The science journalist Gary Taubes starts his book The Case Against Sugar with the following argument: we live in a soci…
Eating
You Should Know These 56 Names for Sugar
Added sugar is lurking in 74% of packaged foods, and we’re not just talking about cookies, cakes, and desserts. Many foo…
Reader’s Digest Says Pasta Doesn’t Spike Your Blood Sugar
At the start of every new year, lists abound detailing what we should and should not eat. These how-to eat-healthy headl…
Prufrock Pizzeria’s Cauliflower-Crust Gives a Real-Pizza Experience
I was noodling around the Internet a few years ago, looking for interesting ways to bring more vegetables into our famil…
Top 10 Foods that Help Me Manage Type 2 Diabetes
I’ve had Type 2 diabetes for 14 years. Finding the right combination of low-GI foods and living a “normal” life has been…
When To Worry About Ketones
“Your blood sugar is over 250. We’ll have to test for ketones, just to make sure you’re not spilling any.”
The nurse stu…
Low Carb Bloggers Share Holiday Recipes and Survival Tips
I love being on a strict low carb diet because it does wonders for my diabetes management. And I hate being on a low car…
FDA Announces New Nutrition Label
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new Nutrition Facts label for most packaged foods that ref…
Why Your Doctor May Question a Low Carb Diet
The next piece to this puzzle is to know that nutrition is barely discussed in most (not all) medical schools. At Emory,…
Why I Chose a Ketogenic Diet For Diabetes Management
I am a retired physician living with Type 1 diabetes since 1998. I started to exercise regularly in 2007 to help ward of…
