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Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet Now in Book Form

A number of my patients and blog readers have asked for a more comprehensive presentation of the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet. The KMD, as you may be aware, is the basis for the Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet.  Both of them are in … Continue reading

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Save $3 on Book

For readers of my blogs, I’m offering a $3.00 (USD) discount off the usual retail price for Conquer Diabetes and Prediabetes: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet.  You probably won’t find a better price anywhere—$13.95 plus shipping.  To get the discount, you … Continue reading

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Mediterranean Diet for Diabetes

In 2009, Current Diabetes Reports published “The usefulness of a Mediterranean-based diet in individuals with type 2 diabetes,” by Catherine M. Champagne, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.N.  Unfortunately, the full article isn’t available to you at no cost.  But I read it.  … Continue reading

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Dr. Robert Su Interviews Me

Ever wonder what I sound like?  Dr. Robert K. Su interviewed me for his podcast recently.  That faint accent of mine is from Texas and Oklahoma. Anyone with diabetes or prediabetes or worried about sugar toxicity is well-served by a close … Continue reading

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Unleashing “Conquer Diabetes and Prediabetes: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet”

My idea behind this blog has been to create an adaptation of the healthy Mediterranean diet for people with type 2 diabetes.  The Mediterranean diet alone has too many carbohydrates for the average diabetic.  The initial adaptation has been done … Continue reading

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“Advanced Mediterranean Diet” Has Gone Green

My 2007 book, The Advanced Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight, Feel Better, Live Longer is now available in PDF format for $9.95 USD.  It’s not a low-carb diet book, but a calorie-restricted, balanced diet incorporating the healthy features of the traditional Mediterranean diet.  … Continue reading

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Top 50 Blogs About Diabetes

The Health Crazies website listed this blog among “The Top 50 Blogs About Diabetes.”  You may want to check out some of the others listed, and my own blogroll to the right. Thanks to Health Crazies. Steve Parker, M.D.

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2nd Printing of “Advanced Mediterranean Diet” Now Available

The first printing of The Advanced Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight, Feel Better, Live Longer is sold out. Yay! And many thanks to my readers! The book is available now from a new printer that also handles distribution, CreateSpace.  As always, … Continue reading

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Are Fructose and High Fructose Corn Syrup Bad for Us?

Darya Pino earlier this month posted at her Summer Tomato blog a video regarding high fructose corn syrup.  The speaker in the video is pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig, M.D., of the University of California—San Francisco. In the U.S. between 1970 and 1990, … Continue reading

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Walnuts: More Evidence in Favor of Health Benefits

Nuts are a time-honored component of the Mediterranean diet and may contribute to the lower risk of cardiovascular disease  associated with the diet.  Regular nut consumption lowers total cholesterol and LDL (“bad cholesterol”) by 5 to 15%, which would tend to lower … Continue reading

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