Adrenal Fatigue is the result of an overactive stress response. In this article by Vanessa Romero, she lays the groundwork for discussing stress, what it is, how the body responds to it and how to identify if it’s impacting your health.
Read More »Possible Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and High Carb Diets
A recent article from USA Today discusses a study conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic, in which 1,230 adults, ages 70 to 89, were tracked to determine how dietary choices including a higher amount of carbohydrates might play a role in MCI (mild cognitive impairment).
Read More »Eating To Beat Breast Cancer – Part 2 of a 3 Part Series
What do you eat to prevent breast cancer, or cure it if you are unfortunate enough to be fighting it? Will proper nutrition help you beat it? And just what is “proper nutrition”? What role does a low carb lifestyle play in nutrition and breast cancer? The answers to these questions are not clear-cut or easily determined. In order to discuss these questions, we must first understand a few things about the nature of the beast. We must also understand the difficulties involved in writing nutritional policies for use on populations with breast cancer.
Read More »Low Carb From Australia, a Different Perspective on Dietary Change
When Alan Shanley grew up in Australia, obesity and diabetes were not a common occurrence. Australia is today ranked as one of the fattest nations in the developed world. The prevalence of obesity in Australia has more than doubled in the past 20 years. In his first column for CarbSmart, Alan looks at the transition of nutritional advice from his youth to now in Australia.
Read More »Eating To Beat Breast Cancer – Part 1 of a 3 Part Series
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Can Eating a Low Carb Diet help you beat breast cancer? CarbSmart’s breast cancer survivor, Susie T. Gibbs, examines the relationship between cancer & nutrition in part 1 of a 3 part series.
Read More »Learning Moore from Jimmy: A Critique of Nutritional Ketosis by Valerie Berkowitz
Jimmy gave us a lot to think about in his last post, My 5 Low-Carb Mistakes And How Nutritional Ketosis Rescued Me From Them. Nutrition expert Valerie Berkowitz gives her perspective and her four most important lessons learned from Jimmy Moore.
Read More »Ain’t That Nutritional Ketosis Thing Just Another Way Of Saying Atkins?
Isn't Nutritional Ketosis Just Another Way Of Saying Atkins? Nutritional Ketosis is the idea of putting your body in a keto-adapted or fat-adapted state through the use of a well-formulated high-fat, adequate (moderate) protein, low-carb diet. Until you get the macronutrient mix that is right for YOU, the health benefits of nutritional ketosis will continue to elude you. This article explains the concept and how adapting it has put him back on the road of low carb success.
Read More »My Trip To The Ancestral Health Symposium 2012 or Dana Goes to Harvard
Dana Carpender summarizes her trip to the Ancestral Health Symposium 2012 at Harvard. Lessons & inspiration for the low carb & paleo communities.
Read More »CarbSmart is Looking for More Writers – Your Chance to Contribute
CarbSmart is an online magazine dedicated to helping you live your low carb, diabetic, and paleo lifestyles. To continue our growth, we're looking to publish more articles and the best way to do that is to bring on more writers. And that could mean you!
Read More »The Paleo Revolution (Infographic) – The New Evolution of Paleo
One of the main tenets of the Paleo diet is that we eat regular foods and sustain a healthy level of activity. Since the low carb dieter is now doing this after losing a good portion of their excess weight, the Paleo diet helps the low carb dieter sustain a healthier life.
Read More »Read a Low Carb Book or Low Carb Cook Book For Read a Book Day
Great ideas for Read a Book Day. Learn about the low carb diet by reading a low carb diet book. Then learn to cook low carb with a low carb cook book or two.
Read More »Happy Low Carb-iversary To Me! 17 Years of Low Carb Success
Happy Low Carb-iversary To Me! 17 Years of Low Carb Success and No Health Issues by Dana Carpender.
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