Aspartame side effects

Some people eat a lot of artificial sweeteners when they start a low carb diet to replace sugar. I try to avoid all artificial sweeteners as much as possible, however in the past days I have been tempted to drink some of my partner’s diet soda and chew lots of sugarfree gum. Although I am [...]

Low glycemic diet

A low glycemic diet is a diet where you eat foods that have a low effect on your blood sugar. In practice, that means eating a balanced meal consisting of proteins, healthy fat and mostly carbohydrates with a low glycemic index (GI). This is a key to good health and long term weight loss. It [...]

Atkins diet

The Atkins diet is the most popular low carb diet and was created by Doctor Robert Atkins to resolve his own weight problem. The diet was later popularized through a series of books starting with Dr Atkins Diet Revolution in 1972.
Atkins learnt that eating refined carbohydrates such as sugar and flour was the main cause [...]