Welcome to Amy Alkon’s HumanLab: The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science.

Dietary researcher Dr. Jeff Volek lays out the science behind why you should declare your independence from dietary carbohydrates—sugar, flour, starchy vegetables like potatoes, apple juice—that cause the insulin secretion that puts on fat. Not only that, he explains why eating enough fat—the right kind of fat—is essential to getting and staying healthy.

Dr. Michael Eades calls Dr. Volek’s book (co-authored with Dr. Stephen Phinney) “the best low-carb book in print.”

This article appears in Dec 7-14, 2016.

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The Low-Carb, High-Fat Slimdown with Dietary Researcher Dr. Jeff Volek

by Hayley Jo Murphy, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 21, 2016

<h1>The Low-Carb, High-Fat Slimdown with Dietary Researcher Dr. Jeff Volek</h1> <p class="byline">by Hayley Jo Murphy, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 21, 2016</p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container aligncenter"> </div> <p> Welcome to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2016/12/12/the-low-carb-high-fat-slimdown-with-dietary-researcher-dr-jeff-volek" target="_blank">Amy Alkon's HumanLab: The Science Between Us</a>, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science.</p> <p>Dietary researcher Dr. Jeff Volek lays out the science behind why you should declare your independence from dietary carbohydrates—sugar, flour, starchy vegetables like potatoes, apple juice—that cause the insulin secretion that puts on fat. Not only that, he explains why eating enough fat—the right kind of fat—is essential to getting and staying healthy.</p> <p><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2012/01/16/advice-goddess-radio-amy-alkon" target="_blank"> Dr. Michael Eades</a> calls Dr. Volek's<a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Art-Science-Low-Carbohydrate-Living/dp/0983490708?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0983490708&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&amp;sa-no-redirect=1&amp;tag=advicegoddess-20" target="_blank"> book</a> (co-authored with Dr. Stephen Phinney) "the best low-carb book in print."</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/the-low-carb-high-fat-slimdown-with-dietary-researcher-dr-jeff-volek-2773114/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=21923&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/the-low-carb-high-fat-slimdown-with-dietary-researcher-dr-jeff-volek-2773114/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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