Health

Sesame Fried Chicken (Off Sum-Sum) recipe.

2 Year study shows that all diets help you lose weight but low carb shows more weight loss and lower cholesterol.

People who want to lose weight in 2008 but can't decide which weight-loss plan to follow may want to ask their health care provider about the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) new Clinical Practice Recommendations, issued today.

Well, something must have happened since the calendar flipped to 2007 because the Dana Carpender of old is back! This is the one who boldly champions livin' la vida low-carb using her bully pulpit national column to do so. It's good to see she has returned to the roots of where she began because Dana Carpender without "low-carb" is like SpongeBob without SquarePants (now there's a visual for ya!).

Don’t be alarmed – I’m not launching into a lecture on the cosmos, here. Today’s subject is much more relevant to our everyday lives: crispy chicken.

As I approached writing this column, I felt a pang of embarrassment. How many times could I admit to you just how often I over-buy fresh produce? (I can't help it, it's so tempting!) Would readers be OK with how often I crib recipe ideas from others? But then I realized there is no shame in this.

Joan O'Connell Hedman's Make It Low Carb Column comes to CarbSmart Magazine!

Why so sad? You know, you really need to start eating more fat! A new study presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Denver, Colorado has concluded that an increased consumption of omega-3 fatty acids could play a role in improving overall state of mind, controlling mood swings and diminishing erratic and sometimes suicidal behavior.

A new study out of Canada reveals something about a popular breakfast food that people who are livin' la vida low-carb already know about. Published in the lastest issue of Journal of the American College of Nutrition, the study found that eating just 2 eggs for breakfast helps keep people satisfied longer than a small bagel does because of the high amount of protein contained in them. As a result, study participants had less hunger and actually took in fewer calories over the next full day as a result.

This Syracuse Post-Standard story reveals that one in five of New York City residents are clinically obese and yet very few of them know it or will admit it.

On the heels of the release of Eric Oliver's controversial book Fat Politics which claims the "obesity epidemic" is just one big conspiracy theory comes this Scotsman column about the kind of world we would have if people genuinely stopped caring about being overweight or obese.

Now I think I've heard it all about why overweight and obese Americans can't seem to lose weight. It's their muscle's fault! This Newsday article points to a new study that found the muscles of obese people have been altered genetically to essentially gather fat even after weight loss.