Dana Carpender

Dana Carpender, 46-year nutrition buff, 29-year low-carber, opinionated writer, congenital smarty pants, and low-carb recipe guru. Lives in Southern Indiana with Otis the Pug, Squeaky the Cat, and as always, That Nice Boy She Married.

Letter on Corpulence The First Low-Carb Diet Book by William Banting read by Dana Carpender – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 29

Podcast 29 Letter on Corpulence The First Low-Carb Diet Book by William Banting read by Dana Carpender

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.

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Eat It Again! How Repetition Rewires Your Taste – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 27

Eat It Again! How Repetition Rewires Your Taste

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.

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Low-Carb Cocoa-Peanut Porkies Recipe – Updated for 2025

Low-Carb Cocoa-Peanut Porkies Recipe 2025

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.

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If your nutritional program is so good, why do you still take drugs? – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 26

CarbSmart podcast 26

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.

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Low-Carb – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 24

Welcome to Wonderful World of Low-Carb

CarbSmart Podcast Episode 24: Learn the many benefits of the Low-Carb lifestyle. Hosted by Dana Carpender. Dana's guide to starting the Low-Carb Lifestyle. The CarbSmart Podcast is available on YouTube and your favorite Podcast apps.

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ENCORE: Refusing Holiday Food and Staying Low-Carb – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 23

Refusing Holiday Food & Staying Low-Carb

CarbSmart Podcast Episode 23: Refusing Holiday Food and Staying Low-Carb can be tough at first but you can do it to avoid the Food Pushers. The holidays are straight ahead, and with them piles and piles of carby junk, and worse, people nagging you to eat the stuff. Why so many people think that saying things like "But you have to eat it! It's traditional!" and "I worked all afternoon making it just for you" constitutes an expression of holiday goodwill, I have no idea, but sadly this behavior is all too common. You need to think ahead about how to respond to this sort of thing.

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