Recipe: Eggs, Bacon, and Honeydew Melon
Bacon, eggs, black coffee, and Cholula hot sauce If you follow nutrition science literature, you’ll see periodic references to “processed meats” like bacon contributing to increased risk of...
View ArticleRecipe: Steak, Avocado, Olives, and Tomato
This meal has only 8 grams of digestible carbohydrate so it works in both the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet and Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet. It was super-easy to put together because I used leftover...
View ArticleLow-Carb Recipe: Turkey Tomato Bowl plus Macadamia Nuts
With the high price of hamburger and steak, we’re eating more turkey at the Parker Compound. This is what I did with some of our leftover Thanksgiving turkey last year. If you don’t have leftover...
View ArticleSpaghetti Squash Recipes
Spaghetti squash is a classic low-carb vegetable. If you’ve never tried it, you should. As vegetables go, it’s one of the largest, heaviest, and most interesting to prepare. Easy, too. The spaghetti...
View ArticleRecipe: Roasted Asparagus, Beef Stoup, and Blackberries
Since I give you the nutritional analysis below, you can fit this meal into the Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet, Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet, or Paleobetic Diet. The entree is a cross between stew and...
View ArticleRecipe: Chicken Avocado Soup
Avocados in soup? Yeah, I was skeptical, too. But it works amazingly well. Since I provide the nutritional analysis below, you can easily work this into the Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet, Ketogenic...
View ArticleBook Review: The Low Carb Dietitian’s Guide to Health and Beauty
I just finished reading The Low Carb Dietitian’s Guide to Health and Beauty, written by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE, and published in January 2015. CDE, but the way, means Certified Diabetes Educator....
View ArticleRecipe: Brussels Sprouts and Bacon Bits
Brussels sprouts are a classic low-carb vegetable and a good source of vitamin C and fiber. A while back I posted a meal recipe for Bacon Brussels Sprouts to accompany Brian Burgers. To make it a...
View ArticlePrevent Weight Regain With the Mediterranean Diet
Investigators affiliated with universities in Italy and Greece wondered about the effect on obesity of two ketogenic “Mediterranean” diet spells interspersed with a traditional Mediterranean diet over...
View ArticleLong-Term Severe Carbohydrate Restriction Is Possible!
I got an email a few days ago from a blog reader, J.H. (I won’t give his name because I didn’t ask permission to publish his letter): Dr. Parker — I’m a 65 year old male who has battled insulin...
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