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Worst Idea of the week: “Fat-Free Living” Month.
According to the USDA, which has never been exactly a “thought leader” when it comes to food and nutrition, January is Fat Free Living Month. This is possibly the worst idea the USDA has ever come up with, with the possible exception of the 1992 Food Pyramid. Virtually every health professional now understands that fat Read More
The Role of the Atkins Diet in Alzheimer’s Disease
This October, an article published in the journal Molecular Neurodegeneration attracted headlines in several major newspapers. The authors of the study had found that mice fed a high-fat diet exhibited a 5-percent decrease brain weight and an increase in amyloid beta. People with Alzheimer’s disease have high levels of amyloid beta deposits in their brains. Read More
Low carbs cause memory loss? Not so fast!
Recently the media had a field day reporting a Tufts University study (1) that supposedly showed low carb diets have a negative effect on memory. Once again, the media got it wrong, and in two critical ways. First, they reported conclusions that were not found by the study and two; they omitted findings that were Read More
Low Carb Flour: Baking with Coconut Flour & Almond Flour
Almond flour and almond meal are not the same thing. Almond meal is ground up almonds (with the skins), whereas almond flour is finely ground blanched almonds without the skins. Both work, but the almond flour will give you better results (the almond meal tends to be a little dense and oily). Almond flour can Read More
Longer Is Better
In the last decade a multitude of studies on restricted carbohydrate intake has dramatically changed the research landscape. This newer research builds upon older information on carbohydrate-restricted diets, including the use of low-carbohydrate diets by a variety of Aboriginal hunting cultures that persisted for thousands of years. Let’s take a brief look at some of Read More
Food Pyramid
The Atkins Lifestyle Food Guide Pyramid is an energy powerhouse. Drop pounds as you focus on the pyramid base which packs plenty of protein, fiber-rich leafy vegetables and healthy oils. Continue your success, build your energy, and expand your choices by moving to the upper half of the pyramid where fiber-rich fruits, dairy products, oils, Read More
Epilepsy: A low-carbohydrate diet may be just what the doctor ordered
We’ve known for some time that a high-protein, low-carbohydrate (and high-fat) diet is effective in controlling epileptic seizures in children. In fact, the ketogenic diet is used in over a dozen hospitals around the country as an intervention for epilepsy. Now some new research from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine suggests the diet may be Read More
Diet and Mood: Setting the Record Straight
You may have heard about a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, which compared the changes in mood of subjects who had followed either a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet for a year. The researchers, led by Grant D. Brinkworth, concluded that throughout the period, a low-fat plan improved overall feelings of well-being Read More
Could coffee actually be good for you?
Health-conscious consumers always have considered their daily Java a guilty pleasure. Conventional thinking would suggest that caffeine may raise blood pressure in susceptible individuals, make some feel jittery or anxious, interfere with deep and restful sleep, or raise stress hormones. However, until recently, there has been little talk about coffee’s brighter side. Consider this: Coffee Read More
Consumers Demand Snack Foods with Health Benefits
Over 49 million Americans turn to fast-food and another 41 million to pre-cooked, store-bought prepared foods and meals. In addition, the report- called “On-The-Go-Eating in the US: Consumer, Foodservice, Retailing and Marketing Trends”—found that fully 1/2 of Americans skip meals on a regular basis and graze on snack foods instead. A second, unrelated report- the Read More
