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Slim Down for Spring
With spring’s warmer weather, it’s time to pack away those winter clothes, but you may also discover that you packed on a few extra pounds that you had been able to hide under sweaters and jeans. Not to worry! Spring is also a time of new beginnings—it’s an opportunity to fine-tune your low-carb eating habitsRead More
Why Inflammation is Deadly, How Atkins Can Help
When you think of inflammation, most likely you think of a wound on your skin that is red, swollen and painful. As part of your body’s natural defense system, a certain amount of inflammation is healthy, especially when it responds to infection, irritation or injury. But once the battle has been fought, inflammation should returnRead More
Spring is Here: My Favorite Ways to Workout Outside
To me, there is nothing lovelier than a Spring Day! I love the change to warmer weather and the feeling of the sun on my skin after a long winter. Growing up in England makes you truly appreciate nice weather (whenever there is any) and I always looked forward to Spring time. The change inRead More
How To Push Past a Weight Loss Plateau
Weight loss is not always a linear process, its perfectly natural for you to lose weight in fits and starts. Usually if you stick with your program for a few more days – even weeks, in some cases – your weight loss will resume. Break through the weight loss plateau with some minor adjustments to getRead More
Atkins Way of Eating is Good for Your Mood
Research has shown that there is a relationship between the food you eat and your mood. To a certain extent, it comes down to nutrients and neurotransmitters. The first thing to note is the human brain is, by far, the most complex structure known to man. It is composed of billions of interconnected cells, eachRead More
Our Dietary Guidelines Are Making Us Fat
The U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey has measured American’s caloric consumption and height and weight for over 50 years. A paper to be published in the journal Nutrition features the first comprehensive analysis of this data—it measured how macronutrient consumption patterns and weight and body mass index (BMI) of American adults have evolvedRead More
Why You Should Ditch the Fad Diets
Over the years I’ve seen many fad diets come and then go away just as quickly. Some of these crazy diets even have told us to ditch eating food altogether and urged us to replace all our meals with vanilla shakes or to drink water with lemon & cayenne pepper for weeks on end. AndRead More
The Guidelines on Dietary Fat Consumption Were Not Based on Science!
The online journal Open Heart just published a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) available to the U.S. and U.K. regulatory committees when they were creating the guidelines for dietary fat intake in 1977 and 1983. And this analysis showed that there was no evidence to support the dietary fat guidelines thatRead More
Atkins: Low-Carb and High in Antioxidants
You probably don’t think of Atkins as a high-antioxidant diet, but by the time you finish reading this blog, you probably will. First, before getting to know antioxidants, lets learn about free radicals. We need oxygen to live, but byproducts resulting from the body’s oxidizing processes, called free radicals, can damage our cells, causing aging,Read More
Low-Carb Game Day Tips
Contrary to popular belief, the year’s biggest pigskin game doesn’t necessarily mean your only low-carb option is a bowl of pork rinds. I have some excellent low-carb game day tips that will ensure that even if your team doesn’t win, your waistline does! Home If you’re hosting, you’re in control. Pick dishes that you canRead More
