpender's Vitamin Regimen - Have you ever wondered what Dana Carpender takes each day to supplement her low carb lifestyle? She recently wrote about it at her HoldTheToast.com blog. What she takes on her healthy low carb lifestyle.

Sodium is not the problem. High insulin levels are the problem, because they signal the kidneys to retain sodium. Stop eating carbs and drop your insulin levels, and all of a sudden your kidneys become very efficient at removing sodium from the bloodstream. Stop eating a bunch of processed food, and your salt intake drops just as your ability to cope with sodium improves.

Low Carb Chili Recipes.

I'm thrilled to introduce our latest success story, Marilyn Brazzle, an inspiring and compassionate lady. A CPA working in management consulting for an accounting firm in Washington, DC, she resides in Frederick, MD and runs a non-profit sanctuary for homeless senior basset hounds. "At any time I'm sharing my home with about 20 old dogs," says Marilyn. Her exercise includes caring for her home, the dogs, and her commute to work.

Folks, I'm sorry I've been so spotty about posting to CarbSmart recently. I'm on deadline for this paleo cookbook (Pre-order at Amazon.com: 500 Paleo Recipes), and I'm cooking and writing like a maniac. Quite honestly, Its hard to think about anything else. However, in an attempt to make it up to you, I will now tell you how to save a pile of money.

Paleo refers to the idea that we can take cues from the hunter-gatherer diets of our pre-agricultural ancestors to determine the best - dare I say the evolutionary - diet of human kind. It is nearly impossible to achieve a truly paleo diet; you'd have to eat only local wild foods in season; one piece of cultivated fruit or pinch of a spice from another part of the world and you're no longer truly authentic.

Most of us understand the importance of adding a multivitamin and an Omega 3 supplement to our diet. But if you are at a metabolic disadvantage (an underlying condition that inhibits weight or health goals) you'll need more support than just these two basics and here's why:

With handwritten recipes from their hometown of Lucca, Italy, Rinaldo and Ezilda Torre introduced Torani syrups to the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco in 1925. Mixing their syrup recipes with sparkling water, the Torres introduced the classic Italian soda to local cafes, and soon began mixing, blending and selling Torani Syrups from their Italian wholesale grocery. Over the years they created some of the best Sugar Free flavors around. Sweetened with Splenda and Acesulfame Potassium.