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You can dry many types of meat, including beef, pork, goat, deer, and even some types of seafood, such as mussels. Drying meat tends to si...

Labels: beef, jerky, low carb, Plains Indians, protein, recipe

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

Below are the coefficients of association calculated by HealthCorrelator for Excel (HCE) for user John Doe. The coefficients of association ...

Labels: carbohydrates, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, HCE, LDL, low carb, statistics, triglyceride, VLDL

Posted by Admin | 5:56 AM

Perfect Health Diet is a book that one should own. It is not the type of book that you can get from your local library and just do a quick ...

Labels: book review, diabetes, glycation, J curve, low carb, protein

Posted by Admin | 4:00 AM

By definition LC is about dietary carbohydrate restriction. If you are reducing carbohydrates, your proportional intake of protein or fat, o...

Labels: carbohydrates, compensatory adaptation, low carb, protein, resistance exercise

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 | 7:50 PM

Few would argue against eating seafood several times a week, except in the case of seafood allergy. Shrimp is a very good option, especially...

Labels: low carb, omega-3, omega-6, protein, recipe, shrimp

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 | 7:45 AM

The original inhabitants of the Ryūkyū Islands, of which the island of Okinawa is the largest, are believed to have the highest life expec...

Labels: longevity, low carb, Okinawa, pork, research, starch

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