Jimmy Moore today at Livin’ La Vida Low Carb reports on Drew Carey’s fantastic success in losing 80 pounds (36.4 kg) of fat and controlling (curing?) his type 2 diabetes. Jimmy says many Hollywood celebrities control their weight with carbohydrate-restricted eating. Steve Parker, M.D.
Entries Tagged as ‘Weight Loss’
July 2, 2010
Basic Science: Mediterranean Diet Boosts Antioxidant Power
Compared to the low-fat American Heart Association diet, the traditional Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil has more capacity to counteract potentially harmful “free radicals” and “reactive oxygen species” in our bodies, according to researchers at the University of Navarra in Spain. Our tissues normally contain free radicals and reactive oxygen species, which are intrinsic [...]
June 22, 2010
Nutritional Analysis of William Banting’s 1865 Diet
I recently blogged about London’s low-carb diet fad of 1865, originated by William Banting. He’s often credited with popularizing the first “modern” low-carb diet. Gary Taubes wrote about it in his Good Calories, Bad Calories book. A participant at Active Low-Carber Forums took the time to analyze Banting’s diet. At 100 g of carbs, Banting’s [...]
June 22, 2010
The Holy Grail: Prevention of Weight Regain
Losing excess weight is easier than keeping it off. Neither is exactly a walk in the park. Prevention of weight regain is the most problematic area in the field of weight management. You may have heard that “diets don’t work,” but they do. Many different weight loss programs work short-term, if “work” is defined as [...]
June 16, 2010
FDA Warns About Lipodissolve
I wrote elsewhere about mesotherapy (also known as lipodissolve) in April, 2008. It’s a technique designed to “dissolve” localized fat deposits under the skin. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this month is alerting consumers that it has not evaluated or approved products for use in lipodissolve it is not aware of evidence supporting the effectiveness [...]
June 6, 2010
Cinnabon Schninnamon
I woke up today and found my wife had brought home six Cinnabon cinnamon rolls. I had mentioned off-hand a few days ago how much I missed them. She interpreted that as a request [it wasn't]. I couldn’t say “no” now, could I? No, I couldn’t. According to Calorie Count, the classic Cinnabon roll provides: [...]
June 4, 2010
London’s Low-Carb Diet Fad of 1865
Dr. Robert Atkins didn’t invent low-carb dieting. William Banting (1797-1878) sparked a low-carb diet craze in London with his low-carb weight-loss diet, first published in 1863. Even that probaby wasn’t the first low-carb diet. According to Wikipedia, Banting was a distant relative of Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of insulin in 1921. Mr. Banting attributes his [...]
April 28, 2010
Individual Response to Weight-Loss Diet May Depend on Genes
Dieters with particular genetic make-up respond better or worse to specific types of weight-loss diets, suggest researchers who presented data at the 2010 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention /Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism conference. Findings are preliminary, but may explain the common phenomenon of two people going on the same diet, but only one achieving good results. I’ll bet you [...]
April 9, 2010
Prediabetes Ignored Way Too Often
Only half of Americans with prediabetes take steps to avoid progression to diabetes, according to a recent report in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Prediabetes is defined as: fasting blood sugar between 100 and 125 mg/dl (5.56–6.94 mmol/l) or blood sugar level 140–199 mg/dl (7.78–11.06 mmol/l) two hours after drinking 75 grams of glucose Prediabetes [...]
March 10, 2010
Do You Hari Hachi Bu?
I loved the sound of this phrase—hari hachi bu—even before I knew what it meant. “Hari hachi bu” comes from the Japanese islands of Okinawa. It refers to eating a meal until you’re only 80% full, then stop eating. It’s a method to control weight. Okinawa, remember, is one of the longevity hot spots in Dan Buettner’s [...]
