Low Carbohdrate

Almond Flour and Coconut Flour

19.07.2012 ARTICLES
Coconut

Lately, we’ve been having a play with almond butter and flour as well as coconut flour and oil, with various other ingredients, to make some really tasty and nutritious deserts, snacks and treats. Its lead to a whole lot of research on the best places to buy them as they’re not cheap! So far we’ve [...]

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Research Update: Low carbohydrate-high protein diets are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

02.07.2012 ARTICLES
Heart health cardiovascular disease

Guest Article by Martin MacDonald Are you scared after reading that blog title? Are you worried that I’ve suddenly realised that the EatWell Plate is in fact great? Fear not, nothing has changed its just another crappy study getting infinitely more media attention than it deserves. If you’ve not heard about it yet there was [...]

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Hypertriglyceridaemia in Type 2 Diabetes: Risk and Management

11.06.2012 ARTICLES
Diabetes

I get a weekly update from Medscape: Diebetes and Endocrinology News. Generally I just skim the headings and delete but occasionally a title like "Managing Hypertriglyceridaemia in Type 2 Diabetes" comes up which takes my fancy. You can sign up for a free account if you wish but I generally wouldn't advise bothering… If you [...]

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Research Update: Low carbohydrate diet in type 1 diabetes

11.06.2012 ARTICLES
Diabetes 2

Guest article by Martin MacDonald Just a very short post (and some extra thoughts) that tie in well with this article about Treating Type 1 Diabetes and Epilepsy through lowering carbohydrates which got a couple of quite strong responses! To follow on from that study here is a very recent paper on the improvements and [...]

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Research Update: Low carb diet improves glycemic control compared with advice to follow a low-fat diet

09.06.2012 ARTICLES
Low Fat

So, after my most recent post on Facebook that almost got the desired 70 likes over the long weekend, here is the study I mentioned. This is an interesting study as it looks at real world situations with "few resources allocated for achieving compliance, so that clinical use of the protocol would be realistic for [...]

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“Participants on the low-carb diet lost more weight and at a faster pace”

12.04.2012 ARTICLES
Weight Loss

A very quick blog as I know I haven't posted a whole lot recently. The title doesn't even do this justice… if you're reading this blog you're probably fairly happy with the fact that lowering your carbohydrates is a perfectly good way to lose weight. There is discussion, that is warranted, as to whether preferentially [...]

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Train Low, Compete High

25.03.2012 Sports Performance
girl weights

by Mike Macfarlane, BSc MSc I have tried many different nutrition strategies, some prescribed previously by sports nutritionists and others I had researched and chose to implement on a trial and error basis. Like many other athletes and determined trainers, I wanted a diet that did the following for me: Gave me the energy to [...]

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Research Update: Low carb is better than Moderate carb for body fat loss…

07.03.2012 ARTICLES
Clinical Stupidity

"A Low carb diet is better than Moderate carb diet for body fat loss and for improving your blood cholesterol levels BUT it would be prudent to eat a moderate carb diet if you want to lose weight"… ?!?!?!?! This is the conclusion of a study I stumbled across whilst researching for my 'Saturated Fat [...]

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