Information and opinions on health from Karen LaVine at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1179/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1179/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1179/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/1179/16359/reading-good-bad Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:38:00 -0500 Karen LaVine Good Calories Bad Calories would be an ideal basis for a continuing education course for health care professionals, starting with all diabetes educators. What Taubes shows, meticulously and methodically, is how accumulating medical research points towards Dr R K Bernstein's ultra low carb principles. I hope Taubes' book will stimulate some major reassessments and more openmindedness about 'alternate' nutritional principles in the... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/1179/16359/reading-good-bad http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/1179/7517/3-wt-tips Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:03:00 -0400 Karen LaVine I tend to graze when i'm @ home and not working - and this can lead to wt gain. To control this i find the following 3 habits helpful:   1) I keep a pot of tea always available and ready to drink - sometimes green, or white or apple cinnamon, etc. By pushing fluids through the day, it helps me sort out my thirst from my hunger.    2) I cook up a whole head of cabbage or cauliflower or  a couple bunches of bok choy, or other low carb... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/1179/7517/3-wt-tips