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• “Giant Leap to Type 1-Diabetes Cure”

  

  This is cool news. Scientists at Harvard just announced that they have managed to generate insulin-producing cells from human stem cells. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• “Your Best Carbohydrate Level Is the One You’re Happiest on Without Weight Gain”

  

  Before and afterI just got an email from Mary in Canada about how she found out where her optimal carb level is on an LCHF diet. How she finally managed to... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• A Low-Carb Diet Improves Quality of Life for Diabetics

  

  A Swedish study on low-carb diets for type 2 diabetes previously showed that blood sugar improved, and the need for medication was reduced. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• South Park Runs a Gluten-Free LCHF Episode!

  Several people have alerted me to the latest episode of the popular American comedy series South Park. This is a satire of the strong gluten free trend in the U... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Major Fitness Company: Eat Butter, It’s Good for You!

  

  Eat butter! That’s what Les Mill, one of the world’s largest fitness companies, now recommends. They are behind fitness programs like BodyPump – and many... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Dinner at Diet Doctor’s

  

  We had famous guests here on Friday. Two of the founders of Sweden’s LCHF magazine stopped by for dinner – Margareta Lundström and Bosse Zackrisson. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• “I Was Told I Was “diabetic” and Had to Go on Drugs to Control It”

  

  A normal blood sugar with LCHF in just a couple of daysI just got an email from Mike, who was told he was diabetic and that he had to go on drugs to control... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Try to Get It Right Next Time

  

  The world’s largest meeting on diabetes research is over, but next year it will be in Stockholm, Sweden – almost my home town. I’ll be there and my suggestion t... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Another Reason to Be Skeptical of Artificial Sweeteners

  

  Bad for you blood sugar?According to exciting new research, several common artificial sweeteners may have a previously unknown side effect. They affect the gut... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• My Blood Sugar After Two Different Meals at the Diabetes Conference

  

  Here’s the obvious thing, that is being ignored at the diabetes conference. Instead, medications, advanced tests and molecules are discussed. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Another Lunch at the Diabetes Meeting – and Another Test

  

  Perhaps a somewhat better lunch the day after the last one, which says a lot about how horrible the former lunch was.I didn’t eat from the conference bag... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Where’s All the Research on Lifestyle and Diet?

  

  Professor Nyström and Dr TengbladWhat’s wrong with the world’s largest meeting on diabetes research? Nobody talks officially about the real problem. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The Result of My Diabetes Lunch

  

  What happened when I ate the junk-food lunch at the diabetes meeting?Above, you can see the blood-sugar graph. My blood sugar predictably shot up from all the... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Lunch at the Diabetes Conference

  

  Here’s the lunch bag we got at the diabetes meeting. And here are the contents:This is the lunch we got, in addition to water.Some irony, to say the least:... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• What’s Inside the Bags?

  

  What kind of lunch is offered at the world’s biggest scientific meeting about diabetes research? This one.These are the lunch bags all participants at the... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• At the Diabetes Meeting in Vienna

  

  Here’s one of the 6 lecture halls, in session simultaneously, at the diabetes conference in Vienna…it’s big! Perhaps a little bigger than when I attended the... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Do You Want to Watch the Excellent Obesity Documentary FED UP?

  This spring I wrote about this exciting documentary, FED UP. Just from watching the trailer it was clear that this would be something extra. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• LCHF Deadly in the Long Run… Or Not?

  

  Will cholesterol levels, and thereby heart health, suffer when you eat a high-fat low-carbohydrate diet? That’s what people used to believe – even I thought so... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Time for a Gigantic Diabetes Meeting

  Next week it’s time for the world’s largest scientific meeting about diabetes, EASD, in Vienna. Nearly 20,000 physicians, scientists, vendors and other... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Fancy a Bug Bar?

  

  Bug flourYum! An Icelandic company is developing nutritious energy bars based on bug flour (ground crickets). The bars are supposedly protein and energy dense,... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE