Every taste is an acquired taste. If you’ve just recently gone low-carb, say as a New Year’s resolution, you may be overwhelmed by the sheer difference from your old diet. I encourage you to do so rather than using low-carb breads and such to make your low-carb diet resemble your old diet. Those can be useful. Bridge foods helping you to find a new normal, but not only are they, yes, processed foods often overpriced and sometimes deceptively labeled.
Read More »If your nutritional program is so good, why do you still take drugs? – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 26
If your nutritional program is so good, why do you still take drugs? There's no question that good nutrition improves our health. Heck, many type 2 diabetics do away with all need for medication by eating low-carb. But can proper nutrition prevent all illness and do away with all need for drugs? - CarbSmart Podcast Episode 26 with Dana Carpender.
Read More »Isn’t It Important to Eat a Balanced Diet? – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 25
Isn't It Important to Eat a Balanced Diet?. Well, maybe. The big question is, "What the heck is a 'balanced diet'?" The phrase doesn't seem to have any concrete meaning. CarbSmart Podcast 25 by Dana Carpender.
Read More »Can Low-Carb Slow The Aging Process? CarbSmart Podcast Episode 17
CarbSmart Podcast Episode 17. I told you eating low carb was slowing my aging process. Now we have University of California gerontologist Cynthia Kenyon, with an animal study showing exactly that. She's actually discovered what she calls the Grim Reaper gene, and another she calls the Sweet Sixteen gene. The switch that turns on the former and turns off the latter? Insulin. Which means that by cutting carbs and lowering insulin, you can reverse the process, switching off the Grim Reaper and turning on your Sweet Sixteen. Or at least she can in roundworms.
Read More »Should I Stop Eating Erythritol?
Should I Stop Eating Erythritol? The artificial sweetener erythritol and cardiovascular event risk. Commentary by Dana Carpender. For those of you who are shaking your heads in puzzlement, let me first explain: on February 27, 2023, a medical journal article (Nature Medicine) regarding erythritol was published online alerting the world that the use of erythritol sweetener could be damaging to our health. Dana Carpender provides her perspective on it.
Read More »Three-Question Interview with Jacqueline Eberstein, RN: Low-Carb & Ketosis
Why is Jacqueline Eberstein, RN the first Three-Question Interview? Because she ran Dr. Atkins’ clinic for thirty years, that why. She has more first-hand experience with ketogenic diets than anyone else I know. Who better to ask?
Read More »Chronic Cardio or Good Tool in the Health Toolbox?
Many low-carb or Paleo web sites lead to a variety of opinions about running or doing cardio, but most usually by those who used to run but now don't.
Read More »Biohackers With Diabetes Are Making Their Own Insulin: Meet the Good Guys
The Open Insulin Project, a biohacker collective that is trying to produce the life-saving drug and provide it to people with diabetes for free, or close to it. Diabetes has become the most expensive disease in the United States, The Open Insulin Project believes one solution to the pricing crisis lies in enabling patients and hospitals to create insulin themselves.
Read More »A Harvard Professor Says Coconut Oil is Pure Poison. Here’s Why We Don’t Agree.
The Internet is ablaze with a scathing “news” story again about how coconut oil is bad for you. Again. This is the same old misinformed story we hear about the “dangers” of saturated fat. This is why we disagree.
Read More »Can Workplace Bullying & Violence be Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes?
A multi-cohort study with meta-analysis was conducted to examine whether employees exposed to social stressors at work, such as workplace bullying and violence, have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The study included 45,905 men and women (40–65 years old and not diabetes at the start of the study) from four studies conducted in Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
Read More »Natural Breast Care: Putting Your Health in Your Hands
When it comes to breast health, a lot of emphasis is put on cancer treatment. Words like "survivor" and "early detection" are common this time of year. What is discussed less frequently is prevention. The World Cancer Research Fund estimates that 38% of breast cancer in the United States could be prevented with diet, physical exercise, and weight management.
Read More »5 ‘Heart-Healthy’ Products That Are Damaging Your Health
Think about the myriad of images that pop into your head whenever you hear the simple yet overused phrase “heart-healthy.” We see this wording plastered across the packaging of so many products these days that it seems consumers appreciate that they are being marketed foods and other products that will ostensibly help keep their cardiovascular health in tip-top shape. The 5 top products/foods being marketed as 'heart-healthy" where there is proof that they actually are not.
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