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• Statins May Cause Diabetes

  

  Cholesterol-lowering drugs, so called statins, may decrease the risk for heart disease somewhat. But they may also lead to side effects, such as: muscle pain,... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Gwyneth Paltrow’s Kids Eat Low-Carb, Dietitians Predictably Panic

  

  Gwyneth Paltrow says that her kids are on a low-carb diet – no bread, pasta or rice – as she thinks that is good for them. Predictably a few old-school... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Lose Weight by Achieving Optimal Ketosis

  

  Do you want to lose weight? Here’s number 14 of my 17 best tips. All of the published tips can be found on the How to Lose Weight page. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The New York Soda Battle Rages On

  

  Today giant cups of soda would have become illegal in New York. But at the last minute the ban was stopped by a judge. It’s not very far-fetched to believe... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• LCHF and Bipolar Disorder

  

  A strict LCHF diet has successfully been used as treatment for epilepsy (particularly in children, but also in adults). There are no doubts about the positive... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• “LCHF Helped Me Get Pregnant!”

  

  Isabelle Nelson is another woman who struggled in vain to get pregnant, due to the common hormonal imbalance PCOS. But after adopting a LCHF diet and losing 35... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• You’re Seven Feet Tall Because You Eat Too Much

  

  Is this man seven feet tall because he eats too much? Hardly. Far more likely he’s got an excess of growth hormone, handing him a possible career as a basketbal... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Sugar, Diabetes and E-mails From Lustig

  Do you remember the new study showing that more available sugar in countries is closely followed by more cases of diabetes? As I wrote this kind of observationa... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Weight Watchers Suffers PR Disaster in Sweden

  

  Weight Watchers recently suffered a true PR diaster in Sweden. They’ve run a lot of TV commercials this year with its new spokesperson in Sweden, pop singer... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• How Cows Could Green the World’s Deserts and Reverse Climate Change

  Could millions of cows help save the environment? Yes, says Allan Savory, a grassland ecosystem pioneer, in this fantastic new 20 minute TED-talk. Animals... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Yes, a Low-Carb Diet Greatly Lowers Your Insulin

  

  Less carbs, less insulin Is “eat less and run more” really the only thing you need to know in order to lose weight? Why is it then that most people lose weight... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• One Hundred Weight Loss Blogs

  Here’s a list of the “top 100 weight loss blogs to follow”. I like Authority Nutrition at #18. I don’t consider this blog to be a weight loss blog, but it’s at... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Swedish Truck Drivers Can Now Eat LCHF Almost Anywhere

  

  “This week’s LCHF-special” Photo: Tonny V. Here’s road sign by a truck stop called “Rasta” or “Have a break” in Sweden . They serve Low Carb High Fat meals, a... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Hip-Hop Video Compares the Food Industry to Drug Dealers

  Are food industry executives thinking and acting like drug dealers? Just a couple of days after I made that exact comparison here’s this video. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Surprise: More Sugar, More Diabetes

  

  Can sugar cause diabetes? Ask the sugar industry and the answer is a definite NO. Ask a random scientist in the field and the answer is likely to be... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• More Milestones for Diet Doctor

  

  Fantastic. More and more people are being told about this site. The number of visitors are just exploding, blasting past 20,000 visits per day like nothing*. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• What the Dangerous Low-Fat Diet Looked Like

  

  The low-fat diet just lost another huge trial, resulting in significantly more heart disease than a higher-fat Mediterranean diet. It lost badly enough that... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The Death of the Low-Fat Diet

  

  Healthy high-fat food It’s February 25, 2013, and the low-fat diet is dead. The low-fat diet has been on life support since 2006, when the failure of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• Do You Want Great Teeth? Eat Paleo

  

  Do you want great teeth? Avoid sugar and grains, like our Paleo ancestors: npr.org: Ancient Chompers Were Healthier Than Ours Is anybody surprised? Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE

• The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

  

  Here’s a great new article on how junk food is engineered to be addictive: NYT: The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food It’s perhaps nothing really... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, MEDICINE