Low-Carb for You

The premise of this blog is that the scientific method can be used to support or invalidate the tenets of the low-carb lifestyle. While sci...

Narcissus, a young hero in Greek mythology, saw his image in a pool of water, fell in love with it and was unable to leave the beauty of hi...

For low-carbers, the design of an eating plan often focuses on carb counts, calories, and essential vitamins and minerals. With the array of...

Cancer has numerous causes, including ionizing radiation, cigarette smoking, infection with the Epstein-Barr virus, and overexposure to the ...

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 ...