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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 Carb
Read MoreWhy 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 endurance
Read MoreBack to School with Atkins
All across the country, HealthCorps 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 HealthCorps and close the gap on America’s nutrition know-how: only one out
Read More3 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 rhubarb
Read MoreThe Rising Cost of Diabetes
The journal Diabetes Care just published a report called the “Economic Cost of Diabetes in the U.S.” It updates previous estimates of the cost of type-2 diabetes, and just like many waistlines around the country, the numbers continue to expand by the year. Since 2012, the economic costs of diabetes increased by 26% because more
Read MoreLow Carb Spring Brunch Tips and Recipes
A low carb brunch is a wonderful way to bring in spring and the perfect excuse to transition from the heavier dishes of winter to lighter fare. Whether you’re celebrating Easter or Passover, when you embrace the Atkins nutritional approach of eating right, not less, it’s easy to make smart and delicious choices. Here’s how:
Read MoreLow Carb Tips for Spring
Although it may not feel very spring-like, depending on what part of the country you live in, spring is just around the corner. If you’ve noticed you have a little extra layer of “insulation” you’d like to shed, along with those winter clothes, it’s time to give your kitchen a “spring clean” and fine-tune your
Read More4 Reasons Why a Low Carb Diet is Better Than a Low Fat Diet
Last week, I wrote about a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association where a low carb diet and low fat diet were shown to be equally effective at weight loss. While the diet in the study was too high in carbs to be considered a true weight loss level of a
Read MoreLow Carb vs. Low Fat: The Debate Continues
You may have heard all the hype recently about how a new study showed that a low carb diet and a low fat diet are equally effective in helping people lose weight. These findings were published in the February 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. But before you hit the grocery
Read MoreA Sweet Solution to Type-2 Diabetes
It’s no secret that a low carb diet can help manage type-2 diabetes, but making this lasting lifestyle change can seem like a daunting challenge at times, without the proper level of support and guidance. But there is a promising solution. Three of our Atkins Scientific Advisory Board members just completed and published the results
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