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Is Atkins the Better Keto Diet?
From Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to stay-at-home moms, people are claiming the Ketogenic Diet (Keto) helps them maintain focus, increase energy and lose weight. There are keto cookbooks, keto diet books and keto products. This may seem like the latest, greatest diet, but the science behind keto, which is inherently a very low carb diet, has
Read More6 Winning Low Carb Tailgate Rules (Plus Recipes)
It may seem like a challenge to tackle a tailgate while living a low carb lifestyle, but you’ll still come out a winner if you stick with the rules in my “low carb tailgate playbook”: Penalize Hidden Sugars. It’s easy to identify the likely culprits such as cookies and candy, but Hidden Sugars are lurking
Read More7 Fail-Safe Tips for a Healthy Fall Routine
After summer’s lazy days, getting back into the routine of bedtimes, school drop-offs and pick-ups and meal planning is also a great opportunity to re-evaluate your own goals and embrace the positive benefits of a healthy routine. Here’s how: Start the day with breakfast. Even if you’re just grabbing an Atkins shake as you head
Read MoreAtkins Has Gone “Lowe” Carb
Rob Lowe has been living a low carb lifestyle since his late 30s, which is why it made perfect sense for him to become Atkins’ newest brand spokesperson. Sharing his passion for living a low carb lifestyle plus his favorite low carb meals and snacks just comes naturally, and I recently had the chance to
Read More6 Low Carb Back to School Tips, Plus Back to School Low Carb Recipes
School is starting, which means it’s time to get back into the routine of actually having a routine. With rushed mornings and activity-filled evenings, it’s easy swing by the drive-thru (especially when pressured by cranky kids), but with some planning and prep, you can have kid-friendly, low carb breakfasts, snacks, lunches and dinners the whole
Read MoreIs Your Low Carb Diet Shortening Your Life? No!
You might have seen the headlines this week about how low carb diets lead to an early death, according to a new study published in the Lancet. Before you forgo your satisfying evening meal of vegetables sautéed in olive oil and a grilled chicken breast or salmon in favor of a plateful of potatoes, let’s
Read MoreThere’s Solid Science Behind Low Carb and Ketogenic Diets
Recently, I attended a “meeting of the low carb and keto minds”, which included scientists, doctors, nurses and nutritionists, during the Emerging Science of Carbohydrate Restriction and Nutritional Ketosis conference at The Ohio State University. The purpose? To discuss the safety and efficacy of a low carb approach and the long-term benefits of a low
Read MoreRESEARCH UPDATE: 4 REASONS WHY LOW CARB WINS
Although everyone would love to see that one ultimate “heavyweight match,” which pits low carb diets against high carb diets and gives us a winner with an undisputed knockout, the research world just doesn’t operate like that. Instead, research inches along with small studies on specific populations, usually for a much shorter time than we
Read More4 Reasons Your Low-Carb Diet Fails
I’ve been living the low-carb Atkins lifestyle for years, and I’m here to tell you that if you have patience with the process and the outcome, you can truly succeed. But I’ve also discovered some of the low-carb diet fails it’s easy to encounter along the way, with some proven fixes: Low-carb diet fail #1:
Read More4 Summer Low Carb Travel Tips
August is often considered the last official month of summer. Whether you’re heading out on a road trip or flying the friendly skies, I have all the information you need to stick to your low carb lifestyle. To start, when I travel, snacking is my secret to success. Although I might not have access to
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