Low-Carb for You

For many of those who have just started low-carbing, one of the best aspects of the diet is a new-found freedom from the constant need to ea...

The logo in the picture above belongs to the Charlie Foundation . "Charlie" is Charlie Abrahams , the son of a Hollywood producer ...

My training is in chemistry. Because of that, I tend to see the world as an array of chemicals, from the the cotton in my clothes to the gas...

Diet drinks are one of the mainstays of the low-carb community. Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, Diet Rite and many more provide fairly palatable carb...

Elevated blood glucose is most often associated with the symptoms of diabetes, such as retinal damage, kidney failure and peripheral neuropa...

In light of recent discussions about increased protein intake producing a rise in blood sugar, this seems to be a good time to repeat a post...

It is almost an article of faith among low-carbers that the low-carb lifestyle is able to lower blood glucose values in diabetics and pre-di...

Last week I asked if people doing low-carb or zero-carb might be willing to test their blood glucose before and after meals and report their...

Low-carbers know that when a person eats foods that contain carbohydrates, his blood glucose will rise. As the pancreas releases insulin in ...

Adipose or fat tissue stores most of the body's energy reserves in the form of triglycerides. The body is also able to store a limited a...

Low-carbers hear it over and over. "I can't get to goal." "Nobody I know has reached goal." "Almost all the low...

In a previous post we saw that the fats we eat are made up of a group of molecules called tri - glycer -ides --three fatty acids covalentl...

The graph above shows tons of butter (ton/år) sold per year in Sweden. From April 2007 to April 2008, sales of butter in Sweden went up by 1...

(The illustration is a simplification of a figure in the 2007 Encyclopedia Brittanica. If it seems too fuzzy to decipher, click on it to see...

Low-carbers spend lots of their time thinking about fat, both in terms of the excess girth on their bellies and hips, and as an important ma...

As most of my readers know, low-carbing is a lifestyle, not a quick weight-loss diet. Early in the process of low-carbing, weight is often l...

In the previous post we learned that eating 30 grams of protein per meal can increase fat loss, preserve lean muscle, prevent osteoporosis ...

Normally the topics of discussion in this blog center around carbohydrates. But for something completely different, this time we'll disc...

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 ...