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Hell yeah, it’s a low carb breakfast!

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Who says you can’t serve flank steak rolled with spinach and swiss cheese for breakfast? I sure ain’t saying it.

Jenn found these steaks at our neighborhood butcher’s shop — Hi Josh! — and bought a couple more than we needed for dinner. I think she expected them to be lunch the next day. I couldn’t wait.

In case it’s not obvious from the picture, I just fried it up in a skillet with some bacon fat. Put a lid on top so it would cook through before it burned.

When I flipped it over, I added the three eggs around it (with a little salt and pepper). Lid back on, until the eggs are just barely set on top, then slide everything out onto the plate.

Oh my God, why did I spend so many years eating freaking cereal for breakfast?

Hell yeah, it’s low carb!

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“Don’t you get tired of always being on a diet?”

Okay, first: I’m not on a diet. School kids don’t stay up late on school nights. Grown-ups don’t get drunk during the week. I don’t eat carbs until the weekend. That’s not “on a diet”, that’s how I eat.

Second — and here’s the important part — that picture up there is what a typical dinner looks like for me. Pork chop with pan sauce, roasted mixed vegetables, and mashed steamed cauliflower.

Yeah, cauliflower. Bet you thought that was mashed potatoes in the picture. And if I served it to you without telling you what it was, you’d have thought the same thing.

So you tell me … Would you get tired of eating like that?
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The academic version of “Have you always been this stupid?”

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Stupid written across your face

Photo by Major Redneck

Scientists and academics have a special way of talking to each other. It’s stuffy and formal and … okay, it’s a bit pretentious. Apparently it’s not nice to call each other “stupid” in front of normal people like you and me.

But when you speak fluent sarcasm, you can still point to the stupidity in a way that’s pretty hard to miss. Like the following letter from Tom Naughton to a diabetes researcher with an inflated sense of self-importance.
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How to start low-carbing

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Motocross start

Photo by Jez Elliott

People keep asking me how to get started on a low-carb diet. I want to punch them in the head and scream, “Repeat after me: It’s not a diet when you stop eating crap!”

Then I think that maybe I’ve had to answer this question once too often, and maybe I should lighten up a little bit. [Note from Jenn: “Yeah, you think?”] [Read more…]

Barney Fife knows more about nutrition than your doctor

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Check out what passed for “conventional wisdom” in the world of Andy Griffith.

Now ask yourself: Were there more fat people when “everyone knows” it’s bread and potatoes that make you fat? Or are there more fat people now that “everyone knows” it’s fat and red meat that make you fat?

Cauliflower Salad

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When you’re low-carbing, potato salad and macaroni salad are two of those foods that you really like, but maybe not enough to make them your weekend indulgence. So here’s something you can have during the week alongside your burgers and hot dogs.

Watch the video for the step-by-step, or download the recipe card for the exact ingredients.

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Diabetes and low carb eating

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[Don’t bother clicking, that’s not a live video. I’ll explain in a second.]

I’ve been reading about food and nutrition for several years. In that time I’ve gotten pretty good at telling the difference between people who understand what they’re talking about and those who are just repeating stuff they’ve memorized.

Recently I was talking to someone about diabetes and a part of me listened to what I was saying and thought, “Hmm … that sounds a little too much like repeating stuff and not enough like understanding.” So I needed to learn a bit more. [Read more…]

Are you making your kids fat?

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fat baby

Photo by Joe 13

I’ve heard a few discussions lately from parents worried about their children’s weight. Opinions ran from putting the kids “on a diet” — which I’ve already said is a bad idea for anyone — to the idea that even discussing weight with a child is a recipe for eating disorders.

I can see both points of view, and have an opinion of my own, but I want to know what you think. Take a minute to answer the question below. Even if one of the answers is pretty close to perfect for you, please don’t hesitate to say more in a comment afterward.

Do you worry about your child's weight?

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