Research & Science

Isn't Nutritional Ketosis Just Another Way Of Saying Atkins? Nutritional Ketosis is the idea of putting your body in a keto-adapted or fat-adapted state through the use of a well-formulated high-fat, adequate (moderate) protein, low-carb diet. Until you get the macronutrient mix that is right for YOU, the health benefits of nutritional ketosis will continue to elude you. This article explains the concept and how adapting it has put him back on the road of low carb success.

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

For those people adopting Nutritional Ketosis as a way to measure the success of their low carb lifestyle, testing of blood ketones is key. In this one device you are able to measure your blood glucose levels and your blood ketone levels.

One of the main tenets of the Paleo diet is that we eat regular foods and sustain a healthy level of activity. Since the low carb dieter is now doing this after losing a good portion of their excess weight, the Paleo diet helps the low carb dieter sustain a healthier life.

Great ideas for Read a Book Day. Learn about the low carb diet by reading a low carb diet book. Then learn to cook low carb with a low carb cook book or two.

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."

Gayelord Hauser, one of the first “health food” advocates, is considered by many to be the father of the modern nutrition movement. Hauser counseled movie stars, including Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Swanson, Grace Kelly, and Paulette Goddard.  He convinced Greta Garbo to give up vegetarianism, insisting on quality protein at every meal.  He wrote many books, and lectured extensively.  He introduced yogurt, wheat germ, brewer’s yeast, blackstrap molasses, and other health food store staples to a white-bread-Coca-Cola-and-Crisco America.

I got basic blood work done recently, and in the interests of full disclosure I felt I ought to share the results with you. I am 53 years old, and have been eating a low carbohydrate diet for 17 years, or 32% of my life.

Dr. John Briffa in a recent article poses that if a type 1 diabetic eats less carbs, they will balance their blood sugar levels just like type 2 diabetics do with a low carb diet.

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.

The medical community is slowing accepting the low carb way of eating as a legitimate lifestyle. Take a look at the new information about low carbing and your health.