Research, Science, and Recipes

Dr. Robert K. Su invited Fred Hahn, author of The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution and Strong Kids, Healthy Kids, and me for a three-way discussion as part of his podcast series about Pediatric ...

The February issue of Reader's Digest features a smiley face made out of two eggs and a strip of bacon. The headline reads: "Eat This, Lose Weight; The New Science of Dieting." The ...

Do you find it hard to stick to your low-carb regimen over the holidays? Just reviewing the benefits of carb restriction is enough to renew my resolve in the face of temptation. Here ...

I picked up a little booklet in the waiting room at the doctor's office yesterday. It was an ad for the latest edition of Outsmart Diabetes 1-2-3 from the editors of Prevention Magazine ...

I received a question a while back about one of the ingredients I used in Carb Wars from a man whose wife has gestational diabetes. He said the net carb count of 48 ...

You have probably read about the Foster study by now. It has gotten a lot of press coverage and most of the headlines mention that it shows that a low-carb diet is good ...

For years, we've been told that too much salt causes high blood pressure, a condition affecting roughly one-third of Americans. The government is even talking about requiring food manufacturers and restaurants to cut ...

A fellow low-carber who is still mourning the loss of Watch'n Carbs, the low-carb ice cream recently discontinued by Lucerne, sent me a message about his latest discovery. He was excited that he ...

July 15th is the last day to submit your comments to the USDA about their new food guidelines. I urge you to please speak out before this travesty is finalized. You are limited ...

The USDA is now advocating a plant-based, very low-fat diet. What can we do beyond writing letters? Here's a chance for you to help get the truth out. I blogged about a fantastic ...

Yesterday was a bad news day. It came from multiple sources, including this from AOL News: "USDA guidelines target 'unhealthy lifestyle'… 'the new guidelines call for a shift to a more plant-based diet…' ...

There was a story all over the news recently about a study reported in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association linking sugar to heart disease. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63J66220100421 As usual, ...

A new study published in the journal Circulation says that red meat is not the cause of heart disease and diabetes. Lead author of the study, Renata Micha, of the Harvard School of ...

As you may know, I have now finished my second book, but I have not yet explained the circumstances that lead up to it. Here’s how it happened. When I decided to publish ...

A spate of articles have come out about changes in the attitude toward low-fat verses low-carb diets and their impact on health. This one http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/02/AR2010030202091.html from the Washington Post, titled, Atkins diet’s return ...

Check this out: http://www.free-press-release.com/news-merger-of-metabolism-society-and-american-diabetes-association-surprise-union-to-promote-low-carb-diets-1270129599.html (The author is given as O Wells but I'm thinking Tom Naughton.) Seriously, there is a great article on Slate by Melinda Wenner Moyer titled End the War on ...

Laurie Cagnassola, director of the Metabolism Society (AKA the Nutrition and Metabolism Society), publishes a fantastic newsletter. The November 3rd issue features articles by Dr. John Briffa, Laura Dolson (low-carb guide for about.com), ...

I recently had the opportunity to see a confidential, 22-minute completion fundraising preview of C. J. Hunt’s documentary, In Search of the Perfect Human Diet, and I can tell you that this is ...

A military-funded study conducted by researchers at the University of North Dakota discovered that pilots who ate the most fatty foods, such as butter or gravy, had the quickest response times in mental ...

In the past I put my trust in food labels to figure the nutrition counts for my recipes. Apparently, it was misplaced. I know that sometimes they are just wrong. For example, I ...

Cows in Pasture in Brazil, Freepic If I hadn't been so busy, I would have written a review of Disney World in Florida similar to what Dr. Eades wrote about Disney Land in ...

A huge thank you to Life Script, the premier website for women's health, for the feature article on Carb Wars, which included 7 recipes with pictures and a story written by Nicole McEwen ...

Well, knock me over with a lamb chop, if Jennifer McLagan hasn't won the prestigious International Association of Culinary Professionals' Single Subject Award for her book celebrating--fat! And she beat out two really ...

Megan, from Megan’s Jottings, contacted me and asked me help publicize a Diet and Health Survey on which she has collaborated with Amanda from The Cake and Biscuit Diet (a low-carb website with ...