Articles – food for thought
Food for Thought is where you’ll find ~300 articles that I have written over the past 5 years related to low carb and keto diets. The articles are dated, have references, are sorted by topic and also listed sequentially (at the bottom of this page under Article Archives.
If you are looking for an article about something in particular, there is a search bar at the very bottom of the page.
Latest Articles
- ADA Releases a Low and Very Low Carb Guide for Health Care Providers
- When Meat Prices Go Crazy — best sources of protein on a budget
- Could Protein be the Appetite’s Control — the Protein Leverage Hypothesis
- Do You Identify as a Food Addict?
- Time to Stop Calling Type 2 Diabetes a ”chronic, progressive disease”
- Type 2 Diabetes Remission — proposed definition from international experts –
- High Protein to Energy Matcha Drink — role in abdominal fat loss
- Staying Hydrated in the Heat Without a Caffeinated or Carbonated Drink
- Low Carb High Protein Diet is Different Than the P:E Diet
- There’s More Than One Way to Do a Low Carb or Keto Diet
- Three Ways to Balance Carbohydrate and Fat as Fuel –
- A Standard Definition for ”Low Carbohydrate” is Needed
- The Problem with Excess Fat or Protein — when more is not better
- A Low Carb High Protein Diet is STILL a viable option!
- LDL Cholesterol is Not the Best Assessor of Cardiovascular Risk
- What if You Eat Low Carb or Keto and Still have IBS Symptoms?
Health restoration and weight loss rarely occurs in a straight line with no “bumps”. These articles are my personal story of health and weight restoration from 2017 to 2019 that I have called “A Dietitian’s Journey”. The photo below not only summarizes that journey, but includes the period from 2022 to 2023 where I was recovering from what turned out to be profound, undiagnosed hypothyroidism. I have deliberately put A Dietitian’s Journey in a separate section from the referenced articles (above and below) because this is a personal, subjective account.
A Dietitian’s Journey Articles
You can read my personal weight-loss and health-recovery story (March 5, 2017 – March 4, 2019) in the articles called “A Dietitian’s Journey”
Articles about Insulin Resistance / Hyperinsulinemia / High Blood Sugar
- Assessing Insulin Resistance — Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA)
- Are You Pushing Your Pancreas Too Hard — estimating β-cell function
- Insulin Resistance, Hyperinsulinemia and Hyperglycemia
- There Are Officially Two Stages BEFORE a Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
- Carbohydrate Intolerance & the Chronic Disease Risk of High Insulin
- When Normal Fasting Blood Glucose Results Aren’t Necessarily ”Fine”
- The Tip of the Iceberg — the much bigger problem of high insulin levels
History of Ketogenic Diets
Articles About Macros
CARBS
PROTEIN
FAT
GLUCOSE or CARBS
American Diabetes Association – Policy Changes
- New ADA Standards of Medical Care Includes Low Carbohydrate Diet
- US Assn. of Diabetes Educators Taught Person-Centered Low Carb Plans
- US Association of Diabetes Educators Teaches Evidence for Low Carb Diet
- WHO Draft Guidelines on Saturated Fat Excludes Key Facts and Studies
- ADA’s New Consensus Report — one page printout
- ADA: Brain’s need for glucose can be fulfilled by the body
- ADA Eating Patterns Differ from The Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- ADA includes use of a Very Low Carb (Keto) Eating Pattern in New Report
- New ADA Report: reducing carb intake has most evidence for improving blood sugar
- American Diabetes Association: Very Low Carb Diet is the most powerful for treating T2D
- American Diabetes Association Low Carb Recommendations — one page printout
- Low Carb Diet in 2019 American Diabetes Association Standards of Care
- ADA Deems Low Carb Diet Medical Nutrition Therapy for T2D
- ADA & European Association Classify Low Carb Diets as Medical Nutrition Therapy
- American Diabetes Association & European Association Approve Low Carb Diets
- Low Carbohydrate Eating for People with Diabetes — new position statement
Diabetes Canada – Low Carb and Keto Diets
- Why Is Type 2 Diabetes Still Called ”a Progressive, Lifelong Disease”?
