Are Carbs the Enemy? 6 Myths About Carbs

Myths about carbs: image of slice of toast sitting on a plate.

Everyone and their mom seem to have an opinion about carbohydrates. How much you should eat, when you should eat them, why you should never eat fruit after lunch — there is no shortage of advice regarding carbs and people ready to wage war on them. Does all this conflicting information leave you frozen in […]

Low-carb diet slows progressive brain tumor

CT scans of the human brain, without gliobastoma.

A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that included a coconut oil derivative helped reduce the growth of glioblastoma tumor cells and extended lifespan in mouse models by 50 percent, researchers found. Glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor in adults, has no effective long-term treatment and on average, patients live for 12 to 15 months after diagnosis, according […]

Are we eating ourselves to death?

Overweight man in tight shirt

By Steve Porter, M.D. whatdoctorsknow.com Americans spend billions of dollars every year on health and fitness. Chasing a rainbow for the perfect body and perfect health drives us to buy fitness equipment that quickly collects dust in the attic, garage or storage facility. The chase has us buying millions of dollars of vitamins and supplements […]