Low-Carb for You

Certain dietary deficiency diseases are quite straightforward. For instance, if we don't consume enough vitamin C for a long period of t...

In 2004 the Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of dietary supplements containing ephedra in the United States. Although studies ha...

The other day I was at Sam's Club, pushing my cart past the supplement section on the way to the meat counter. As I glanced at the shelv...

Those of us who have done low-carb for years are happy to sing the praises of the low-carb lifestyle--decreased weight and increased energy,...

This week I have an extra set of responsibilities in real life and have had a hard time finding time for a new blog post. Fortunately I rece...

A hormone is a chemical that is produced in one part of the body, is released into the blood, and is able to regulate activities in other pa...

The most obvious characteristic of a low-carb diet is that it is low in carbohydrates. The original Atkins diet recommends that dieters star...

You'd been hoping to lose weight all through 2009, but never quite managed it. Then came Thanksgiving. After the big meal and the family...

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...