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Caitlin Weeks, Grass Fed Girl, shows us that there are plenty of crunchy snack foods you can add to a low carb or paleo diet to satisfy your need for snap and taste. Plus they'll help you stay on your program.

When people begin to learn about the Paleo diet, they are usually excited to hear they can add in fruits and a few starches. In my case, I learned that I could eat a few peaches without negative side effects.   However, I was also running upwards of 30 miles per week and training for marathons. Most of us are not expending that much energy on a daily basis.  To lose weight, we need to be low carb, even if we are eating "real food".

September 16th is El Grito de la Independencia: Mexican Independence Day. Today we will celebrate Low-Carb Mexican Independence Day with some great low-carb recipes. Gather your friends and family and celebrate El Grito de la Independencia.

Believe it or not, you can cultivate a state of mind where low carbing becomes much, much, easier. In her first article for CarbSmart, Laura Dolson, Low Carb Diets Guide for About.com presents four strategies to get you to this state of mind.

Positive Thinking Day got me thinking about keeping a positive attitude on your low carb diet. Staying positive & focused on low carb no matter what.

Dana Carpender summarizes her trip to the Ancestral Health Symposium 2012 at Harvard. Lessons & inspiration for the low carb & paleo communities.

The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking: 80 Low-Carb Recipes that Offer Solutions for Celiac Disease, Diabetes, and Weight Loss. A recipe book that uses nut flours & stevia/splenda sweeteners from legendary bread maker and James Beard Award-winning author Peter Reinhart.

For those people adopting Nutritional Ketosis as a way to measure the success of their low carb lifestyle, testing of blood ketones is key. In this one device you are able to measure your blood glucose levels and your blood ketone levels.

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!

I can remember when cookies were healthy. No. Seriously! They were only 100 calories, fat-free, and claimed to be good for me. Come to think of it, there were several other healthy foods I enjoyed regularly, some of them even branded with the heart-check logo from the American Heart Association. Cheerios, SnackWells, Baked Lays, granola bars, fat free bagels - all that healthy processed goodness, wrapped in fancy packaging, promising health benefits that range from weight control to lower cholesterol.