I grew up in Northern Vermont. There was a maple grove behind our house, and I could see the “sugar shack”, where maple sap was boiled down to syrup, ... Read More

When anti-low carb writers make lists of the supposedly bad things about low carb diets, they often claim that it will cause bone loss. Researchers have set out to ... Read More

In the US, Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial beginning of summer, and a lot of people get the grills out. At About, some of the food Guides have ... Read More

Here are a few of the recipes posted to the site in the last month or so. Pictured is my Low Carb Cheesecake with Strawberry Topping. It is ... Read More

Recently I’ve been getting some questions about shirataki noodles, and requests for recipes. These noodles are pretty amazing. They have basically zero carbohydrate, as they are almost entirely ... Read More

It’s all over the news this morning – “Diet mixers may make you drunker” (Forbes), “Artificial sweeteners speed alcohol into blood” (Reuters), and my personal favorite “Diet mixers get you ... Read More

When most people think of Italian food, their minds immediately leap to dishes which are overwhelmingly high in carbohydrate – pasta, pizza, and bread. But there are lots of Italian ... Read More

When I use an unusual ingredient in my recipes, or review a product, I like to tell people where they can get it for the best price. Recently, readers drew ... Read More

My latest daily menu has 43 grams of usable carbohydrate plus 30 grams of fiber. All my menus are low carb, high fiber, and contain essentially all the required ... Read More

Did you know there is a large low carb community on the net? A great way to stay in touch with it is through low carb blogs. In ... Read More

We’ve got light in the evening and rising temperatures – time to get out the grill! About’s Food Guides have gotten together a collection of recipes for you to ... Read More

It’s so important to plan for those times when we’re hungry and we need to reach for something quickly. Often, the easiest things to find are chips, candy, and ... Read More

Well, some of it made it into the news. But research that has anything positive to say about reducing carbohydrate seems less and less likely to make it into ... Read More

You may have heard that eating vegetarian (let alone vegan) and low carb are mutually exclusive. Not so. Meet my friend Terri, a longtime eater of organic whole ... Read More

It’s tempting to have a “splurge day” for mom on Mother’s Day, and feed her all kinds of treats. But if Mom has to watch the sugars and starches, ... Read More

A reader is confused with conflicting information he is reading about beer and low carb diets. Is beer especially bad? Is there maltose in beer? Does the ... Read More

Call them reduced carbohydrate, low glycemic, controlled-carb, or sugar-free - if you’re cutting the amount of carbohydrate in your diet, it’s low carb. Low carb just means that compared ... Read More

Break out the tequila and guacamole, it’s Cinco de Mayo, the most celebrated Mexican holiday in the United States. The history of Cinco de Mayo is fascinating, but you ... Read More