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In order to figure out my unexplained and substantial weight gain, my starting point of thought was "What is the underlying cause for this excessive weight gain during my pregnancy, and why was it so difficult to get it off?" Valerie Berkowitz shares part 2 of her personal story about her history with Dr. Atkins and how she learned about insulin resistance during pregnancy.

The holidays are a time of celebration - a month of prime opportunity to get together with family and friends and eat, drink, and be merry. So how on earth do we remain seasonally sane? How do we hold fast to our low carb principles and still have a good time? Susie T. Gibbs shows us how.

Dana's book, 500 Paleo Recipes, is available and she appreciates all the people who continue to order it. This is her story about how the cookbook came about as well as the history of her move from low carb dieting to the paleo movement.

Dana Carpender's 500 Paleo Recipes cookbook is now available. This is an important book because it bridges the gap between Dana's thousands of low carb recipes over her many low carb cookbooks and the latest research and advice from the growing paleo community. CarbSmart's Andrew DiMino asked Dana what she learned from writing this cookbook.

Who am I? I am Valerie Berkowitz, a registered dietitian and super sleuth trying to figure out the details the doctors never told me about why I was so hungry and gained so much weight during what were supposed to be some of the happiest and most care-free times of my life.

In part 3 of her 3 part series, Susie T Gibbs shares her experience with living with breast cancer and her low carb lifestyle. Part 3 includes several of the latest studies, articles, and even YouTube Videos that will help you make the most informed decision possible about what to eat and how to eat, should you or a loved one develop breast cancer.

Adrenal Fatigue is the result of an overactive stress response. In this article by Vanessa Romero, she lays the groundwork for discussing stress, what it is, how the body responds to it and how to identify if it’s impacting your health.

A recent article from USA Today discusses a study conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic, in which 1,230 adults, ages 70 to 89, were tracked to determine how dietary choices including a higher amount of carbohydrates might play a role in MCI (mild cognitive impairment).

What do you eat to prevent breast cancer, or cure it if you are unfortunate enough to be fighting it? Will proper nutrition help you beat it? And just what is “proper nutrition”? What role does a low carb lifestyle play in nutrition and breast cancer? The answers to these questions are not clear-cut or easily determined. In order to discuss these questions, we must first understand a few things about the nature of the beast. We must also understand the difficulties involved in writing nutritional policies for use on populations with breast cancer.

Ketogenic diets: additional benefits to the weight loss and unfounded secondary effects.

When Alan Shanley grew up in Australia, obesity and diabetes were not a common occurrence. Australia is today ranked as one of the fattest nations in the developed world. The prevalence of obesity in Australia has more than doubled in the past 20 years. In his first column for CarbSmart, Alan looks at the transition of nutritional advice from his youth to now in Australia.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Can Eating a Low Carb Diet help you beat breast cancer? CarbSmart’s breast cancer survivor, Susie T. Gibbs, examines the relationship between cancer & nutrition in part 1 of a 3 part series.