“Conventional wisdom” states that a high-sodium diet will increase your blood pressure, thereby raising your risk for a cardiac event. This claim is largely based on uncontrolled case reports from the early 1900s,1 and despite more rigorous studies finding no support for the low-sodium recommendation, the dogma around it has been hard to break through.… Read More »
Karen Gorby By Karen S. Gorby, RN, MSN, MBA, CENP, FACHE It’s May, and as we enjoy a beautiful spring — as well as the chance to get out and about more since we have been fortunate to have access to the COVID-19 vaccine — it promises to be quite different than last year’s. Twelve… Read More »
One top one for beginners: Is milk keto? Ketotarian, for example, is a bit more generous with the carb count. You get this figure by taking total carbs and subtracting from it fiber grams and sugar alcohols. Got all that? However, milk contains lactose, a milk sugar, which contains…carbohydrates. It also has no fiber to… Read More »