low carbohydrate diet

Rule # 4 Don’t Eat Fruit: Forget about Fructose Forever?

February 27, 2012

With the penetration of books such as the 4 hour Body (and several others) into our diet dialogue the idea that carbohydrates are responsible for obesity has gradually seeped into our collective consciousness. As a result, many well intentioned, weight and health conscious people have cut out whole fruits from their diet, thinking that fruits [...]

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210 Days of the 4 Hour Body: Big Results!

February 13, 2012
Big Results!

In May of 2011 I started a body composition project and a microsite as a way to help track my Four Hour Body journey as well as compare and analyze the physical changes that ones body undergoes utilizing various workouts and dietary regimens. Especially in regards to different body types. Everyone here is on a [...]

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Occam’s Prescriptions + Occam’s Feeding + Slow Carb Diet = Confusion

February 7, 2012

I received an e-mail last night from a reader and I thought it was a great question because when I started Occam’s protocol myself about 1 year ago I felt really confused about how Occam’s feeding and Occam’s prescriptions combined with those of Tim’s Slow Carb Diet recommendations. This is especially tough when you plan [...]

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What do Gary Taubes, Superfreakonomics and Global Warming Have in Common?

February 6, 2012
Can Tim Ferriss Save the World?

Global Warming and the Obesity Epidemic Too Little? Too Late? Too Optimistic? In the last chapter of their second groundbreaking book SuperFreakonomics Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner provide some real solutions to global warming. They also reason that when it comes to global warming our efforts may be: To Little: Means that typical conservation efforts simply [...]

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The Forbidden Four Hour Body Diaries

January 8, 2012

Back in January of 2011 I started one of my very first patients on Tim’s version of the slow carb diet. She was highly motivated and became one of my most successful patients to date. I say this not only because she went on to lose over 85 lbs. But because she has diabetes, was [...]

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Slow Carb Success, Decanting Madness and OINK

December 28, 2011
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I am excited today… why? Because today even after a year of “prescribing” the slow carb diet I still continue to see some extremely positive life-changing result among my patients. Today I saw two patients for follow up: One who lost 40 lbs. last year and today remains slim and smiling, and another who I [...]

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Stevia: The Perfect Slow Carb Sugar Substitute!

December 16, 2011
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If you are trying to go slow carb or no-carb or simply trying to make it through your 6 days before your cheat day the topic of artificial sweeteners is going to come up. I am ashamed to admit this but I love the taste of Sweet’N Low. The fact that it is in the [...]

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From Slow Carb to Slow Sex: 5 Things I have learned after 1 Year with The 4-Hour Body

December 12, 2011
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I hate to say this (since I have dedicated a year to writing about it) but if you haven’t been having success on your slow carb diet you are not alone. I know this because I have over 50 patients on the slow carb diet and many of them have struggled as well. All I [...]

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The Paleolithic Prophecy Places Modern Medicine Behind the 8 Ball!

October 12, 2011
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I was listening to Robb Wolf’s Podcast last night on my way home from work. If you are not familiar with Robb Wolf you should become familiar with him.  Although I have not yet read his book The Paleo Solution I am becoming ever more entrenched within the complex and fascinating world of biochemical “badasses” such as Robb. This [...]

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Can you Slow Carb without the Exercise? A Fat Loss Fiasco!

October 4, 2011
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The effects of exercise on fat loss In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but the two together. With these two means, man can attain perfection. -Plato Dieting without exercise The most [...]

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