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Bologna Meter: Alzheimer's Bologna. A new study made a splash in the media recently – the splash coming in the form of headlines like these: Saturated Fat May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Alzheimer's and How a High Fat Diet Increases Alzheimer's Risk. Holy moly! Saturated fat causes Alzheimer’s?! I’d throw away all my sausage, except I can’t remember where I put it.

Of Ketones and Cancer, Low Carb Research Earns Prize by Dana Carpender in the May 2013 issue of CarbSmart Magazine.

In the past few years, scientists have discovered that a contributing factor to Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia is insulin resistance. In fact, some researchers are now referring to Alzheimer’s Disease as type 3 diabetes, an illness which affects only the brain. People who suffer from this condition are unable to accept glucose into their brain cells (neurons) and as a result, those cells starve. In her first column for CarbSmart, Vicki Cash, RN, BSN, examines the use of coconut oil as a treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease.

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).

Dana Carpender summarizes her trip to the Ancestral Health Symposium 2012 at Harvard. Lessons & inspiration for the low carb & paleo communities.

CarbSmart is an online magazine dedicated to helping you live your low carb, diabetic, and paleo lifestyles. To continue our growth, we're looking to publish more articles and the best way to do that is to bring on more writers. And that could mean you!

In the CBS Morning News video, Dr. Davis says that modern wheat is bad because "It's not wheat. It's an 18-inch tall plant created by genetic research in the '60s and '70s."

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.

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

Protecting Us From Sugar? NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a ban on super-sized sodas to stem the tide of obesity.

CarbSmart Is Reporting From the Low Carb Cruise 2012. The Low Carb Cruise 2012 starts on Sunday, May 6, 2012 and Dana Carpender, Amy Dungan and I will be there.

So what did you do last Saturday? I had several dozen low carbers in my backyard! The Second Annual Low Carb Meet & Greet was a smashing success, or at least I thought it was.