Here's a great article on MSNBC on controlling food cravings. It's written by Adam Campbell of Men's Health, and I notice that most of the people he interviewed are ... Read More

I've been away for a few days at an About.com conference in Las Vegas. Although I did pretty well carb-wise, my diet was a little low in fiber for my ... Read More

We all know that exercise is good for us, but how much do we really need? Wendy, About.com's Walking Guide, has the latest Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 2008 ... Read More

One of the things that drew me to the farm where I get my weekly CSA box was the great variety of beautiful peppers they grow. At this time ... Read More

There are lots of tricks to staying low-carb and sugar-free on Halloween. But for those with enough willpower to just eat one or two pieces, I have spent quite ... Read More

It's Meatloaf Appreciation Day, and I for one DO appreciate it. Meatloaf seems to conjure up the phrase "comfort food" without even trying. Everyone's mother or grandmother seems ... Read More

Pumpkin is one of those vegetables that is almost emblematic of fall – it makes us think of harvest, of holidays, of frost, of lengthening nights and the oncoming winter. ... Read More

The other day someone forwarded me a health newsletter with the title, "Are Low-Carb Diets Dangerous?" It turned out to lead to an article about the "dangers of ketosis" ... Read More

How do you low carb? Do you follow a plan from a book, or have you developed your own variation? Tell us about it! Vote by clicking ... Read More

One of the great things about being an About.com Guide is that I learn valuable and interesting things from my fellow Guides. Did you know that right here on ... Read More

Last week CBS News featured a report on the relative dangers of sugar vs high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), with the forces behind sugar and HFCS duking it out in ... Read More

When cutting carbs, how low should we go? Should we aim for ZERO carbs? This provocative question was posed to me recently in an email from low-carb ... Read More

Danilo Alfaro, About.com's Guide to Culinary Arts, recently posted in his blog about a Lard Renaissance which seems to be happening. Although its recent history is scarred with ... Read More

As low-carbers, we aren't likely to be eating much commercial chocolate candy (although we can make our own treats with unsweetened chocolate). But my motto is if I do ... Read More