A study in the February issue of Epilepsia suggests that a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet can significantly reduce the number of seizures in adult epileptics.

Here is a list of low carbohydrate foods for people watching their carb intake.

Many popular diet plans are based on changing the proportion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats one ingests as a method to promote weight loss. There has been some controversy regarding the effectiveness of these diets, but a new study could shed light on potential mechanisms by which various diets promote weight loss.

Article of carbohydrates and the list of food low in calories. Also provided youtube videos for an educational purpose for those who are interested in diet. Focusing on overall health first, tips on the article encourage people to be wise in selecting foods that have essential vitamins and other nutrients.

An outstanding and thorough review of recent research into the efficacy of low-carb diets in treating the Metabolic Syndrome (insulin resistance, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and high triglycerides, and low HDL), even when patients are not overweight. Also discusses Pattern B (small, dense, especially-harmful LDL, and clinical markers).

The Atkins Nutritional Approach, popularly known as the Atkins Diet or just Atkins, is the most marketed and well-known low-carbohydrate diet. It was adapted by Dr. Robert Atkins in the 1960s from a diet he read in the Journal of the American Medical Association and utilized to resolve his own overweight condition following medical school and graduate medical training. After successfully treating over ten thousand patients, he popularized the Atkins diet in a series of books, starting with Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution in 1972. In his revised book, Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, Atkins updated some of his ideas, but remained faithful to the original concepts.The Atkins franchise, a business formed to provide products to those individuals on the diet, has been highly successful due to the popularity of the diet, and is considered the iconic and driving entity of the larger "low-carb craze". However, various factors have led to its dwindling success and the company founded by Dr. Atkins in 1989, Atkins Nutritionals of Ronkonkoma, New York, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July of 2005, two years after the death of Dr. Atkins. The company re-emerged in January 2006, and the Atkins logo is still highly visible through licensed-proprietary branding for food products and related merchandise.