Karen Barnaby: The Low-Carb Gourmet: 250 Delicious and Satisfying Recipes
I have never enjoyed a low carb cookbook more than The Low-Carb Gourmet by Karen Barnaby. It makes low carbing sensuous and luxurious with a serious "how to" wrapping. Not only do you get to eat the box of chocolates, you learn how to recreate the experience again and again.
Gavin De Becker: Protecting the Gift : Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)
Every parent should read this book.
Robert C. Atkins: Dr. Atkins' Three-Book Package: New Diet Revolution; New Diet Cookbook; New Carb Gram Counter
Dr. Atkins started it all. Everyone should read this before they go on the diet.
Fred Pescatore: Feed Your Kids Well : How to Help Your Child Lose Weight and Get Healthy
This is where I learned to use olive oil all the time. Wonderful tips on dealing with kids.
Ruth Glick: Fabulous Lo-Carb Cuisine
I really like this cookbook. I love the recipe for a low-carb crust. She uses the spice thyme quite a lot, but I just substitute that for Old Bay Seasoning or something else.
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OK, this isn't really news. I should have linked to this blog a long time ago from my low carb blogroll. But, better late than never!
Do check out Weight of the Evidence for an in-depth look at new research coming out that impacts the low carb lifestyle.
Folks, I'm updating this again!
Here is the most low carb disctinued product recent update that includes Anthony's Reduced Carb Pasta, Mueller's Reduced Carb Pasta, and Carb Options Salad Dressings, plus hints of things that are changing in the South Beach product world.
According to this fascinating article on Oreos:
The low-carb Oreo also didn't last, but that had more to do with a fad-driven marketplace than with science. When Kraft ditched the low-carb Oreo, it took the same cookie and put it in a new box touting a hotter diet trend.
And with that, the Oreo CarbWell last month became the Sugar Free SnackWell's Oreo.
It also details the history of the trans fat warnings and how Oreo has responded. Read the whole article.
(As an aside: I wish some other companies would bring back their low carb offerings as sugar free and give them wider distribution and a more sane price point -- specifically Heinz ketchup!)
With the Atkins company filing for bankruptcy, a host of inaccuracies are again flooding the news wires.
1. The falsehood that Atkins was overweight when he died, even Mort Zuckerman from US News and World Reports repeated this on the Situation with Tucker Carlson on August 1. He wasn't. And more here.
2. That Atkins would have approved of the foods that the Atkins company put out after he died. Most of the Atkins foods were filled with Maltitol and were overpriced. This blog rarely, if ever, endorsed a food product put out by Atkins.
Embedded in this Reuters story is the following statistic:
The low-carb craze peaked in early 2004, when over 9 percent of U.S. adults claimed to be on such a diet, according to market research firm NPD Group. That figure declined to 2.2 percent last month.
No one said that everyone should be on the diet, however, I suspect that this number will go up as more and more research comes out about how certain people really respond to the Atkins diet, and for them, it is healthy.
Certain parts of what Atkins espoused pertain to everyone. Reduce sugar intake, increase fiber, and stay away from products made with white processed flour.
I just finished my netrition order because tomorrow, Thursday, is the last day for the Dreamfield pasta sale of $2.19 a box. (More on Dreamfields here and here.) I ordered a lot of it to keep in the pantry. (For more on netrition, click here.)
I also ordered the following products:
A whole lot of syrups and let me tell you why. My kids love Slush Puppies and Slurpies and Italian Ices in the summer. There is no way that I can keep letting them eat these sugar laden products, but I have to substitute something else. I was able to purchase a slush machine yesterday at Costco on clearance for $29.97 that looks like it will make great slushes (I hope!). With these syrups, the kids might be satisfied with the substitutes, and I can make fun summer drinks with them by just adding a bit of rum for the adults!
Of course, I'll let you know how they come out once they get here.
For my complete shopping list, click here.
According to this article, the Chairman of Jelly Belly has type II diabetes. He wants to create more low/no sugar candies. I'm sending him a copy of this post: Sell Your Stock in Maltitol Companies.
Remember the study that showed that two minutes of exercise in short bursts of 30-second increments three times a week equaled the health benefits of 3 2-hour workouts? Well, it seems that this type of workout is also better for diabetics!
For active diabetics, moderate-intensity exercise, such as light continuous jogging or cycling, poses a greater risk of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) than intermittent high-intensity exercise representative of the activity patterns of team and field sports, such as soccer or hockey, research shows...
They found that both moderate-intensity and high-intensity exercise led to a decline in blood sugar levels, but the decline was greater with moderate-intensity than with high-intensity exercise, despite a higher heart rate and greater total work load with high-intensity exercise.
I wonder if this regimen would work with the people who have been clinically proven not to benefit from exercise as well.
I have started walking this week, but maybe I should add two minutes of vigorous exercise three times a week to see what happens? It can't hurt.
The headline to this post should be the headline to the article on Canada.com, but it isn't. The actual headline reads: Diet drug cuts blood sugar, trims waistline in type 2 diabetics, study finds. The same could be said about another article with this headline about another drug: AstraZeneca diabetes drug controls sugar, fats.
It would be one thing if patients were given the risks/rewards of these drugs versus going on a low carb diet, but they won't be given that option until the low carb diet is irrefutably proven safe over the long term -- and by that very definition, that time is years off.
One thing that the low carb "craze" did was point out the downside of sugar, but this proposal to tax sugar is way out of line. Why? Because the next thing they are going to tax is food that has fat as one of the first four ingredients.
What we need is better education, better food labeling (including on alcohol), better scientific studies, the willingness to go with true science -- not consensus science, and the broad realization that one diet doesn't work for everyone.
I managed to lose my weight with no exercise, but I have been putting off the much-needed exercise regimen because of time constraints. If the latest study proves valid, that excuse for me and for millions more may be obsolete.
A new exercise study reports:
Key points
• Study find 3 x 2-minute bursts of exercise as healthy as 3 x 2-hour workouts
• Two-minute regimes based on intense cycling
• Tests showed rate of oxygen absorption same for those doing both regimesKey quote
"We have shown that a person can get the same benefits in fitness and health in a short period if they are willing to endure the discomfort of high-intensity activity" - Professor Martin Gibala, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
And this is based on a non-impact exercise routine! I wish they had a video of this "discomfort of high-intensity activity." How bad can 30 seconds of exercise be?
If this proves to be valid, I can see the establishment having fits of pique, just like they did with the low carb diet. "It isn't healthy in the long run -- it puts a strain on your system -- we don't have any long-term studies." The good thing about the exercise regimen is that it is much easier to study than a diet. Although, of course, because everyone is different, some people truly don't respond to exercise, as this study contends. (I'd love to see the folks who don't respond to exercise try this short burst exercise regimen and see what happens.)
