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What If Fat is the Solution? An Interview with Drs. Jeff Volek & Stephen Phinney Part 2

Dana Carpender April 7, 2023 Blood Sugar, CarbSmart Magazine, Cardiovascular Disease, Dietary Fat, Diets & Dieting, Gluconeogenesis, High Blood Pressure, Induction, Insulin Resistance, Interviews, Ketogenic Diet 0

Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney Interview Part 2

What If Fat is the Solution? Drs. Volek & Phinney Reveal Secrets of The Art & Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance. An Exclusive Interview by Dana Carpender Part 2 of 2.

What If Fat is the Solution? An Interview with Drs. Jeff Volek & Stephen Phinney Part 1

Dana Carpender April 7, 2023 Blood Sugar, CarbSmart Magazine, Cardiovascular Disease, Dietary Fat, Diets & Dieting, Gluconeogenesis, High Blood Pressure, Induction, Insulin Resistance, Interviews, Ketogenic Diet 2

Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney Interview Part 1

What If Fat is the Solution? Drs. Volek & Phinney Reveal Secrets of The Art & Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance. An Exclusive Interview by Dana Carpender Part 1 of 2.

Beginning Or Restarting A Low-Carb Diet

Rani Merens January 11, 2015 Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Diets & Dieting, Exercise, High Blood Pressure, Induction, Insulin Resistance, Ketogenic Diet, Menu Planning, Metabolism, Nutrition, Sodium, Sugar Addiction 1

Perhaps you splurged over the holidays and are now having a difficult time getting back on track with your low carb WOE (Way Of Eating). Or, perhaps, you looked in the mirror and decided, "It's time to lose that weight!" And after considerable research, you have decided to go the low carb route. Regardless of your reasons, here you are, confronting the Dreaded Diet!

Bad Things Come in Small (Sugar) Packages, Too

Dr. Eric Westman June 6, 2013 Blood Sugar, CarbSmart Magazine, Diabetes, Health, Research & Science 0

The amount of sugar (or really glucose, technically speaking) is tightly regulated in the human bloodstream. A normal blood sugar (glucose) is under 100 mg/dL, and when the sugar rises to between 100 mg/dL to 125 mg/dL the serious medical conditions of glucose intolerance, pre-diabetes are diagnosed. Once above 125 mg/dL diabetes is diagnosed. As more research is done, the optimal blood glucose number goes lower and lower. The bottom line is you want to keep the blood sugar as low as you can for optimal health.

Pot, Meet Kettle – The Hope Warshaw/Diabetes Health Controversy by Amy Dungan

Amy Dungan July 9, 2011 Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Diets & Dieting, Health, Research & Science 0

Diabetes Health recently published an article by diabetes expert Hope Warshaw that has stirred up quite a hornet's nest in the low carb community. In her piece titled Type 2 Diabetes: From Old Dogma to New Realities, Warshaw discusses what she believes are basically old wives' tales about diabetes care, while recommending a fantastic new treatment. The problem here? Her ideas are not new, fantastic or even scientific. And that old wives' tale, or "old dogma" as she likes to phrase it, happens to be what science has proven to work for those wishing to sustain healthy blood sugar levels. What is the old dogma you ask? A low carbohydrate diet.

What We Have Learned About The Low Fat Controversy

Dr. Beth Gruber February 9, 2002 Blood Sugar, Cholesterol, Dietary Fat, Digestion, Fiber, Gluconeogenesis, Lipids, Low-Fat, Metabolism, Protein, Protein Digestion, Research & Science, Scams & Gimmicks, Science of Low-Carb & Keto Diets 0

In the past several articles, we have been talking about how it is that fats and cholesterol became the enemies of the table. But after going through the entire story, we can see that the science of dietary fat is much more complicated than it has been presented by The Official Opinion. Article 18 of the Science of Low-Carb & Keto Diets series.