Dana Carpender
August 23, 2024
Dementia, Diets & Dieting, Personal Care, Podcast Episodes, Research & Science, Video
CarbSmart Podcast Episode 17. I told you eating low carb was slowing my aging process. Now we have University of California gerontologist Cynthia Kenyon, with an animal study showing exactly that. She's actually discovered what she calls the Grim Reaper gene, and another she calls the Sweet Sixteen gene. The switch that turns on the former and turns off the latter? Insulin. Which means that by cutting carbs and lowering insulin, you can reverse the process, switching off the Grim Reaper and turning on your Sweet Sixteen. Or at least she can in roundworms.
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Kent Altena
April 6, 2023
CarbSmart Magazine, CrossFit, Exercise, Fitness, Low-Carb Spring, Personal Care, Personal Experience, Running
Spring brings the ideas of rebirth, or revival, to more things than just the grass and greening of trees. As the temperature rises, so does the motivation to go outside and be active again.
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Dietitian Cassie
March 30, 2014
Advice, CarbSmart Magazine, Dietary Fat, Diets & Dieting, Health, Motivation, Nutrition, Personal Care, Personal Experience
You have embraced healthy fats like butter and coconut oil, and adapted a fresh, real food approach to fueling your body. As a result you’ve shed pounds without feeling deprived, your energy levels have soared, and your cravings have been suppressed. But… you still feel slightly uncomfortable about telling your doctor the good news. Dietitian Cassie offers her top ten tips in sharing your new lifestyle with your doctor.
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Sagdrina Jalal
June 1, 2013
Advice, Articles, CarbSmart Magazine, Health, Low Carb, Our Writers, Paleo Diet, Personal Care, Sagdrina Jalal
More Than Skin Deep by Sagdrina Jalal in the June 2013 issue of CarbSmart Magazine. Welcome the self-confidence that comes with feeling great in your own skin.
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Dana Carpender
February 11, 2013
Diabetes, Health, Personal Care, Research & Science
The American Academy of Pediatrics published their guidelines for children with diabetes last week. They suggest giving kids insulin and metformin, monitor their HbA1C and start a lifestyle modification program, including nutrition and physical activity. But did they suggest cutting back on carbohydrates? Dana Carpender evaluates the new guidelines and gives us her own...based on real science and years of research.
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Andrew DiMino
July 17, 2012
Personal Care, Personal Experience
You can't eat shave gel and I know it's not "low carb" but since I take better care of my body with better foods, I also take care of my body with better personal care items INCLUDING choosing a better shaving gel.
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Amy Dungan
September 26, 2011
Diets & Dieting, Health, Inspiration, Motivation, Personal Care
Ten years. It's been ten crazy, fantastic, sometimes frustrating years that I've tried to live the low-carb lifestyle. What is has not been, is perfect. Or rather, I haven't been perfect, and I'm okay with that.
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Dr. Beth Gruber
September 22, 2001
Diets & Dieting, Menu Planning, Personal Care, Shopping
Everyone, and every family, ought to have emergency supplies and emergency plans - this includes if you want to stay on your low-carb & keto lifestyle during emergency situations.
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Kathleen Lunson
July 12, 1999
Inspiration, Personal Care
In the movie Cast Away, Tom Hanks character is marooned on a deserted island where for four years he consumes a nearly perfect low carbohydrate diet of crab and coconut. On this Paleolithic diet it is no surprise that his body becomes sculpted, lean and strong. Of course, we could all do that if we were in such a situation. If the only foods available to us were the healthiest of low carb foods we would never be tempted, would we?
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