- Diabetes Canada’s ”Low Carb” Meal Plan — a closer look
- Diabetes Canada — ”healthy” low carbohydrate meal plan
- Diabetes Canada Deems Low Carb and Very Low Carb Diet Safe and Effective
- Diabetes Canada 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines — option of a low carb diet
Articles Reviewing Studies
- American College of Cardiology: No Benefit to Lower Saturated Fat Intake
- New Study in Older Light — lower CVD may be due to lower triglycerides
- Significance of New Study: Lower LDL Associated with Lower Risk of CVD
- New Study: Why Eating Less and Exercising More Matters As We Age
- Long-Term Benefits of a Ketogenic Diet — 2 year update
- Do Low Carb Diets Shorten Lifespan?
- Stanford Study Documents Abnormal Glucose Spikes in Healthy’ People
- Consumption of Dairy Fat Doesn’t Increase the Risk of CVD — may protect
- CVD Risk Improves By Use of Ketogenic Diet in Type 2 Diabetes at 1 year
- New Study — More Animal Fat Consumption less cardiovascular disease
- New Low Fat versus Low Carb Diet Study — when a tie is not a win
- New Study: Reversal in T2D Symptoms can be Sustained Long Term
- Evidence that Low Carb Diets are Safe and Effective
- Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Linked to Risk of Premature Death?
- Low Fat Calorie Restricted Diet versus Low Carbohydrate Diet — a two year study
- Four Diets over Two Years — long term findings
- Are Low Carbohydrate Diets Safe and Effective
- Evidence for Remission of Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms using LCHF
- New Obesity Study Sheds Light on Dietary Recommendations
- Obesity Pandemic — new study
Articles About Canadian Dietary Guidelines
- Focus on Limiting Ultra Processed Food Not Saturated Fat & Sodium
- Canada Food Guide Snapshot: Limit Real Whole Food or Ultra-Processed?—
- Canada Food Guide: what is unlikely to change as new evidence emerges
- New Canada Food Guide — carbohydrate estimate of the sample plate
- The New Canada Food Guide — high carbohydrate & limited saturated fat
- 1977 Dietary Recommendations — forty years on
- Obesity Rates in Canada and Changes to Canada’s Food Guide
- Canada’s Food Guide — an Epidemiological Experiment Gone Terribly Wrong?
Clinically Focused Articles
- Type 2 Diabetes Remission — proposed definition from international experts– new!
- LDL Cholesterol is Not the Best Assessor of Cardiovascular Risk
- What if You Eat Low Carb or Keto and Still have IBS Symptoms?
- A Choice: Living With Diabetes, Seeking Remission From Diabetes
- No Underlying Health Conditions — and why we often don’t really know
- Two Clinical Reactions: seeing the possibilities or being a pessimist
- Achieving the ”Impossible”: from injecting insulin to achieving target HbA1C
- From Injecting Insulin to Normalized Blood Sugar — in 10 weeks
- What is IBS and Why Do Symptoms Improve on a Low Carb Diet?
- Only Half of People Have Newer Gene that Controls High Blood Sugar
- Lowering LDL and Saturated Fat to Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease — Part 2
- From Injecting Insulin to a Low Carb Diet — the first two weeks
- High Cholesterol and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Part 1
- Don’t Try This at Home — the need for medication supervision
- Importance of Waist Circumference & Waist to Height Ratio
Common Concerns & Misconceptions
- How Much Protein Interferes with Ketosis or Stresses the Kidneys?
- A Keto Diet is NOT About How Much Fat it Contains
- The Stereotypical High Fat Keto Diet is Only ONE Type
- Is a High Carbohydrate Diet Appropriate for Humans?
- Ten Questions and Answers About Keto Diets
- Is it Possible to be a Vegetarian and Eat Low Carb or Keto?
- Which Protein Foods Are Best for Weight Loss on a Low Carb / Keto Diet?
- What Makes a Diet Low Carb or Keto is NOT How Much Fat it Contains
- Keto Diet Doesn’t Cure Diabetes
- Lowering LDL and Saturated Fat to Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – Part 2
- High Cholesterol and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease — Part 1
- But Low Carb Diets Eliminate an Entire Food Group!
- New Study: Dietary Saturated Fat is Not Associated with Increased Risk of CVD
- Misconceptions About the Keto Diet
- Is Low Carb eating really not sustainable?
