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Let’s Go to the Fair! How to Stay Low-Carb at Your County Fair – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 13

Dana Carpender 5,009

Summer is here! And for many of us, especially those of us who live in rural-ish areas, that means a trip to the county fair. Too many folks simply assume that “It wouldn’t be the fair without” and give themselves permission to gobble every carb in sight, many of them deep-fried in questionable oils, for the duration.
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Low-Carb Camping Ideas for Memorial Day and All Summer Long

Dana Carpender 2,613
Low-Carb Toasted Almond and Coconut “Cereal” Recipe

Dana Carpender 2,411
Seared Rib Eye with Gorgonzola Basil Butter Recipe

Dana Carpender 2,849
How To Smoke A Slab of Ribs That Will Make a Grown Man Weep

Dana Carpender 3,453

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Dana's Kitchen: cooking with bestselling author Dana Carpender: Ketogenically Yours - High Fat Recipes from CarbSmart Magazine Issue 2: Seared Rib Eye with Gorgonzola Basil Butter, Simple Sautéed Asparagus, & Coconut Scotchies.

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Ketogenic Diets Effectively Lower Blood Pressure by Dana Carpender. What the nay-sayers never admit is that eliminating that excess water brings blood pressure down, often practically overnight. Indeed, when the Atkins diet was compared to the Zone, LEARN, and Ornish diets, Atkins lowered systolic blood pressure (the top number) considerably better than the other diets – and four times better than the Ornish diet.

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Ketones: The Misunderstood Energy Source

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The production of ketones, when consuming less than about 50 grams of carbs daily, has been a major criticism of the diet since the publication of his first book Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution in 1972. The medical community, assisted by the media, continues to be in the forefront of furthering inaccurate info about this natural process of utilizing ketones to fuel the body. It is time to set the record straight.

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Success stories usually feature those who have run a race, not those who are still running. For the first seven years after reaching my goal weight, staying there was remarkably easy. I had lost over 200 pounds on the Atkins Diet in 2004/2005 and kept it off without much problem.

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Strong Kids, Healthy Kids: The Revolutionary Program for Increasing Your Child's Fitness in 30 Minutes a Week.

How Ketogenic Diets Help Fight Dementia: The Ketone Connection

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How Ketogenic Diets Help Fight Dementia: The Ketone Connection by Vicki Cash RN. We all expect a low-carb diet to help us lose weight, improve blood pressure, blood sugar and our overall sense of well-being. What one might not expect is that changing what we eat could very well spare our brains from the ravages of dementia.

How the Modified Atkins Diet Helped Give Her Epileptic Son A New Life

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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.