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Hoping This Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Hoping This Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

We have been thinking for awhile of a simple illustration to demonstrate the most efficient, in many ways, lifestyle for sustaining life on this planet. The image we want to share with you here attempts to make our Starch-Smart® System clear and concise. We hope people might see this picture and say "Ah... I get...

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Type-1 Diabetes and other Starch-Smart® Blogs

Type-1 Diabetes and other Starch-Smart® Blogs

We are thrilled to have people becoming members of Dr. Carney's Dr. Carney's Starch-Smart® Community and are excited to share with you about some of the bloggers begining to publish.  One of the bloggers is of particular interest to people with Type-1 Diabetes.  But, as you will read, what Ken Thomas has discovered is helpful for...

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ED: It's Not Just for Old Guys Anymore

ED: It's Not Just for Old Guys Anymore

The classic Viagra commercials feature rugged, good-looking men with a tinge of silver in their beards facing potentially dangerous situations. In one, the rigging holding the main mast of a lone sailboat breaks free. No worries. Our capable, middle-aged man calmly rips a strap from a life vest in the hold and ties the sail...

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What Exactly is the Starch-Smart® System?

What Exactly is the Starch-Smart® System?

It wasn't an easy decision for me to stop practicing emergency medicine. I loved the challenge of the work. Each new patient was a brand new medical puzzle whom I needed to figure out quickly, accurately, professionally, and compassionately. I might treat a migraine headache, an asthma attack, three cases of the flu, a stroke,...

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How To Expand Our Health Influence?

How To Expand Our Health Influence?

We often hear comments from our patients and the attendees at our lectures about wishing Dr. Carney could be cloned or taken home! People sense the need for a helping hand when they begin making lifestyle changes. We understand this and the discussion about how to more effectively reach people is the subject of much...

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Is Obesity a National Security Issue?

Is Obesity a National Security Issue?

"The single biggest disqualifier is obesity," says the general in charge of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command. Ten percent of eligible young people ages 17-24 applying to fight for our country are too obese or otherwise unfit to join the military. In an interview with CNN, Maj. General Allen Batschelet points out that while there...

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Uncommon Diet Leads to Uncommon Health

Uncommon Diet Leads to Uncommon Health

Have you ever tried to "go vegan" and found yourself failing for lack of support? You're not alone. The Humane Research Council (HRC) conducted a study to identify the key reasons people either adopt or give up a vegetarian or vegan diet. The HRC Study of Current and Former Vegetarians and Vegans surveyed over 11,000...

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Starch-Smart® Community Site Launched

Starch-Smart® Community Site Launched

Become a Member: You are invited to join in our family-friendly community site for plant-based whole-food, low-fat, high-nutrient lifestyle education and encouragement through social networking, knowledge exchanging, recipe sharing, news feeds, member blogging and more. The Starch-Smart® Community exists to provide a place for learning, and sharing, about how a life of Starch-Smart® Dietary Care...

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