- Fact and Fallacy of a Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) Diet
- Surprising ways to get adequate fiber eating LCHF
Stages of Change
Risks of Certain Medications with Low Carb and Keto Diets
Best Glucometers
Limitation of Using a Scale & Estimating Whole Body Fat
- The Limitations of Common Ways of Determining Weight Loss
- A New Estimator of Whole Body Fat Percentage
Avoiding Constipation
Problem with “Grazing”
Effect of Food Processing on Blood Glucose
- Why Drinking a Smoothie isn’t the Same as Eating the Food Contained in it
- The Perils of Food Processing — Part 1
- The Perils of Food Processing — Part 2
Assorted Articles
- Individual Meal Plan versus Personalized’ or ”Customized’ Meal Plans
- Another Therapeutic Ketogenic Diet and How it Differs from ”the Keto Diet”
- Is the Keto Diet a Potentially Dangerous and Unhealthy Diet?
- Low Carb Foods That May Help Protect Against the Flu
- Low Carb Diets are not one size fits all
- Beyond ”Eat to Your Meter” For Better Blood Sugar Control
- Five Pounds or Fifty Pounds of Fat — in very real terms
- How to Distinguish Food from Food-like Products
- How Reliable is Glycemic Index for Predicting Blood Sugar Response?
- How Carb-Containing Food Affects Blood Sugar Compared to Table Sugar
- Complex Carbohydrates as Long Chains of Sugar Molecules
- American Heart Association: Some Kids & Teens at Risk for Premature CVD
- EAT-Lancet Diet — inadequate protein for older adults
- The New EAT Lancet Diet — a healthy & sustainable diet for whom?
- The Difference Between Reversal and Remission of Type 2 Diabetes
- When Normal Fasting Blood Glucose Results Aren’t Necessarily ”Fine”
- The Tip of the Iceberg — the much bigger problem of high insulin levels
- Alzheimer’s Disease as Glucose Dysfunction in the Brain
- Important Warning Signs of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
- How Much Does Your Type 2 Diabetes Cost per Year?
- Sugar Industry Paid Researchers that Blamed Saturated Fat as Cause of Heart Disease
- The Role of Protein in the Diet — importance in adults and older adults
- Insulin and Leptin — very different effects in lean versus overweight people
Featured Articles – two client stories
Conference Presentation
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Best regards,
Joy Y. Kiddie, MSc RD
Article Archives
2023 (1)
- 10/31 - To Hell and Back – recovering from hypothyroidism (a Dietitian’s Journey – Part II) (Dietitians Journey, personal account, science made simple)
- 10/27 - Blood Tests and Lab Frustrations – a Dietitian’s Journey Part II (Dietitians Journey, editorial, personal account)
- 10/23 - How to Watch the “Let’s End Diabetes” Sessions for Free (conference presentation, science made simple)
- 10/20 - Six-Week Follow-Up Doctor Visit – a Dietitian’s Journey (Dietitians Journey, science made simple)
- 09/11 - What Does Success Looks Like Now – A Dietitian’s Journey II (Dietitians Journey, personal account, science made simple)
- 08/18 - Measure of Health With a New Diagnosis – a Dietitian’s Journey (Dietitians Journey, personal account)
- 03/04 - From the Mountains Through the Valleys – 5 year update (Dietitians Journey, science made simple)
- 10/11 - Could Protein be the Appetite’s Control – the Protein Leverage Hypothesis (science made simple)
- 08/30 - Type 2 Diabetes Remission – proposed definition from international experts (science made simple)
- 08/22 - High Protein to Energy Matcha Drink – role in abdominal fat loss (recipe, science made simple)
- 06/15 - Video Update: Maintaining Weight and Health – Four Years Later (Dietitians Journey, personal account, science made simple)
- 05/03 - Another Client Journey — freedom from food addiction (personal account, science made simple)
- 05/02 - Losing My Covid 19 – (update) to Covid and Back – A Dietitian’s Journey (Dietitians Journey, personal account, science made simple)
- 04/16 - Why Drinking a Smoothie isn’t the Same as Eating the Food Contained in it (science made simple)
- 03/26 - Why Is Type 2 Diabetes Still Called “a Progressive, Lifelong Disease”? (editorial, science made simple)
