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Low Carb Memorial Day
With a three-day weekend and (hopefully) sunny skies in your future, your Memorial Day weekend can be your official kickoff to a summer of healthy, delicious low carb eating. To start, I suggest you cut out added sugar from meals and snacks. Unlike natural sugar, which is found in food like fruits, added sugar isRead More
Low Carb Diet Benefits: Good for Heart Health
Increased aortic stiffness is an independent indicator of heart disease, and previous studies have shown that participants who followed low fat or low calorie diets for eight to 24 weeks were able to decrease this heart disease indicator. It’s well known that you can lose weight on a low carb diet in a relatively shortRead More
Super Fast Low Carb Snacks and Meals for Warm Weather
Spring is here, which means it is time to get outside and enjoy the weather. Whether you’re into jogging, hiking, biking, golfing, walking the dog or visiting the neighborhood park, it’s always helpful to have some tasty and fast low carb meals and snacks to fuel your activities. The key is to minimize your timeRead More
Low Carb Mother’s Day Brunch and Dinner Menus
It’s time to celebrate all the mothers in our lives and, if you’re a mother, it’s time to be celebrated! What better way to pamper or be pampered than with a delicious home-cooked brunch or dinner. If you’d rather eat out, I have some yummy low carb suggestions for your Mother’s Day meal. Low CarbRead More
Why Low Carb Works for Endurance Athletes
A low carb diet can help you lose weight, but research also shows that a low carb diet may help endurance athletes maximize their performance. Now that it’s the season for all sorts of endurance events (marathons, triathlons, Ironmans and more), I asked Jeff Volek, Ph.D., R.D., an expert on low carb diets for enduranceRead More
Back to School with Atkins
All across the country, Health Core is schooling teens on nutrition, but in a very good way. Considering a national study called The Sugar Gap Study that gave America an F on its nutrition report card, we decided it is time to partner with Health Core and close the gap on America’s nutrition know-how: onlyRead More
3 Low Carb Spring Dinner Menus
Now that you’ve given your #AtkinsPantry a spring clean and the weather is warming up, it’s time for a special meal that celebrates the fresh flavors of spring. I’ve pulled together a variety of low carb recipes that feature vegetables and fruits currently in season right now, such as artichokes, asparagus and arugula and rhubarbRead More