Low Carb High Fat Diet

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Silicone Bakeware for Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

If you’ve been following along for a while, you know that I used to be an avid baker before I started doing low-carb high-fat. Baking involves a lot of precision, and I’ve applied that attention to my recipes here. But baking also requires a lot of equipment. As a result, I have a wide range…

Quantifying Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

There’s a very informative new video out by a geneticist, James McCarter, who was speaking at a Quantified Self meeting about his experiences with low-carb high-fat diets. This short video is really worth watching.

The Effects of a Year in Ketosis by James McCarter from Quantified Self on Vimeo.

In addition to talking about some of the very specific effects of following a low-carb high-fat diet, he touches on a few of the issues that we don’t address enough, Including dealing with muscle cramps, and the effect of salt on our health. He also discusses the way that low-carb high-fat diets can change our perception of temperature, making us colder sooner. (I know this is been an issue for me, and I’ll bet it’s been an issue for some of you as well.)

We have a lot of N=1 testimonials about low-carb high-fat living, but not all of them come from experience geneticists, and not all cite such extensive and interesting studies. If you have skeptical relatives, this is a great seven-minute video to share with them.

Being Fat on a Low-Carb High-Fat Diet

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this to any of you, but I’m fat. Why Is It All About Losing Weight? I didn’t start eating in a low-carb high-fat way just because I thought it was going to be healthy for me. I started eating low-carb high-fat because I thought it was going to help…

Vitamins and Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

Vitamins are a controversial subject. There are some people who say that taking vitamins is just a way of making your urine more expensive. Other people say that vitamins are critical to getting full nutrition. On a low-carb high-fat diet, as with any diet where you are selecting some foods and avoiding others, it’s important…

Glycemic Index and Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

It’s always fun to notice when the media are trolling your lifestyle choices. Sometimes it’s a rumor, sometimes it’s an appeal to common sense, and sometimes it’s a sneaky spin on scientific research. Recently one of the latter variety has been making the rounds in the blogs, based on a study pointing out that the…

Low-Carb High-Fat Diet Myths and Headlines

I was just sitting here reading the headlines and drinking a cup of my invincible coconut chai tea and thinking about how fortunate I am to have discovered a lifestyle choice that helps me feel so satisfied and pampered, while still supporting my overall health and well-being. But it’s remarkable, when reading the news, just…

Tolerance and Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

One of the things that’s most amazing that human beings is the variety of foods that we can survive on. It our genetically powerful adaptability that makes it difficult for people to choose one way eating or another, especially when there’re so many significant health implications being touted for one diet or another. As somebody…

Jimmy Moore on Low-Carb High-Fat Ketogenic Diets

Jimmy Moore is one of my favorite Low-Carb High-Fat Diet bloggers. If you haven’t been listening to his network of podcasts, you’re missing out on some wonderful and broad perspectives on why low-carb high-fat diets are the way to go for health and lifestyle. Check out this interview with Jimmy that was posted a couple…

How Sugar Affects the Brain

I was just browsing through TED videos on a lazy Saturday morning, and came across this little gem that I wanted to share with you. It’s great to see popular forums like TED getting wise to the issue of sugar and starch in the diet. Enjoy and share!

Inner Motivation and Low-Carb High Fat Diets

Recently we invited my dad over for dinner, to enjoy a roast and some pleasant conversation with company. We had a guest staying with us from out of town, and his parents have been friends with my parents since long before either one of us is born. I was looking forward to a nice relaxing…