I cheated yesterday.
With some alcohol to loosen my guard, and M&M and croissants to tempt me, I found myself indulging for the first time since I started induction December 31.
I see some people - as well as myself at times - that use one cheat as an excuse to admit defeat and just resign themselves [...]
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I stumbled across an article yesterday that seemed a bit odd. Here’s a link so you can check it out yourself. It essentially says that Atkins is bad for you - I’ve seen these kinds of articles before - but what seemed odd was that it said that the Zone diet was much better.
What [...]
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As someone living low carb, I know sugar is bad for my waistline, but can it ruin your health to the point where it takes something like 15 years off your life? Are free radicals - the stuff in our body that make us believe that antioxidants are good for us - actually beneficial?
Maybe.
Check out [...]
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Here’s what I take. While I want to expand on this, I thought I’d post this now and update later. Note that common sense dictates that you talk to your doctor about taking any supplement - they are little different from drugs as they can have nasty side effects in certain individuals. Be smart.
UPDATE: I’ve [...]
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On June 22, 2007, the FDA announced that dietary supplements:
Have to contain what they say they contain.
Have to be free of contaminants and things they aren’t supposed to have.
Here’s the link: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01657.html
While the makers of supplements complained of higher costs, there have been many instances where potency of supplements has been way off, there have [...]
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