- 03/04 - A Dietitian’s Journey – rewriting the script of my life (Dietitians Journey, science made simple)
- 02/24 - Protein Intake in Popular Low Carbohydrate / Keto Diets for Weight Loss (science made simple)
- 02/15 - A Hundred Years of Treating Diabetes with a Low Carb and Ketogenic Diet (editorial, science made simple)
- 02/07 - High Protein Low Carb Diet – preferred alternative to low carb high fat? (science made simple)
- 11/01 - No One Sized Fits All Low Carb or Ketogenic Diet – presentation (conference presentation, science made simple)
- 08/30 - Another Therapeutic Ketogenic Diet and How it Differs from “the Keto Diet” (science made simple)
- 06/30 - American College of Cardiology: No Benefit to Lower Saturated Fat Intake (science made simple)
- 05/31 - New Protocols for In-Person Clinical Operation for Health Professionals (science made simple)
- 05/13 - Diabetes Canada Deems Low Carb and Very Low Carb Diet Safe and Effective (notice, science made simple)
- 04/29 - Too Much and Too Little is Killing Us- reducing comorbidities (personal account, science made simple)
- 04/22 - My Three Year Health Recovery Anniversary — a Dietitian’s Journey (Dietitians Journey, science made simple)
- 04/16 - Obesity Most Significant Risk Factor to Covid-19 Hospitalization after Age (science made simple)
- 04/13 - Obesity Poses Significant Risk to People less than 60 years with Covid-19 (science made simple)
- 02/21 - (UPDATED Feb 23) Sixth Case of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Vancouver called a Sentinel Event (notice, science made simple)
- 02/06 - (Updated Feb 17) Health Officials Tracking Coronavirus Exposure in Metro Vancouver (notice, science made simple)
- 01/27 - Five Pounds or Fifty Pounds of Fat – in very real terms (Dietitians Journey, personal account, science made simple)
- 01/21 - A Dietitian’s Journey – update of lab tests and metabolic markers (Dietitians Journey, personal account, science made simple)
- 12/27 - Holiday Eating: a harsh reminder that I am not ‘cured’- a Dietitian’s Journey (Dietitians Journey, science made simple)
- 11/03 - Which Protein Foods Are Best for Weight Loss on a Low Carb / Keto Diet? (science made simple)
- 09/22 - New Study in Older Light — lower CVD may be due to lower triglycerides (science made simple)
- 09/19 - Embracing Health and Self-Acceptance – a Dietitian’s Journey (Dietitians Journey, making health a habit)
- 09/17 - Significance of New Study: Lower LDL Associated with Lower Risk of CVD (science made simple)
- 09/13 - Two Clinical Reactions: seeing the possibilities or being a pessimist (personal account, science made simple)
- 08/30 - Achieving the “Impossible”: from injecting insulin to achieving target HbA1C (personal account, science made simple)
- 08/22 - From Injecting Insulin to Normalized Blood Sugar – in 10 weeks (personal account, science made simple)
- 08/20 - Censorship of Real Food on Social Media as possibly offensive or disturbing (editorial, science made simple)
- 08/12 - US Association of Diabetes Educators Teaches Evidence for Low Carb Diet (science made simple)
- 07/02 - Focus on Limiting Ultra Processed Food Not Saturated Fat & Sodium (editorial, science made simple)
- 06/28 - Canada Food Guide Snapshot: Limit Real Whole Food or Ultra-Processed? (editorial, science made simple)
- 06/23 - Lowering LDL and Saturated Fat to Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (science made simple)
- 06/21 - From Injecting Insulin to a Low Carb Diet – the first two weeks (personal account, science made simple)
- 06/16 - A New Little Black Dress – a Dietitian’s Journey continues (Dietitians Journey, making health a habit, personal account)
- 06/02 - The Three Concepts that Canada’s Food Guide Got (Mostly) Right (editorial, science made simple)
- 05/06 - Visible and Audible Difference – making health a habit (comparison videos) (making health a habit)
- 05/03 - Low Carb and Keto Diets – the good, the bad and the ugly (short video) (making health a habit)
