The official website of Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades, low carb pioneers and authors of Protein Power.
Link for complete cartoon by Erik Sansom If you spend any time roaming around low-carb websites you will have stumbled upon posts about the now infamous Kimkins Diet. I haven’t made an in depth investigation into the situation, but from my brief readings it appears that an unscrupulous woman has been outed. As I understand…
I had a question from a friend today about migraine headaches. I remembered reading about them in Dr. Larry McCleary’s new book The Brain Trust Program, so I thumbed through the book to see what he had to say. (I had read the book in manuscript form, but couldn’t remember the specific recommendation for migraine…
Probably no laws of physics have been so over invoked and less understood than the laws of thermodynamics. Everyone it seems is using the laws of thermodynamics to justify every position imaginable in the field of weight loss. Journalists often throw out the laws of thermodynamics to prove or disprove dietary regimens they’re writing about….
Over the past few weeks I’ve taken some heat in the comments section for my writing that weight loss or weight gain involves more than a simple accounting for calories. The entirety of mainstream medicine and nutrition believe that calories are the only thing that counts and that a low-carb diet is nothing more than…
The drug rimonabant (Acomplia) that failed to pass muster with the FDA panel last week works by blocking some of the hunger receptors in the brain. In other words, those who take the drug – assuming it works as touted – will be less hungry. Less hunger means less food consumption. Less food consumption typically…
Since posting the piece on ketone bodies and their causing breathalyzer problems I’ve had enough comments and emails to make me realize that there are probably many people unsure of what ketones really are, where they come from and why. Let’s take a look at the goals and priorities of our metabolic system to see…
I’ve had enough questions about the glycemic index and the glycemic load that I’ve decided to take the time and explain what it all means. If you know what the glycemic index and glycemic load are, then you might want to skip this post unless you’re just here for the scintillating writing. If I were…
Although certainly the less glamorous part of the entire weight-loss picture, maintenance is undoubtedly the most important as well as the most difficult. It’s so important that MD and I wrote an entire book on it: Staying Power. In our experience, protein consumption plays a major role in weight maintenance. A prepublication online article from…
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