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Dana's book, 500 Paleo Recipes, is available and she appreciates all the people who continue to order it. This is her story about how the cookbook came about as well as the history of her move from low carb dieting to the paleo movement.

Cranberries, like most berries, are a low sugar fruit. A whole 12-ounce bag of fresh cranberries - that's what they sell in my grocery store, at any rate - has 167 calories, with 43 grams of carb, 14 of which are fiber. So that whole bag has 29 grams of usable carb in it. Making low carb cranberry sauce is quick and easy. Really, really quick and easy. Dana Carpender shows us how.

A Southern Thanksgiving necessitates not only that you must decide whether to smoke, roast, bake or fry the family turkey, but you must choose a side. You must choose whether you will serve bread dressing or cornbread dressing at the family Thanksgiving table. Fluffy Chix Susie T. Gibbs explains the dilemma and offers some low carb alternatives.

Dana Carpender's 500 Paleo Recipes cookbook is now available. This is an important book because it bridges the gap between Dana's thousands of low carb recipes over her many low carb cookbooks and the latest research and advice from the growing paleo community. CarbSmart's Andrew DiMino asked Dana what she learned from writing this cookbook.

If you're planning a low carb picnic, you're going to need low carb condiments for those burgers and hot dogs. Lucky for us there are low carb versions of ketchup and mustard, and now there's low carb Mt. Olive Squeeze No Sugar Added Sweet Relish with Splenda.

The holidays are coming and what better way to show your loved ones you support their low carb lifestyle than with the 54 inch Bacon Meat Tie. It's gift packaged for making it stand out as the best holiday gift you'll give this season.

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.

Thanksgiving Day originated in America and falls on November 22, 2012. Thanksgiving Day, as the name itself suggests, is a time to offer thanks. Here are some of the best articles on having a low carb Thanksgiving and holiday season from CarbSmart.com.

In the past few years, scientists have discovered that a contributing factor to Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia is insulin resistance. In fact, some researchers are now referring to Alzheimer’s Disease as type 3 diabetes, an illness which affects only the brain. People who suffer from this condition are unable to accept glucose into their brain cells (neurons) and as a result, those cells starve. In her first column for CarbSmart, Vicki Cash, RN, BSN, examines the use of coconut oil as a treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease.

What Are Complex Carbohydrates & do we really need them in our diet? Here are the top bogus assertions about complex carbohydrates portrayed by the government, nutritionists, the media, and people who don't read or understand science.

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.

Is monitoring protein and increasing fat the answer to low carb weight loss stalls? Caitlin Weeks suggests many more ways to add healthy fats to your low carb diet. Also great for us achieving Nutritional Ketosis for weight loss or those on an Atkins Fat Fast.

In honor of Halloween, we wanted to bring you one more festive meal idea to get your low carb brains thinkin' creatively. Now you will learn the "secret" of the Fluffy Chix Cook Low Carb Pumpkin Sausage Soup recipe in festive Oven Roasted Jack O' Lanterns.