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Sodium is not the problem. High insulin levels are the problem, because they signal the kidneys to retain sodium. Stop eating carbs and drop your insulin levels, and all of a sudden your kidneys become very efficient at removing sodium from the bloodstream. Stop eating a bunch of processed food, and your salt intake drops just as your ability to cope with sodium improves.

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.

Low Carb Chili Recipes.

I'm thrilled to introduce our latest success story, Marilyn Brazzle, an inspiring and compassionate lady. A CPA working in management consulting for an accounting firm in Washington, DC, she resides in Frederick, MD and runs a non-profit sanctuary for homeless senior basset hounds. "At any time I'm sharing my home with about 20 old dogs," says Marilyn. Her exercise includes caring for her home, the dogs, and her commute to work.

If you want true inspiration, you need look no further than Kent Altena. Eight years after starting Atkins, Kent is still literally half the man he used to be. In 15 months he'd shed 211 pounds and reached his goal. He's since rejoined the National Guard and has become a volunteer firefighter and EMT. He's also an active runner and has completed a number of marathons.

Wheat Belly gives us the history of wheat. You'll learn all about the modifications made to wheat in the last few decades, and how they affect human health. One fact that surprised me was how much insect repellent/weed killer ends up in today's wheat supply.

Folks, I'm sorry I've been so spotty about posting to CarbSmart recently. I'm on deadline for this paleo cookbook (Pre-order at Amazon.com: 500 Paleo Recipes), and I'm cooking and writing like a maniac. Quite honestly, Its hard to think about anything else. However, in an attempt to make it up to you, I will now tell you how to save a pile of money.

Paleo refers to the idea that we can take cues from the hunter-gatherer diets of our pre-agricultural ancestors to determine the best - dare I say the evolutionary - diet of human kind. It is nearly impossible to achieve a truly paleo diet; you'd have to eat only local wild foods in season; one piece of cultivated fruit or pinch of a spice from another part of the world and you're no longer truly authentic.

Laurie Rosen's journey begins when she was having major health problems such as IBS, heartburn and hypoglycemia. A co-worker mentioned Atkins, and it was such a radical concept that she wondered if there actually might be something to it.

This month's awe inspiring success story comes from a good friend of mine named Hank Garner. Hank describes himself as a man who is incredibly blessed. Happily married for 17 years to his wife Dawn, they have 5 wonderful children and enjoy small-town life in Southern Mississippi. A web designer, Hank loves spending time with his family, the outdoors and being active. His newest passion is running, which he does 4 or 5 days a week.

This is such a simple sauce and so elegant. It works over chicken, turkey, game hens, and seafood of all kinds, especially shrimp and lobster - when they are on sale! It's also delicious over veggies! The nuttiness of the sauce is intensified when you broil it for a couple of minutes.

One of the criticisms frequently thrown at low carbing is "Oh, you just gain back all the weight when you go off that diet." Not to put too fine a point on it, er-DUH! You think that happens with any kind of diet? Maybe? You think the problem is that people go on a diet with the idea already in the back of their minds that they're going to lose their weight and then go off the diet? Of course they do. This is why the regain rate for weight lost is well over 90%.