New Sugar Guidelines; Weight Loss Stalls

Someone forward you this email? No sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here. Follow Us     New Sugar Guidelines; Weight Loss Stalls We who follow a low-carb way of eating know all about the dangers of eating too much sugar, but this has been largely ignored by health organizations until recently.  I'm happy to report that this is changing!  Also, what to do when your weight loss stalls, and all about ketogenic diets.  Have a happy healthy week!  Laura Laura Dolson Low Carb Diets Expert How Much Sugar Should We Eat?  My answer: As little as possible!  But what about the "experts"? Here's the latest about what World Health Organization, the American Heart Association, and the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans are saying. READ NOW » Share   10 Ways to Break a Weight Loss Stall   We've all been there - weight loss slows or stops or even (horrors) starts going in the wrong direction.  Here are 10 techniques that have been successful in helping people to break stalls.  I wrote this article in consultation with Dr. Eric Westman, co-author of A New Atkins for a New You. READ NOW » Share   Barriers to Weight Loss  In a few weeks I'll be going to an Obesity Conference put on for physicians specializing in weight loss, and also the annual Nutrition and Metabolism Symposium -- these help to keep me up on the latest science.  Here is a synopsis of a lecture I attended at last years' conference about barriers to weight loss. READ NOW » Share   What is a Ketogenic Diet? One of the ways to break a weight loss stall is a ketogenic diet. This should answer most of your basic questions about ketogenic diets, what they may be helpful with, and what to eat on them. Some people in the low-carb community are finding that more attention to ketones (often by actually measuring blood ketones rather than urine ketones) has broken stubborn weight-loss stalls. See Also: What is Ketosis? READ NOW » Share   MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • 10 Things to Stop Doing • Top 10 Low-Carb Diet Mistakes • Avoid Low-Carb Boredom • Stock Your Pantry • How to Cut Down on Sugar • All Laura's Low-Carb Recipes Advertisement About Health | Follow Us:     You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Low Carb Diets newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved - Privacy Policy