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"My ex-wife's uncle's cousin's brother-in-law's neighbor did that there Adkinson no carbohydrate diet, and his kidneys swelled up like a egg bound snake and flew outta his belly button and plopped right on the floor."

Webster's defines honesty as "the state or quality of being honest; specifically refraining from lying, cheating and stealing, being truthful, trustworthy or upright, sincere, fair, straightforward." The original meaning of the word was akin to the word honor.

Laura from Arizona is 56 years old. Laura follows Dr. Atkins' program for the most part, but occasionally does a couple days of the Stillman plan. Laura's current weight is 196 pounds, down 56 pounds from her pre-low carb weight of 246! When Laura began low carbing, she wore size 22/24, and told me that now her size 18s and larges are loose!

Every week or two, some new low carber subscribes to one of the lists I'm on, asking for advice on how to get started. The overwhelming response from more experienced low carbers is, "BUY THE BOOK!"

This article is aimed at the first category of people, those who dislike taking vitamins, minerals, and supplements. I will be discussing the minimum vitamins, minerals, and supplements I feel everyone (not just low carbers) should be taking. I will also examine several of the readily available brands of multivitamins currently on the market, and will provide you with a chart for comparison.

You've lost the weight. You got on the scales one morning and there it was, your goal weight. Or you went to the gym and had your body fat percentage checked and found out that you were already below your goal body fat percentage, even though you hadn't gotten to goal weight. Or you finally got into that goal outfit, that goal dress or pant size.

Ah, summer, the season of cool creamy yogurt as a snack on a hot afternoon. That was pre-low carb though, right? Wrong! Gone are the days of passing by the yogurt at the grocery for fear of its high carb count. The truth is you CAN eat yogurt daily and still maintain a low carb lifestyle. Yogurt will have a minimum impact on your carb allowance and may improve your intestinal health to boot.

Vitamin Examples

A nay-sayer is anyone in our lives who makes negative or hurtful comments to us. They can be coworkers, family members, or even strangers. The negative and hurtful comments can be made from an attack mode or they can be left-handed compliments.

Dr. Beth Gruber discusses dietary fats, disease and blood lipids. Food choices can influence the health of entire populations, regardless of whether or not any conscious effort is made to reduce fats and cholesterol. Article 23 of the Science of Low-Carb & Keto Diets series.

Much like how Dolly Parton has to be thankful to the underwire in her bra, I am so very thankful for the support shown by all my readers during my "Operation: Atkins 2.0"! I replied personally to many of you who mailed me, but after 36 hours, 2 boxes of Band-Aids for my blistered fingers, and a full bottle of Visine Eye-Drops, I decided to go with a blanket statement of thanks for the remainder of you. So if you didn't hear back from me, it's not because I'm unappreciative of the support, I just didn't have the time/strength/power to do it! The mind is strong, but the body is oh so WEAK!

Gerald and Linda from New York have both reached their goal weights by following a low carbohydrate lifestyle. Gerald follows the Atkins program, and Linda, who started with Atkins and then switched to CAD (The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet), is now back to Atkins.