4th Episode of the excellent The Skinny on Obesity Series by the Univ of California – this one on Generation XL (children born with a propensity to gain weight).

Tom Nauhton delivered his ORI Speech last week in DC. ORI is the Office of Research Integrity and Tom did a fantastic job in explaining how badly our health institutions have handled (and contributed to) the nutrition crisis.

An important conference was held last week in DC to inform the government of issues we see in how the government and the media are handling the nutrition crisis. The current epidemics in childhood obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and other nutritional problems are, it appears, being ignored or accelerated by the way potential solutions are reviewed, incorporated, or publicized.

Being a Vegetarian on a low carb diet is straightforward. It doesn’t require meat to stay on the diet. On the contrary, there are a number of non-meat sources for protein available.

It’s happened to many of us. We’ve done very well with a diet but then cave in and go on a binge. Does that mean we’ve failed? Or can we pick up where we left off?

The secret to success with a low carb diet (or any diet for that matter) is planning so that you can prepare your meals quickly and conveniently.

The effectiveness of the low carb diets won’t mean much unless, like other diets, you plan your meals and follow your plan when you eat.

While following a Low Carb Diet, Don’t Forget to include fiber in your menu plan. It is a valuable and essential component for the low carb lifestyle.

A Recent Study on Postmenopausal Women Found that Using Statin Drugs increases the risk of Becoming Diabetic by 48%. The Findings apply to all Statin Drugs.

If a Low Carb Diet or Paleo Diet is part of your New Year’s Resolutions, think about daily and weekly planning. A good idea is the PocketMod. It provides you with a week’s planning and can be carried with you anywhere.

You can’t have much or any bread on a low carb diet plan, but when you do, be sure and learn from this video how to find real whole wheat bread – not white bread which is packaged to look like whole wheat bread.

Insulin Resistance is a Perfect Storm of Trouble for those of us who tend to gain weight. It is a one-two punch, leading to sugar highs and lows which accelerate weight gain. Weight gain, in turn accelerates Insulin Resistance. It is a slippery slope we need to understand better.

You’ll sometimes hear the criticism that “Carb Free Diets Don’t Work”. Well, they don’t. It is the Low Carb Diet Plan that works, and works quite well, because it limits, but doesn’t prohibit carbohydrates in the diet.

Anyone on a weight loss diet needs to be aware of the Leptin Kick, the powerful action of the leptin hormone in making you lose or gain weight to bring your weight back to a stabilized “set point” weight.