Why LoneStartNow is different
The LoneStart 21-Day Wellness Initiative is a common-sense, grass-roots program that originated on the outskirts of Austin in Dripping Springs, Texas. It is more than a diet and exercise plan?much more. It provides participants with the opportunity, information, motivation and support to achieve their weight loss and healthy lifestyle goals, to overcome the inertia of inactivity, make better dietary choices and take charge of their personal health. It is a first step, a foothold, a jumpstart, that changes the way participants think about their health and wellness.
This is a home-grown program. It is spreading across the state and country, person by person, through community organizations, hospitals, the corporate workplace, and word of mouth, reaching out to those who want to take the first step back to long-term health and wellness. This initiative is for all of us. (more…)

The Difference between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and inflammatory Bowel Disease
The problem that people have getting diagnosed with irritable bowel symptoms or irritable bowel disease is that there are similar symptoms in so many intestinal disorders. Irritable bowel disease includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have many similar symptoms. IBD is also known as inflammatory bowel disorder or irritable bowel disorder, or irritable bowel disease.
Family doctors often have difficulty in differentiating between inflammatory bowel disease and Irritable bowel syndrome. Most patients are referred to a specialist if the doctor is concerned with the severity of the symptoms. It is difficult to differentiate between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease as the symptoms are so closely linked (both are referred to as IBD). A colonoscopy is one way of getting a clear diagnosis and other tests are often necessary. (more…)

Low carbohydrate diets improve atherogenic dyslipidemia even in the absence of weight loss
Because of its effect on insulin, carbohydrate restriction is one of the obvious dietary choices for weight reduction and diabetes. Such interventions generally lead to higher levels of dietary fat than official recommendations and have long been criticized because of potential effects on cardiovascular risk although many literature reports have shown that they are actually protective even in the absence of weight loss. A recent report of Krauss et al. (AJCN, 2006) separates the effects of weight loss and carbohydrate restriction. They clearly confirm that carbohydrate restriction leads to an improvement in atherogenic lipid states in the absence of weight loss or in the presence of higher saturated fat. In distinction, low fat diets seem to require weight loss for effective improvement in atherogenic dyslipidemia. (more…)

Lose Weight by Eating More — Food that is Virtually Impossible to Store as Body Fat
Certain foods are extremely difficult for the human body to convert into body fat - not impossible but damned near impossible. By consuming calories derived from these foods, the anabolic margin of error is extended dramatically, which means it will be easier to lose fat and gain muscle, if you choose. (more…)

Study Shows You Can Have Your (Beef) Fat and Eat It Too
A recent Texas Agricultural Experiment Station study indicates cattle fed longer on certain diets will produce beef with more of the “good” kind of fat. (more…)