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• Health Care System Failing Obese Children – Here’s a Solution

  

  Here’s an opinion piece in a Swedish morning paper, highlighting the fact that many hospitals have chosen not to offer any help to obese children:DN Opinion:... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• More Blood Sugar, More Dementia!

  

  Want to avoid dementia as you get older? Then perhaps you should use caution with foods that raise blood sugar.A recent study published in the prestigious... Read more

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

• Before and After a Year with LCHF

  

  Before and afterHere’s yet another complete transformation from eating an LCHF diet. Pär Johansson sent me his story about what a little more than a year on an... Read more

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

• Robert Lustig’s New Talk on Sugar!

  Recently a new 90 minute talk with professor Robert Lustig was posted on YouTube (his most watched – “Sugar, the Bitter Truth“ from 2009 – has 4 millions... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Sugar Shock in Oslo

  

  I’m in Oslo, Norway, for a conference featuring professor Robert Lustig among others. Here’s the minibar in my hotel room. This is the largest pile of sweet... Read more

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

• The Real Association Between Butter and Heart Disease in Sweden

  

  The outdated fear-mongering propaganda claiming that a dramatically increased butter consumption in Sweden has also increased the incidence of heart disease is... Read more

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

• Yet Another Example of the “Dangers” of an LCHF Diet

  

  Before and after LCHFRecently My Westerdahl reached a milestone and sent me a message:Today I step on the scale and it shows me that my greatest milestone to... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Proven: Almost Anything Is Better with Bacon

  

  According to an article in Wired almost anything is better with bacon – it’s been mathematically proven.Mail Online: Forget salt and pepper – BACON is the... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Another Train Wreck: Heart & Stroke Foundation Recommends Eating Candy

  

  Here’s another nutritional advice train wreck. The Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation allows their “Health Check” symbol to be put on candy. Why? As far as I... Read more

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

• Extreme LCHF in Warsaw

  

  The most extreme LCHF meal that I’ve had in a while was served during the weekend in a restaurant in Warsaw, Poland. I was there to give a talk at the Congress... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Better Blood Sugar, Better Memory

  

  Yet another recent study shows that people with better (lower) blood glucose levels have a better memory and fewer signs of brain damage:Neurology: Higher... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Heavily Criticized in Australian TV Documentary

  Do cholesterol-lowering drugs constitute a medical miracle, almost free of side effects? Or is this a false, and close to criminal, misleading impression that... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2013 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• No Halloween Candy for Fat Kids

  

  A woman in the U.S. has decided not to hand out Halloween candy to obese kids. Instead she’ll hand them a note to give to their parents:The Huffington Post:... Read more

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

• Low-Carb to Manage Type 1 Diabetes

  

  A low-carb diet is great for managing type 1 diabetes (not just type 2). Here’s a typical story from an email I got today:Dear Andreas, Thank you for your... Read more

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

• Soldiers Need Liposuction to Pass Fat Test

  

  Here’s another example of the mess caused by too much sugar and processed carbs:The number of army soldiers failing the “tape test” for being overweight is... Read more

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

• “Italy Loses Its Taste for Pasta”

  

  Italy has lost its taste for pasta, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pasta sales dropped by a whopping 23% in the past decade. Read more

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

• “Hello LCHF – Goodbye Type 2 Diabetes”

  

  Yet another story from a recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic, who’s doing the opposite of what the health care system recommends and quickly improves his... Read more

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

• The Week the Paradigm Shift Happened?

  Does this week mark the turning point for when the paradigm shift on carbohydrates and fat really took off? Here are four reasons to believe so:The episode of... Read more

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

• Give Julian Bakery What They Deserve

  

  This is not right. As I’ve mentioned before, Julian Bakery has been selling some very obviously fake low-carb bread:Low carb bread: Another fairy tale bites... Read more

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

• Lots of Australians Watched the Saturated Fat Myth-Busting

  The science program Catalyst about the real cause of heart disease (no, it’s not butter) was the most watched non-news program of the day in Australia. Almost... Read more

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