Should I Stop Eating Erythritol? The artificial sweetener erythritol and cardiovascular event risk. Commentary by Dana Carpender. For those of you who are shaking your heads in puzzlement, let me first explain: on February 27, 2023, a medical journal article (Nature Medicine) regarding erythritol was published online alerting the world that the use of erythritol sweetener could be damaging to our health. Dana Carpender provides her perspective on it.
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How to Pasteurize Eggs Should You Wish To
If you're nervous about raw eggs, you can pasteurize them with this easy-to-follow guide by Dana Carpender of CarbSmart.
Read More »The Keto Diet – What Is It? What Isn’t It?
What is a keto diet? “Keto” has been the diet buzzword for the past five years or so, and with good reason – a ketogenic diet delivers. Most people who “go keto” lose weight while experiencing increased energy and reduced hunger.
Read More »Net Carbs vs Total Carbs: How to Calculate Net Carbs in Your Low-Carb Diet
Dana Carpender examines the good and the bad relating to the Net Carb Count. If ever an originally sound concept was misunderstood, misused, and abused, it is net carbs.
Read More »More Low Carb Thanksgiving Tips by Dana Carpender
Low Carb Thanksgiving Dinner can be a blessing or a curse. I still think that if you are going to have an Indulgence, you should indeed do so very infrequently, and that it is imperative to plan for it. It's the question of whether it's actually a good idea to accept this and build it into one's dietary life that I now question. Dana Carpender shares more Low Carb Thanksgiving tips and recipes for getting through the Thanksgiving holiday.
Read More »How to Prepare the Best Keto Thanksgiving Celebration
You don’t need to blow your diet on white bread stuffing and pies this Thanksgiving. Instead of making excuses, eat keto on turkey day. You’ll stay on your current plan without losing an ounce of flavor. It’s natural to associate the word “diet” with bland, tasteless food, but with keto, this isn’t the case. You don’t have to give up the gravy to enjoy a fabulous holiday feast that’s keto-friendly.
Read More »Foods For A Glorious and Happy Keto Thanksgiving Celebration
There's Plenty of Time to Create the Best Keto Thanksgiving! It’s almost Thanksgiving and it is not impossible to maintain your Keto, Low-Carb lifestyle. Actually, it is pretty easy. Start with a beautiful all-natural turkey and plenty of low-carb side dishes, sugar-free beverages, and keto desserts.
Read More »Chronic Cardio or Good Tool in the Health Toolbox?
Many low-carb or Paleo web sites lead to a variety of opinions about running or doing cardio, but most usually by those who used to run but now don't.
Read More »Fat Shaming – Is It OK To Fat Shame Another Person?
On the September 6, 2019 episode of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, the 63-year-old, comedian ran a segment where he looked in the camera and told the world it is OK to fat-shame people who are overweight. Is it ever ok to fat-shame another human being? Is fat-shaming acceptable to you or your friends and family? Fat-shaming is bullying, plain & simple.
Read More »Biohackers With Diabetes Are Making Their Own Insulin: Meet the Good Guys
The Open Insulin Project, a biohacker collective that is trying to produce the life-saving drug and provide it to people with diabetes for free, or close to it. Diabetes has become the most expensive disease in the United States, The Open Insulin Project believes one solution to the pricing crisis lies in enabling patients and hospitals to create insulin themselves.
Read More »After 46 Years In Business, Low-Carb Candy Manufacturer Judy’s Candy Company Closes for Good
After 46 years in business, Judy’s Candy Company, a favorite low-carb candy manufacturer and best-selling brand at CarbSmart.com has closed its doors forever.
Read More »Thick It Up Low-Carb Thickener Bundle – Includes Stainless Steel Shaker & Funnel
To make thickening chili, gravies, smoothies and other liquids easier, we created the Dixie Carb Counters Thick It Up Low-Carb Thickener Bundle – which contains: 1 6-ounce bag of Dixie Carb Counters Thick It Up Low-Carb Thickener, 1 Stainless Steel Shaker & 1 Silicone Folding Funnel.
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