- 04/07 - New Study: Dietary Saturated Fat is Not Associated with Increased Risk of CVD (science made simple)
- 04/03 - What To Do if You Think that Green Tea Tastes Terrible (personal account, science made simple)
- 03/18 - American Diabetes Association: Very Low Carb Diet is the most powerful for treating T2D (science made simple)
- 03/04 - Two Year Anniversary of Adopting a Low Carb Lifestyle- a short video update (Dietitians Journey, personal account)
- 03/01 - American Heart Association: Some Kids & Teens at Risk for Premature CVD (science made simple)
- 02/20 - Healthy Men on Low Carb – building muscle while burning fat (personal account, science made simple)
- 02/15 - McGill Professor’s Editorial: Known Benefits of Low-Carb “Keto” Diets (editorial, science made simple)
- 01/29 - Quebec newspaper:”no coincidence” dried beans so prominent in new Canada Food Guide (editorial, science made simple)
- 01/25 - New Canada Food Guide – carbohydrate estimate of the sample plate (editorial, science made simple)
- 01/14 - Getting to Know Me – a short video introduction (Dietitians Journey, podcast, science made simple)
- 01/04 - Beyond Appearance to Health – 22 months of A Dietitian’s Journey in video clips (Dietitians Journey)
- 12/21 - Episode 7 Low Carb MD Podcast – interview with Joy Kiddie, LCHF-Dietitian (podcast, science made simple)
- 12/19 - American Diabetes Association Low Carb Recommendations – one page printout (science made simple)
- 10/10 - ADA & European Association Classify Low Carb Diets as Medical Nutrition Therapy (science made simple)
- 10/07 - American Diabetes Association & European Association Approve Low Carb Diets (science made simple)
- 08/22 - Low Carbohydrate Eating for People with Diabetes – new position statement (science made simple)
- 08/16 - The Tip of the Iceberg – the much bigger problem of high insulin levels (science made simple)
- 07/13 - Consumption of Dairy Fat Doesn’t Increase the Risk of CVD — may protect (science made simple)
- 07/12 - Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome IS reversible – a Dietitian’s Journey (Dietitians Journey)
- 06/04 - Evolving Theory of Obesity – a combination of refined carbs and industrial seed oils (editorial, science made simple)
- 05/29 - CVD Risk Improves By Use of Ketogenic Diet in Type 2 Diabetes at 1 year (science made simple)
- 05/04 - Keto 153 – Interview with Joy Kiddie, the LCHF-Dietitian from Ketovangelist (podcast, science made simple)
- 04/11 - Diabetes Canada 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines – option of a low carb diet (editorial, science made simple)
- 03/21 - Vilification of Saturated Fat – Bad Fat Enduring Beliefs Part 1 (editorial, science made simple)
- 03/12 - Sugar Industry Paid Researchers that Blamed Saturated Fat as Cause of Heart Disease (editorial, science made simple)
- 03/07 - PART 2 of 2: The Evolving Hypothesis of Obesity – how polyunsaturated fat makes us fat (science made simple)
- 03/07 - PART 1 of 2: The Evolving Hypothesis of Obesity – the role of polyunsaturated fats (science made simple)
- 03/01 - The Role of Protein in the Diet – importance in adults and older adults (science made simple)
- 02/02 - A Dietitian’s Journey – discontinuation of medications since beginning to eat low carb (Dietitians Journey)
- 01/31 - PART 2: The Role of Protein in the Diet – Evolutionary Exposure to Macronutrients (science made simple)
- 01/15 - A Dietitian’s Journey Progress Report – is the glass half empty or half full? (Dietitians Journey)
- 12/04 - Low Fat Calorie Restricted Diet versus Low Carbohydrate Diet – a two year study (science made simple)
- 09/08 - Food as Medicine; dramatically lower blood sugar – a Dietitian’s Journey (Dietitians Journey)
- 07/07 - Insulin and Leptin – very different effects in lean versus overweight people (science made simple)
- 03/26 - Two People, Two Options: living healthy or dying prematurely (editorial, science made simple)
- 05/25 - Canada’s Food Guide — an Epidemiological Experiment Gone Terribly Wrong? (editorial, science made simple)
