Making Sugar-Free Jam - 
I've been having fun lately making sugar-free jam. This is the easy "freezer jam" type, not the "store it in your pantry for a year" type. It takes no special equipment. I describe my experiments for you, and provide a recipe. Join me for my
Adventures in Jam-Making.
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5-Star Low-Carb Recipes! - 
The other day one of my walking partners suggested that I make a list of the 5-Star recipes on my site. That turns out to be difficult! For one thing, which ones qualify? Suppose there is a recipe with nine 5-Star ratings and one 4-Star? For another, the ratings tend to evolve over time. But I did think I'd list a few for you. I chose recipes that have at least three reviews each, and which got top ratings. Enjoy!
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Little Things are Adding Up -  I've been writing about low-carb diets for over 6 years now, and never have more people in my personal life been talking about low-carb eating - not even during the "low-carb craze" of a few years ago. This morning in my exercise class, the women were talking about how toast actually has sugar in it! And potatoes! And how cutting out those foods that have sugar really help you lose weight! Woohoo!
Also, three different friends have contacted me within the past couple of months to say that they are trying a low-carb diet. One said that her husband was having blood pressure problems, but that within two weeks we was able to dramatically reduce his medication. "It's like a miracle!", she said.
What can I say but, "I know!" It IS like a miracle for so many who are reversing complications of diabetes, losing weight, curing their heartburn, easing the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, and so much more. I'm just hoping that all these little signs mean we may be reaching a critical mass out there when it comes to making the miracle more well-known.
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Join Us in Our Low Carb Forum! -  Do you have questions about low-carb eating? Are you struggling to figure out ways to make reducing carbohydrates work in your life? There is a place where we talk about all kinds of things related to low-carb diets - in our Low Carb Forum. We talk about what we're eating, new products we've found, and we help each other solve the inevitable problems that are part of making a life change. Some examples of current discussions in the Forum:
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Andrew Weil: Carbs Bad, Saturated Fats OK -  You know, I can talk about the problems with too much carbohydrate, cite the many scientific studies, talk about how promoting a low-fat diet is problematic - I can do all this until the cows come home, and very few people are going to pay any attention at all. Even among my readers, my writing about science is not very popular. But when Andrew Weil says it, let's face it: more people are going to sit up and take notice. So I was literally cheering when I read this piece in the Huffington Post: Read Full Post Andrew Weil: Carbs Bad, Saturated Fats OK originally appeared on About.com Low Carb Diets on Sunday, July 4th, 2010 at 17:59:49. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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