Low-Carb for You

Correlation is a measure of the interrelatedness of two variables. If we observe that one variable always increases when a second variable i...

When I recently completed my annual set of questionnaires from the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR), it dawned on me that many of my ...

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived from 384 BC to 322 BC. His works contain the first known formal study of logic, which he applied...

A syllogism is a three-step deductive argument that moves logically from two premises to a conclusion. For example, Premise #1: All whole f...

For my readers who are missing their weekly dose of biochemistry, I should have something up tomorrow. Thanks for your patience!

I'm sleepy! As people in the modern era try to fit more activities and increasing responsibilities into their lives, how often do we hea...

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...