At a time when most people are thinking about setting short-term goals, Dana Carpender suggests this one overarching resolution: To continually keep in mind the line between what we can change and what we can’t change, and to frequently check in on our assumptions about the difference.
Read More »Review: Slater’s 50/50 Burgers By Design
Ed Stockly reviews Slater's 50/50 Burgers By Design restaurant for CarbSmart Magazine, May Issue 2013.
Read More »How the Modified Atkins Diet Helped Give Her Epileptic Son A New Life
How the Modified Atkins Diet Helped Give Her Epileptic Son A New Life. Our neurologist proposed a form of the ketogenic diet; The Modified Atkins Diet for Seizures (MAD). He explained that it would take a lot of willpower and discipline on Casey’s part and that of our whole family.
Read More »Counting Carbs at The Counter: Premium Burger Restaurant Review
The Counter Custom Built Gourmet Burgers is not a low carb restaurant, but it is a restaurant where low carb dieters can have a delicious, healthy, low carb / high fat meal. With locations in nine states and three countries, we have a great option to make us not feel like a second-class citizen.
Read More »Causes and Symptoms of Insulin Resistance During Pregnancy (Part 2 of 3, Who Am I?)
In order to figure out my unexplained and substantial weight gain, my starting point of thought was "What is the underlying cause for this excessive weight gain during my pregnancy, and why was it so difficult to get it off?" Valerie Berkowitz shares part 2 of her personal story about her history with Dr. Atkins and how she learned about insulin resistance during pregnancy.
Read More »How Much Sugar Is Too Much? Guest Column By David “Wolverine” Smith
David "Wolverine" Smith learned how corrosive sugar is to the human artery when he had to an intestinal transplant. This is his story.
Read More »Who Am I? My Professional Life with Dr. Atkins & My Low Carb Pregnancy
Who am I? I am Valerie Berkowitz, a registered dietitian and super sleuth trying to figure out the details the doctors never told me about why I was so hungry and gained so much weight during what were supposed to be some of the happiest and most care-free times of my life.
Read More »Eating to Beat Breast Cancer – Part 3 of a 3 Part Series
In part 3 of her 3 part series, Susie T Gibbs shares her experience with living with breast cancer and her low carb lifestyle. Part 3 includes several of the latest studies, articles, and even YouTube Videos that will help you make the most informed decision possible about what to eat and how to eat, should you or a loved one develop breast cancer.
Read More »12 Healthy High-Fat Foods Perfect For Nutritional Ketosis
12 Healthy High-Fat Foods Perfect For Nutritional Ketosis. In this long-awaited post, we share 12 favorite healthy keto high-fat foods perfect for being successful at losing weight through nutritional ketosis.
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.
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