Low-Carb for You

Yes. I'm married. I have been for 38 years. (That's not him in the picture, by the way.) Until six years ago, both Hubby and I were ...

Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are most often thought of in connection with middle age. However, an article in the March 2009 ...

Unfortunately there is still no cure for type 2 diabetes . But a recent study published by Eric Westman's group at Duke University sug...

Heart disease is increasing in the United States. According to the following graph, hospital discharges for coronary heart disease went from...

Body fat serves a number of purposes. It cushions our organs, it insulates us, and it provides a way to store energy. A normal amount of bod...

Foie gras , French for "fat liver," is a delicacy produced by force-feeding ducks or geese with corn meal. However, ducks and gee...

Just the taste of a sweet beverage can result in liking, wanting and sipping of more of the sweet beverage. (Please see the previous blogpos...

Those who read food labels realize that high fructose corn syrup is added to all sorts of products, from pickles to yogurt to spaghetti sau...

Perhaps you overdid it a bit at Christmas and are looking for a weight-loss plan. Although low-carb diets are currently out of fashion, they...

Type 1.5 diabetes , as the name implies, falls between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It manifests some of the symptoms of both types, and it i...

Type 2 diabetes is a condition affecting slightly more than 7% of Americans. It used to be called adult-onset diabetes, but we now know it ...

The pancreas is a multifunctional organ that sits below and behind the stomach. As an exocrine organ, it empties digestive enzymes into the ...

Metformin (brand name Glucophage) is a member of the class of antidiabetic drugs called biguanides . Unlike the sulfonylureas such as glipiz...

About six weeks ago, Woodswalker asked me to write a post addressing the role of alcohol in a low-carb diet. This is a huge topic, but I wil...

The previous post discussed a three-legged stool approach to dealing with reactive hypoglycemia. The three legs of the stool are critical f...

Reactive hypoglycemia is a condition which is characterized by unusually low blood sugar that occurs one to four hours following a meal. The...

Common wisdom suggests that exercising will cause a person to lose weight. Superficially this makes sense. A 150 pound person at rest will u...

Americans are getting fatter. According to a recent article in Obesity , by 2030, 86.3% of American adults will be overweight. The average ...

Thanks to all the people who left excellent comments on my archived posts. Each one of your observations has been very much appreciated. As ...

Many aspects of the low-carb lifestyle are surprising. For example, the successful low-carber soon learns that he or she must eat fat to los...