CarbSmart Podcast Episode 30 - 3 Question Interview with Dr. James LaBelle, Medical Director of Lore Health - Building Community Into Modern Health Care.

This episode’s recipe is perfect for summer grilling! That Nice Boy I Married and I adore a good rib eye, but they’re awfully pricey. Happily, I have learned to marinate big, thick chuck roasts, making them tender enough to grill. You can impress a backyard full of guests with this recipe from The Insulin Resistance Solution!

So far as I know, the oldest in the English language at least, is Banting's Letter on Corpulence. Having lost weight and dramatically improved his health on a low carbohydrate diet. Banting wrote and self-published the book back in the Mid-Victorian era, and he distributed it for free.

Do you ever get bored of steak? I don’t, either, but that doesn’t mean a little enhancement now and then will be amiss. If you want to use blended steak seasoning, try Montreal seasoning. It’s a favorite at my house.

This is simple, classic, and perfect over steak. If you’re skeptical, just remember that Worcestershire sauce contains anchovies.

Total carbs or net carbs? I am all for anything that works for the individual, but I fear that this kind of focus on micromanagement may scare some people off.

Low-Carb Cheese and Mushroom Egg Bake is great for serving a weekend crowd. It's also great for stashing in the fridge for quick breakfasts and suppers for a few days -- it reheats beautifully.

Every taste is an acquired taste. If you’ve just recently gone low-carb, say as a New Year’s resolution, you may be overwhelmed by the sheer difference from your old diet. I encourage you to do so rather than using low-carb breads and such to make your low-carb diet resemble your old diet. Those can be useful. Bridge foods helping you to find a new normal, but not only are they, yes, processed foods often overpriced and sometimes deceptively labeled.

The idea for these came from my childhood – my mother used to make Cocoa-Peanut Logs, a recipe on the back of the Kellogg’s Cocoa Krispies box. I had been using sugar-free chocolate chips to make chocolate chip cookies, of course. I don’t recall how the idea of using them this way came to me. I do remember that the first time I tried this, I thought, "Dana, you have gone right 'round the bend, making pork rind cookies." Hah. They're fantastic. I have gotten more glowing feedback on this recipe than on almost any other. Try them. Really.

If your nutritional program is so good, why do you still take drugs? There's no question that good nutrition improves our health. Heck, many type 2 diabetics do away with all need for medication by eating low-carb. But can proper nutrition prevent all illness and do away with all need for drugs? - CarbSmart Podcast Episode 26 with Dana Carpender.

My sister and brother-in-law introduced me to a San Diego bistro where a dish very much like this is a standard on the menu. We ate two batches.

Isn't It Important to Eat a Balanced Diet?. Well, maybe. The big question is, "What the heck is a 'balanced diet'?" The phrase doesn't seem to have any concrete meaning. CarbSmart Podcast 25 by Dana Carpender.