Low Carb Diets January 2012 Archive

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a video worth? About.com has put a boatload of new low-carb videos on my site in the last few ... Read More

I think we can say that the Low-Carb Cruise is now an established annual tradition. This year is the fifth one, and will be sailing the Caribbean this May 6-13. ... Read More

It's Chinese New Year, and I love Chinese food! Unfortunately, a lot of it has a fair amount of sugar and/or starch. Did you know that the Hoisin sauce and ... Read More

This week, Food Network star Paula Deen, known for her Southern home cooking, announced on the Today Show that she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three years ago, and that ... Read More

It's always fun to hear about how the image of low-carb eating is faring in countries other than the U.S., where I live. I've written before about Sweden, where ... Read More

You're losing weight...but are you really losing fat? We tend to think that "the scale tells the tale", but two people can have the same height and weight, but ... Read More

"How much carbohydrate should I eat?" is one of the most common questions I get. The problem is, I can't really honestly give a quick answer to that question. ... Read More

It's well-known that when people don't get enough to eat, bad things happen to them, physically, emotionally, and cognitively. A lot of these changes (hunger, weakness, grumpiness, food obsessions, ... Read More

Whenever we start on something new, we can assume that everything won't go perfectly smoothly. Even for low-carb "old-timers", bad habits can creep in. I've recently revised my ... Read More

Are you new to low-carb eating, and to this site? Welcome! My name is Laura Dolson, About.com's Guide to Low Carb Diets. There is a wealth of ... Read More