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These come highly recommended from my son. Be sure to use a heat tolerant oil...like avocado!

Low Carb Parmesan Tater Tots with Chipotle Dipping Sauce - lowcarb-ology These low carb parmesan tater tots are just right for a snack or a side to your burger. Just a little over 5 carbs -per serving and they are easy to make.

more good news about just listening to your body and eat when you're hungry and otherwise don't worry about what "time" it is!! http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/upshot/sorry-theres-nothing-magical-about-breakfast.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Sorry, There’s Nothing Magical About Breakfast Don’t feel bad if you’d rather skip it. Studies have not proved its importance.

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Who am I today? We learn all about using the Alpha brainwave state in the Healthy Dimensions (HD) program.   We understand that research has shown, if we simulate

What do YOU say to that negative primal voice when it tells you that you have to be super-productive all the time?

Feel the need to be super-productive? Here’s help! Sometimes I realize that I’ve slipped into that old thinking again…feeling like I have to do-do-do all the time.   Today I decided to put my plight

I'm not much of a recipe guru but this is my all time favorite low-carb snack. Great warm right out of the oven. And when they're cold they really have a savory bread-y texture. And using a silicone pan makes it so much easier!

Crustless Mini Quiches: Easy To Grab And Go Low-carb Treat! My new silicone mini muffin pan has inspired me to finally post about one of my FAVORITE foods. Crustless mini quiches. They freeze fine, a few seconds in the

Are you still afraid of saturated fat? This is an excellent overview and there are links to the original study here as well. Most surprising bit? Eating less saturated fat did lower cholesterol but INCREASED RISK OF DEATH. We have got to stop talking about total cholesterol as the problem...forget that number. Raise your HDL! Lower Triglycerides! That's what has been shown to reduce heart disease and mortality. How do you do that? Eat less carb and MORE healthy natural fat from meat, dairy, avocados, olives etc. Vegetable oil causes inflammation in the body and is SO processed.

New Analysis Of Old Study Delivers Another Blow To Traditional Diet Advice –Replacing saturated fat with vegetable oils lowered cholesterol but didn’t improve outcomes A new analysis from a long-forgotten study dating to the 1960s adds to mounting doubts over …

What a fantastic summary of the history of the flawed advice we were all given...that a low fat diet is "healthy". It's long, but gives the highlights in eloquent powerful prose. HIGHLY recommended!
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin

The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie The long read: In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?

I'm surprised that we haven't heard more about this in the news, a huge study showed that mortality was LOWEST in the "overweight" BMI category. So set your weight loss goals reasonably and focus on how you feel, not so much on a number!

The Truth About BMI…a Little Overweight Is Healthier? When you’re middle-aged, like me, it’s hard to get to and stay at the weight that puts you in the “normal weight” category of the BMI chart. I’ve struggled with

This has good info for those of us trying to keep our carbs down and still enjoy some adult beverages. Great graphic too!
http://winefolly.com/update/carbs-in-wine/

The Reality About Carbs in Wine | Wine Folly Wine is low-carb by nature but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook! We asked Dr. Edward Miller about carbs in wine and everything you should keep in mind.

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More great evidence that listening to your body is just fine, even if it doesn't want breakfast. Quality randomized controlled studies have shown that skipping breakfast does not make you fat (and it doesn't slow down your metabolism either). Break your fast whenever you're genuinely hungry and trust your body!

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/ask-well-does-skipping-breakfast-cause-weight-gain/?&moduleDetail=section-news-2&action=click&contentCollection=Health®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=Blogs

Ask Well: Does Skipping Breakfast Cause Weight Gain? The long-promoted idea that a hearty breakfast is good for your health is not backed by scientific evidence.