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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.

One of the main tenets of the Paleo diet is that we eat regular foods and sustain a healthy level of activity. Since the low carb dieter is now doing this after losing a good portion of their excess weight, the Paleo diet helps the low carb dieter sustain a healthier life.

Plan for success & you can navigate into the end zone & score a low carb win for the home team. Susie T. Gibbs lays out her tips for helping the whole family stay low carb during football season.

Great ideas for Read a Book Day. Learn about the low carb diet by reading a low carb diet book. Then learn to cook low carb with a low carb cook book or two.

Happy Low Carb-iversary To Me! 17 Years of Low Carb Success and No Health Issues by Dana Carpender.

The Doctors explain how the keto-adapted dieter or athlete benefits from Nutritional Ketosis and the low carb lifestyle including during training& exercise.