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It's that family vacation time of year! This means that many of us will be at the mercy of truck stops, or worse, airlines. Here are some suggestions for making it through the flights and the road trips without carbing out:

Sometimes the articles just write themselves. I was futzing around on line when I found this webpage: A Low Carbs (sic) Diet is Hazardous to Your Health For Ten Reasons. It was so off the mark, I had to write a response. Then, as I finished it, I realized I'd just written my article for this week!

The Effect of a Plant-Based Low-Carbohydrate ("Eco-Atkins") Diet on Body Weight and Blood Lipid Concentrations in Hyperlipidemic Subjects

Ultimate Simplicity Strawberries recipe by Di Bauer.

Your life, I mean. No, I'm not talking theologically; let's not get into issues of divine creation and salvation and such; we're here to talk diet and health. I'm talking about the indisputable truth that 90% of the time, our lives, good or bad, are largely the result of the choices we make. Yes, your genetics play a role. Yes, your upbringing influences you. Yes, the tides of history can intervene, and wash away all trace of the life you carefully created for yourself - ask anyone in a war torn land. Still, and always, our choices, our actions, are the single most powerful influence we have on creating our lives, for good or ill.

Asian Cole Slaw recipe by Di Bauer.

Once you start paying attention to food advertising, you start to realize how much our attitudes about food have been shaped by it - and generally not for the better.

Dana Carpender answers a reader's question about diabetes, breast cancer and the Low-Carb, Keto, Gluten-Free lifestyle.

Reading your email over several times, the thing that jumps out at me is fear. You're afraid - afraid of food, afraid of getting out of control. And your way of containing that fear is to wall yourself off with your safe and familiar foods, to stay home, to stick to a single routine. It's become a ritual of protection.

The 1.5 oz. Whitman's Sugar-Free Assorted (3 piece) Chocolate Sampler was discontinued but you can get them in a Whitman’s Sampler Sugar-Free Assorted Chocolates Valentine Heart, 10 oz.