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• Best of 2013

  

  This past year was full of exciting health-related news. Here’s a look back at some of the highlights:Failure of the YearHealthful high-fat foodYet another heav... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The Cause of Gollum’s Diabetes

  

  Continued from yesterday’s Lord of the Ring theme…Crash course in diabetes and how to normalize your blood sugarThe post The Cause of Gollum’s Diabetes... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The Hobbit’s Secret Weapon: Vitamin D

  

  A couple of scientists have now determined why hobbits and elves usually win over orcs, even when they are severely outnumbered. The good guys’ secret weapon?... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Is Skipping Breakfast Deadly?

  

  Is it bad for your health to skip breakfast? In the midst of the intermittent fasting hype, many were no doubt unnecessarily scared away by media alerts some... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• “Fantastic Results in 5 1/2 Weeks”

  

  Recently I received an e-mail from Marcus. Here’s his story:The E-MailHi Andreas!I want to thank you and your team for keeping up such a great website with all... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Sugar with Your Milk?

  

  A reader sent me the above picture, from a vacation trip to Tenerife. Milk was ordered for the kids and it came with two packages of sugar.Do you think this... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• McDonald’s: Don’t Eat Our Food – It’s Not Good for Your Health

  

  Information for employeesJust in time for the holidays, fast-food restaurant McDonald’s got caught being surprisingly honest.On a website for its own employees... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• “A Sugar-Free Diet… Or Diabetes”

  

  Mail Online: I had a stark choice: a sugar-free diet… or diabetes – just look at me now! says Gloria HunnifordDiabetes – How to Normalize Your Blood SugarThe... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Another Diabetic Healthier and Leaner with LCHF

  

  Before and with LCHFHere’s an example of what all the studies on LCHF mean in real life. I received an e-mail from Maria Persson, who lives in Kansas, USA. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• “This is Your Brain on Gluten”

  

  Can a strict low-carb diet dramatically reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? And the risk of almost every other neurological disease, like depression and... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• How’s This for a Long-Term Effect?

  

  Dan Moffett is still doing great on an LCHF diet, here’s an email I got yesterday:Thank you for all you do. Thanks in part to your site I have lost over 160... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• World-Class Athletes Are Changing Their Eating Habits. Are You?

  http://t.co/RxJud4wyLn @ProfTimNoakes @PeterBrukner pic.twitter.com/rkGW7zubzh— Bjarte Bakke (@BjarteBakke) December 19, 2013The post World-Class... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Don’t Fear Fat! Here’s the Documentary Cereal Killers

  

  The documentary Cereal Killers has now been released on internet. It follows Donal O’Neill, who tries to avoid walking in his father’s footsteps (with heart... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• LA Lakers Goes Low-Carb!

  

  Dwight Howard, one of the players who changed his dietMore and more athletes discover the advantages with eating good food and avoiding nutrition-poor sugar... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• LCHF and Common Digestive Issues (“IBS”)

  

  Picture above is not of the email authorRecently I received another e-mail from someone who used to have crippling nonspecific digestive issues, irritable... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Skipping Breakfast Means You’ll Eat LESS, Not More

  Is it a good idea to eat breakfast every morning if you want to lose weight? This is an extremely common claim when it comes to dieting. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Panel Discussion on the Fight Against Sugar

  Here’s a panel discussion on the fight against sugar featuring, among others, myself and sugar’s enemy number one, ie Professor Robert Lustig.The discussion too... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Losing 92 Lbs and a Sugar Addiction with LCHF

  

  Before and after LCHFI recently got an e-mail from Tania Palagas, Australia about what happened when she switched from being a sugar junkie to eating an LCHF... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• New Study: A Low-Carb Diet and Intermittent Fasting Beneficial for Diabetics!

  

  A Mediterranean breakfast without carbohydratesA new exciting Swedish study provides us with strong clues on how a person with diabetes should eat (and h0w to... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Weight Watchers’ New Sweet Campaign

  

  “Weight Watchers – Because it Works”Will Weight Watchers’ next campaign look like this? Recently Weight Watchers in Sweden issued a press release stating that... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE