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How the Modified Atkins Diet Helped Give Her Epileptic Son A New Life

How the Modified Atkins Diet Helped Give Her Epileptic Son A New Life. Our neurologist proposed a form of the ketogenic diet; The Modified Atkins Diet for Seizures (MAD)

How the Modified Atkins Diet Helped Give Her Epileptic Son A New Life. Our neurologist proposed a form of the ketogenic diet; The Modified Atkins Diet for Seizures (MAD). He explained that it would take a lot of willpower and discipline on Casey’s part and that of our whole family.

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Review of The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living

Review of The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living article by Dana Carpender in the Premiere Issue of CarbSmart Magazine. If you want the physiological explanation of the low carb lifestyle, this is your book. Read the full article in the premiere issue of CarbSmart Magazine available in iTunes. …

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The Swedish “Low Carb” Study Where No One Ate A Low Carb Diet

Schwedischer Fischsalat - Swedish fish salad

A Swedish study suggests that perhaps in the context of a high carbohydrate diet, increasing saturated fat intake may raise total cholesterol, but does not tell us if that rise is comprised largely of LDL or HDL. It demonstrates no increase in atherosclerosis as a result. It doesn’t tell us anything about the effects of a low carbohydrate diet, because there’s no mention of anyone in the study actually eating a low carbohydrate diet. And because it is an observational study, it proves nothing. Nothing at all.

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