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Eat It Again! How Repetition Rewires Your Taste – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 27

Dana Carpender 1,970

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.
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Carbs Count, But How? Understanding Net Carbs vs. Total Carbs – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 28

Dana Carpender 2,021
If your nutritional program is so good, why do you still take drugs? – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 26

Dana Carpender 1,881
Isn’t It Important to Eat a Balanced Diet? – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 25

Dana Carpender 1,795
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Low-Carb – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 24

Dana Carpender 2,257
ENCORE: Refusing Holiday Food and Staying Low-Carb – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 23

Dana Carpender 1,993

Low-Carb Spring

Top 10 Tips to Quickly Spring Clean Your Low-Carb Meal Plans

Susie T. Gibbs 2,813

Spring is a magical season. It feels fresh and new and like rebirth. Spring is filled with possibilities and motivation and a sense of anticipation. In Texas, spring is just a glorious three-day precursor to a miserable nine month extravaganza inside the humid oven we Texans like to lovingly call the Texas Gulf Coast. Join Susie T. Gibbs as she shares her top 10 tips for keeping your Spring meals low carb, light, and satisfying!
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Radishes with Sweet Cream Butter & Sea Salt Recipe

Susie T. Gibbs 2,195
The Couch Potato Greets Spring – Getting Active Again

Kent Altena 1,969
12 Best Low-Carb Spring Foods

Dana Carpender 2,225
Low-Carb Tequila Highballs are a Sugar-Free Summer Treat

Dana Carpender 2,732

The Latest From CarbSmart

Dana Carpender Asks “How About A Hot Cup Of Coffee?” on Your Low-Carb Diet

Dana Carpender discusses the benefits of a hot cup of coffee on a low carb diet. Americans have long chosen coffee over tea, some say as a result of the British tax on tea that led to the Boston Tea Party. But in the past twenty years coffee has gone from national habit to national obsession. Is all this coffee on a low-carb diet good for us or bad for us? Depends.

Dana Carpender Asks Is Obesity Catching?

Dana Carpender 1,304

Oh, boy. This obesity research stuff just gets more and more interesting. Did you know there's research suggesting that there may actually be an obesity virus?

Low-Carb Chicken Pizza Bowl Recipe – Grain-Free, Gluten-Free

Andrew DiMino 936

Low-Carb Chicken Pizza Bowl recipe is quick and easy. Make with cooked chicken, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, pizza quick sauce. Gluten-Free.

Ask Dana Carpender About Agave Nectar

Dana Carpender 1,325

Dana, What are your thoughts on Agave Nectar? The bottle says it has 16 grams of carbs per tablespoon and 60 calories, the same as honey. But it also says it has a low glycemic index. Is agave nectar easy on the blood sugar after all or not?

Do We Need So Much Fiber? by Dana Carpender

Dana Carpender 1,222

For quite some time now I have made a name and a some-time living as a nutritional heretic. I don't believe in a "balanced diet," I think animal fat and cholesterol are among the most healthful foods, I consider fruit juice to be little better than soda pop, I'm all for cutting whole categories of food out of my diet. Here's my latest heresy: I am unconvinced of the value of fiber.

Zapples

Di Bauer 1,269

Zapples recipe by Di Bauer.

Is Pumpkin Low Carb? Includes Low Carb Chili Lime Pumpkin Seed Recipe

Dana Carpender 1,922

Dana Carpender shares the many ways pumpkin can fit into a low carb diet including her Low Carb Chili Lime Pumpkin Seed recipe. If your only experience with pumpkin has to do with jack-o-lanterns and high-carb pie, rethink this tasty vegetable. Pumpkin is lower carb than most winter squashes, and one of the best sources of pro-vitamin A around.