Just made a new Low Carb Diet Guide which can be found online here.  It’s the same plan I have used to lose 74 pounds in the last 7 months.  So clearly low carb works, hence the name of the site. For some people, it’s kind of confusing knowing what to eat and what not [...]

Q:  How can you tell when you are in ketosis? A: The easiest way to tell if you are actually in ‘ketosis’ is by using KetoStix.  A little test strip that you place in your urine stream which looks for the presence of ketone bodies.  The strip will turn purple if it detects any.  You [...]

Q: I drink coffee with splenda and water with lemon?  Is this ok? A: When doing low carb, I don’t drink coffee usually.  I drink water and unsweetened tea (black or green or herbal).  And I do add a slice of lemon or lime to water.  Or even 2 slices But the issue really is [...]

For the last 3 weeks I have been in ‘ketosis’ and dropped another 15 pounds.  I’ve been eating less than 30 grams of NET carbs per day.  And clearly it works for weight loss. So I’m feeling pretty good these days and I’m headed in the right direction.  What’s the next step?  Adding a bit [...]

For my body, my diet and what I eat is far more effective for weight loss than exercise alone. Last summer, I had reached a good weight for me.  I was in good shape.  And so I took a break and was totally off my low carb diet towards the end of last year (4 months) but I [...]

Q:  Low carb seems to be high in saturated fat.  Should I be eating leaner meats instead? A: Saturated fat in the low carb community is not a 4 letter word.  There have been studies lately showing that saturated fat does NOT cause an increase in strokes or heart attacks as has been speculated.  Saturated fat has [...]

Obviously I am biased towards low carb. Why?  Cause I lost a lot of weight eating low carb.  I even managed to keep a large potion of the weight off consistently, even when not following my low carb plan. But my mantra has always been ‘Low Carb’ doesn’t mean ‘No Carb’.  Over the years I have [...]

One of the best videos I have seen about low carb, obesity and the effects.

Today I was reading all the different articles written by people attacking low carb and saying it’s really about just counting calories. And yes, calories, in a vacuum, do count.  But there is a significant difference between how your body handles the various foods containing those calories.  100 calories in the form of sugar is [...]

Let’s say you want to eat less carbs.  And for the time being, let’s forget about ketosis and let’s forget about counting carbs. I think the simplest way to start eating low carb is to PICK ONE MEAL and don’t eat any processed carbs or fruit for that meal.  And just do that every day for a week [...]

In a surprising study, it’s been suggested that the toxins found in foods treated with pesticides caused twice as many cases of ADHD in children.  Apparently the chief culprit is organophosphate pesticides.  And there are about 40 different types.  It’s also found in some flea and tick ‘medicine’. From day one of this site, I’ve [...]

Having had chronic low back pain since I was a teenager (ruptured disc and failed surgery when I was 17), I am no stranger to the woes that back pain causes.  Chronic pain is insidious.  It can literally wreak havoc in your life and be all consuming. If you are experiencing chronic pain, then that [...]

According to a study at the University of Minnesota, dieters who weighed themselves daily lost 2x as much weight as those who didn’t. Personally, I lost a lot of weight by eating low carb and weighing myself every day at the same time on a digital scale.  The scale measures 1/2 pound increments.  And because of [...]

Much has been said about the downside of ’dieting’.  One of the most common diet issues is that once you stop the diet, you’re likely to just pack back on the pounds.  Usually by returning to old eating habits.  And then many people actually add back on more weight than when they started. Admittedly, I like having a [...]

In a recent report, statistics have shown that obesity levels have risen in 16 states in the US. The definition of obese is 30 or over on the BMI scale. Having been in the ‘obese’ category myself, I can thankfully say that after eating low carb for a while that I am no longer obese [...]

I’ve been watching a little Wimbledon tennis and the announcers were commenting on how Sabina Lisicki switched to a gluten free diet and that has helped her performance.  She went from ranked 250 in the world to making it to the semifinals at Wimbledon.  That’s pretty impressive. Earlier this year, Novak Djokovic also announced that [...]

Want to know how to safely get a juicier pork roast? For years, we’ve been told to cook Pork to an internal temperature of 160 F.  But recently the USDA revisited that idea in some new tests and found out that we now only need to cook pork to 145 F.  And at 145 it [...]

Organic means growing produce without pesticides or chemical fertilizers.  But it also means not using GMO (genetically modified organisms -like fly genes spliced with tomatoes) and also doesn’t use irradiation (when they nuke the food for longer shelf-life) or contain man-made chemicals or food additives. I once saw an interview with James Olmos who painted [...]

It’s all too easy to get carried away with trying to eat organic, preservative free, free range & cruelty free products, especially when you are eating a low carb diet.  But there are some basic things to be aware of that can help make this process easier. One of those things is Grass Fed Beef.  And [...]