Andrew DiMino
April 1, 2014
Education, Nutritional Ketosis, Video
Dana Carpender Interviews Dr. Annika Dahlqvist and Dr. Ralf Sundberg - two leaders in the Swedish Low Carb / High Fat movement. The nine minute video interview on the last day of the 2013 Low Carb Cruise includes a discussion about Dr. Dahlqvist's success in changing the Swedish government's mind about the validity of the low carb / high fat plan as well as the (negative) role pharmaceutical companies play in public health - ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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Andrew DiMino
September 28, 2013
Fat Fast, Menopause, Nutritional Ketosis, Research & Science
Are you having trouble losing or maintaining a healthy weight during menopause? A Fat Fast and Ketogenic Diet is helping Dr. Judy Suzanne Reis Tsafrir and it could help you too.
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Andrew DiMino
September 16, 2013
Andrew DiMino, Articles, Books, Cookbooks, Low Carb, Nutritional Ketosis, Our Writers
The long awaited 100 page paperback edition is now available from Amazon.com. The Fat Fast Cookbook was written by Dana Carpender, Amy Dungan, and Rebecca Latham to help anyone looking to break a low carb weight loss stall or for those looking to kick their body into fat-burning Nutritional Ketosis.
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A former CarbSmart contributor
June 5, 2013
Health, Inspiration, Low Carb, Nutritional Ketosis, Paleo Diet, Personal Experience
It’s been a spectacular journey over these past year, testing the concept of nutritional ketosis on myself. What started out as a simple n=1 experiment to learn if a very high-fat, moderate protein, very low-carbohydrate nutritional approach could make a impact on my weight and health once a traditional Atkins or Paleo-style diet wasn’t working for me anymore, has now become much more than that.
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Jacqueline Eberstein
January 6, 2013
Carb Counting, CarbSmart Magazine, Dietary Fat, Ketogenic Diet, Ketone Production, Nutritional Ketosis
The production of ketones, when consuming less than about 50 grams of carbs daily, has been a major criticism of the diet since the publication of his first book Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution in 1972. The medical community, assisted by the media, continues to be in the forefront of furthering inaccurate info about this natural process of utilizing ketones to fuel the body. It is time to set the record straight.
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A former CarbSmart contributor
December 28, 2012
Low Carb Success Stories, Nutritional Ketosis
The writer has lost over 60 pounds and normalized both his insulin and leptin levels by adopting Nutritional Ketosis in his Low Carb Lifestyle. But is his success due to the Nutritional Ketosis or because he's naturally consuming less calories than he uses?
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Andrew DiMino
December 25, 2012
CarbSmart Cookbooks, Cookbooks, Dana Carpender Books & Cookbooks, Fat Fast, Fat Fast Cookbook, Fat Fast Recipes, Health, Nutritional Ketosis, Recipes
Jump-Start Your Low Carb Weight Loss with CarbSmart's Fat Fast Cookbook by Dana Carpender & the CarbSmart Staff! The Fat Fast - 1,000 calories per day, 90% from pure fat - resulted in average fat loss - not just weight loss, but fat loss - of over a pound per day! It's a radical, short-term strategy, but boy, does it work.
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Andrew DiMino
November 30, 2012
Baking & Cooking, Low Carb Food Brands & Low Carb Products, Low Carb Foods, MacNut Oil, Nutritional Ketosis, Product Reviews, Reviews
With all the talk recently about Nutritional Ketosis, Many of us are looking for ways to add more healthy fat and oils to our low carb diet. One of the favorite low carb oils has been macadamia nut oil. This healthy oil gets 100% of it's calories from fat - perfect for Nutritional Ketosis or a Fat Fast.
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Vicki Cash
November 7, 2012
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Insulin Resistance, News & Events, Nutritional Ketosis, Research & Science
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.
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Caitlin Weeks
October 31, 2012
Nutritional Ketosis, Research & Science
Is monitoring protein and increasing fat the answer to low carb weight loss stalls? Caitlin Weeks suggests many more ways to add healthy fats to your low carb diet. Also great for us achieving Nutritional Ketosis for weight loss or those on an Atkins Fat Fast.
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A former CarbSmart contributor
October 26, 2012
Nutritional Ketosis, Personal Experience, Research & Science
12 Healthy High-Fat Foods Perfect For Nutritional Ketosis. In this long-awaited post, we share 12 favorite healthy keto high-fat foods perfect for being successful at losing weight through nutritional ketosis.
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Dana Carpender
October 24, 2012
Articles, Dana Carpender, Low Carb, Nutritional Ketosis, Our Writers, Research & Science
Ketogenic diets: additional benefits to the weight loss and unfounded secondary effects.
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