Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

It is not very hard to find studies supporting one diet or another. Gardner and colleagues, for example, conducted a study in which the Atki...

Labels: Atkins, body fat, cancer, LEARN, my experience, National Weight Control Registry, Ornish, Weight Watchers, Zone

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

My interview with Jimmy Moore should be up on the day that this post becomes available. (I usually write my posts on weekends and schedule ...

Labels: adiponectin, Atkins, carbohydrates, fish, growth hormone, insulin, Jimmy Moore, low carb, my experience

Posted by Admin | 1:49 PM

Ketones are compounds that have a specific chemical structure. The figure below (from: Wikipedia) shows the chemical structure of various ty...

Labels: Atkins, ketones, ketosis, low carb, research

Posted by Admin | 6:12 PM

This is a study (Grieb, P. et al., 2008; full reference at the end of this post) that I read a few years ago, right after it came out, and a...

Labels: Atkins, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, free fatty acid, HOMA, Kwaśniewski, low carb, Optimal Diet, research, saturated fat

Posted by Admin | 11:01 PM

This is a follow up on this post . Just to recap, an interesting hypothesis has been around for quite some time about a possible negative ef...

Labels: AGEs, Atkins, diabetes, ketosis, methylglyoxal, research

Posted by Admin | 3:11 PM

An interesting study by Clifton and colleagues (1998; full reference and link at the end of this post) looked at whether LDL cholesterol par...

Labels: Atkins, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, low carb, refined carbs, research, sugars

Posted by Admin | 6:56 PM

I would like to comment on a recent  article comparing the Atkins, Ornish and South Beach diets (Miller et al., 2009; full reference at t...

Labels: Atkins, cardiovascular disease, HDL, LDL, low carb, research