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TWO NEW BOOKS FROM THE LOW-CARBING AMONG FRIENDS TEAM

I’m happy to report that two new cookbooks from the Low-Carbing Among Friends series are available for order! All the books in the series are low-carb, sugar-free, and gluten-free. In response to popular requests, the new books have some changes. We still have an amazing group of writers and recipe developers, but the team now includes the star of stage, screen, and television, George Stella! (You have done something on stage, George, right?) Also, the recipes are now listed by category rather than by author, making them easier to navigate. Last, but not…

THANKS, SUSIE T. GIBBS!

Susie T. Gibbs, aka Fluffy Chix, cracks me up. This funny girl from Houston just honored me with a review of Nourished on her blog! Don’t miss the chance to enjoy a look-around while you are on her site. (My favorite of her post titles: I Fought the Slaw and the Slaw Won.) I’m sure you would also enjoy her Christmas post from last year that includes a decadent eggnog recipe and if you are planning to mortgage the house to invest in a prime rib for the special day and don’t want to mess it up,…

AMAZON PROMOTION: SPECIAL PRICE ON “NOURISHED”

Let Amazon help you with your Christmas shopping! My book, Nourished; a Cookbook for Health, Weight Loss, and Metabolic Balance, is being featured as part of an Amazon promotion. If you buy the paperback version, or if you already bought it, you can get the Kindle for only $2.99. You can keep one and give the second as a gift! (That is the lowest price they will offer on a Kindle book as large as this one.) Details about the offer are here: Bookmatch. I’m typing this…

SUGAR IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Sugar Love was the subject of the August, 2013 issue of National Geographic. It is indeed sweet to finally see a major publication echoing the message some of us have been preaching for years! When I wrote Carb Wars; Sugar is the New Fat, in 2007, I was called a extremist (among other things). You can read the cover story online here, but I’d like to get a copy to frame and put on my wall! And several more to pass out to the people I care about,…

CHOLESTEROL CLARITY

Cholesterol got a bad rap. The evidence continues to accumulate that cholesterol is not the villain it is made out to be, but is actually part of your body’s defense system against the real killers: chronic inflammation, the lack of good, natural fats, and stress. Dr. Dwight Lundell, one of the 29 experts interviewed by author Jimmy Moore in Cholesterol Clarity, noted that in the absence of inflammation, “Cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended.” Mark Sisson, another contributor, said, “Cholesterol is one…

CARBSMART TO THE RESCUE!

Dr. Atkins popularized the Fat Fast, based on the Keckwick diet developed in the 1950s by Prof. Alan Keckwich and Dr. Gaston Pawen. Fat fasting forces the body to burn stored fat by depriving it of glucose (sugar). Since even protein can be partially converted to glucose via a process called gluconeogenesis, eliminating almost everything but fat guarantees that even those who are most metabolically resistant to weight loss will switch to burning fat rather than sugar. By limiting calories to 1,000 per day, stored fat will make up the difference between the dietary fat coming in and energy needs.…

WHEAT BELLY COOKBOOK REVIEW: IS FLAX THE NEW WHEAT?

Dr. Davis has succeeded in drawing attention to the dangers of wheat and the benefits of a low-carb diet beyond what I thought possible. He builds a convincing case against this new plant that he says shouldn’t even be called “wheat,” and he documents most of his arguments with supportive research. I was already avoiding most grains and decided to eliminate wheat after reading Wheat Belly. I have been following a low-carb lifestyle and writing about it for over 13 years, so it wasn’t a radical change…

FREE BOOK ON HEARTBURN

Thanks to Dr. Eades for the heads up that Dr. Norm Robillard’s excellent book on heartburn, “Fast Track Digestion; Heartburn,” is available free on Kindle. This deal is good TODAY, Jan 1, 2013, only, so if you know anyone who has heartburn or GERD let them know about this ASAP. Order here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007WZHCWK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=proteinpowerc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007WZHCWK

LOW-CARBING AMONG FRIENDS VOL. 3

The collaborative cookbook project that I have been working on, Low-Carbing Among Friends Vol. 3, is due out on or before January 31, 2012. You can reserve your copy at a discounted pre-order price at http://amongfriends.us/preorder.php. All the 370 recipes and variations are gluten-free, wheat-free, sugar-free, and low-carb, with 10 grams or less net carbs per serving. This series of cookbooks is the brainchild of Jennifer Eloff and her husband Ian. It has been a privilege to work with Jennifer and Ian and I am grateful…

VALIDATION: Peter Reinhart

Gluten-free products, recipes, and cookbooks are everywhere these days, but most of them just sub high-carb starches like potato, corn, tapioca, and rice for wheat, rye, and barley. The cookbook above is different. You can’t read the subtitle very well here, but it says, “80 Low-carb Recipes that Offer Solutions for Celiac Disease, Diabetes, and Weight Loss.” It was written by Peter Reinhart and Denene Wallace. Peter Reinhart is a world-class expert on bread and baking. Mario Batali called him the Leonardo da Vinci of bread. He has written nine books, including The Bread Baker’s Apprentice,…

IS THERE ALREADY A CURE FOR OSTEOPOROSIS?

I went in for a medical checkup yesterday since I hadn’t had any tests since 2010. Along with the standard regimen of tests, the doctor prescribed a bone-density scan. I’ve only had one, about 15 years ago, and my rank was almost 100% then, but if I am diagnosed with osteoporosis, he will probably suggest the usual treatment: calcium, vitamin D, and drugs like Fosamax (bisphosphonates) and Prolia (denosumab). Bones are constantly being remodeled, with new bone replacing old bone. These drugs work by altering the cycle to slow the…

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