Low-Carb for You

When low-carbers begin following the low-carb lifestyle, they start to feel free. Free of the hunger that forces them to eat every few hours...

Last week we criticized Good Calories Bad Calories . This week we shall praise it. In chapter 6 of GCBC , Gary Taubes discusses Captain Thom...

When Good Calories Bad Calories (abbreviated here as GCBC ) was published in 2007, the low-carb community was ecstatic. Dr. Robert Atkins a...

As most low-carbers already know, eating fat produces satiety. But in some cases, eating fat also helps a dieter lose weight. It turns out t...

As we discussed in the previous post, saturated fats are not fats that are saturated with calories or saturated with cholesterol. "Satu...

Since Dr. Ancel Keys and his colleagues formulated and promulgated the diet-heart hypothesis in the 1960's, the idea of eating saturated...

I have a project and a deadline in the real world, so I probably won't be able to blog for a while longer. Questions and comments on pre...

Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. They cannot be synthesized by the human body, but are important ...

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...