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Eat It Again! How Repetition Rewires Your Taste – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 27

Dana Carpender 1,980

Every taste is an acquired taste. If you’ve just recently gone low-carb, say as a New Year’s resolution, you may be overwhelmed by the sheer difference from your old diet. I encourage you to do so rather than using low-carb breads and such to make your low-carb diet resemble your old diet. Those can be useful. Bridge foods helping you to find a new normal, but not only are they, yes, processed foods often overpriced and sometimes deceptively labeled.
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Carbs Count, But How? Understanding Net Carbs vs. Total Carbs – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 28

Dana Carpender 2,030
If your nutritional program is so good, why do you still take drugs? – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 26

Dana Carpender 1,893
Isn’t It Important to Eat a Balanced Diet? – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 25

Dana Carpender 1,804
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Low-Carb – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 24

Dana Carpender 2,268
ENCORE: Refusing Holiday Food and Staying Low-Carb – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 23

Dana Carpender 2,002

Low-Carb Spring

Top 10 Tips to Quickly Spring Clean Your Low-Carb Meal Plans

Susie T. Gibbs 2,820

Spring is a magical season. It feels fresh and new and like rebirth. Spring is filled with possibilities and motivation and a sense of anticipation. In Texas, spring is just a glorious three-day precursor to a miserable nine month extravaganza inside the humid oven we Texans like to lovingly call the Texas Gulf Coast. Join Susie T. Gibbs as she shares her top 10 tips for keeping your Spring meals low carb, light, and satisfying!
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Radishes with Sweet Cream Butter & Sea Salt Recipe

Susie T. Gibbs 2,203
The Couch Potato Greets Spring – Getting Active Again

Kent Altena 1,975
12 Best Low-Carb Spring Foods

Dana Carpender 2,232
Low-Carb Tequila Highballs are a Sugar-Free Summer Treat

Dana Carpender 2,742

The Latest From CarbSmart

Fresh and Seasonal Paleo Tuna “Noodle” Casserole

When I was a kid, my step-mom made us a huge homemade tuna casserole a few times a month; it was a favorite in our house. The problem was it was full of white noodles. I have found a way to recreate this dish with much healthier Paleo ingredients.

Dana’s Kitchen: Tomatoes

Dana Carpender 791

Tomatoes are not carb-free, indeed, I consider them a "borderline" vegetable. How better to spend my daily carb allowance?

5 Lessons from a Beginner Runner

Sagdrina Jalal 622

Summertime screams a few musts in a healthy person’s life: must feast on fresh berries, must soak up some sun, and must get outside to exercise in the fresh air. Summer provides a nice break from the gym; giving us space to breathe, sweat, and simply play in the dirt. Runners, in particular, look forward to the long days of summer. No better time to get in a scenic ‘five miler’.

The Definitive Guide to Going Gluten-Free

Emily Dewey 625

Whether you have decided to go Gluten-Free after being diagnosed with celiac disease (in which case, I suppose “decide” would be the wrong word), or you’ve opted to kick the gluten habit to upgrade your health, fear not, I’ve got your back! With a little preparation, and this handy guide, you’ll be headed to a groovy gluten-free (and naturally lower-carb) lifestyle in no time!

Personalized Nutrition for Optimum Fertility

Guest Columnist 1,164

Nutrition-related diseases are common in our fertility practice. Patients with these issues are actually experiencing sub-fertility, however, and they generally have excellent fertility potential. Evidence- and experience-based recommendations are improving and we now have a growing experience of effective treatments. In addition, we may expect very exciting new research results in the next few years with regard to the role of gut flora and obesity, for example. Carbohydrate restriction has become a first-line, mainstream treatment in many fertility and medical clinics. Resistance to these measures appears to be waning as the benefits of these interventions become more and more obvious.

Celiac Disease and Other Gluten-Related Disorders

Jacqueline Eberstein 777

Celiac Disease and Other Gluten-Related Disorders by Jacqueline Eberstein. Celiac Disease and Other Gluten-Related Disorders by Jacqueline Eberstein. Looking at the symptoms and treatments of celiac disease.

Recap of the 2013 Annual Low Carb Cruise

Dana Carpender 510

Recap of the 6th Annual Low Carb Cruise by Dana Carpender. 150 low carbers enjoyed the sun and fun of the Caribbean.

Does Red Meat Cause Diabetes?

Dana Carpender 647

Does Red Meat Cause Diabetes? Of course you heard, it was trumpeted all over the media. Are we all really going to go blind and lose our feet?

Bologna Meter: Alzheimer’s Bologna

Tom Naughton 1,085

Bologna Meter: Alzheimer's Bologna. A new study made a splash in the media recently – the splash coming in the form of headlines like these: Saturated Fat May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Alzheimer's and How a High Fat Diet Increases Alzheimer's Risk. Holy moly! Saturated fat causes Alzheimer’s?! I’d throw away all my sausage, except I can’t remember where I put it.

Low Carb Success Story Anne Luther

Amy Dungan 559

A retired RN in clinical ophthalmology, Anne Luther resides in Little Rock, Arkansas. Weight gain and mounting health problems drove her to looking for answers. She discovered the low-carb/paleo/gluten-free lifestyle and has never looked back.