Low-carb diets support thread

Own_My_Own

Saint_Chris wrote: »

does anyone have a link to low carb recepies

i used to do the cambridge diet, and felt great on it, but i don't want to do this again, so i thought i'd do low carb

thanks

Try post one on this thread. That's what I am looking at.

daska

Rice and mash are easily substituted with cauliflower: grate and steam gently for rice, drain well if mashing and avoid adding extra liquid - adding some cheese is good but if you don't like it then leave it out, do you do butter?

Spaghetti can be recreated with courgette - cut it julienne style, use a mandolin or a spiralizer.

Chips and jackets are difficult on phase 1 because the obvious substitutes are other root veg and they're on the naughty step. And batter obviously has flour in it which means you probably want to avoid it anyway.

Sweet and sour - eek, Chinese is awkward, do you make your own sauce or buy ready made? Stir fry with just a bit of sesame oil/soy sauce? You could check the carb content on packages to see if there are any that you can include if you're careful with portion sizes - e.g. black bean is usually lower.

Bolognese - made in the traditional way this shouldn't be too bad but look carefully at your ingredients (not everyone makes it the same way) and don't get too heavy handed with any high carb contents e.g. don't throw in loads of lentils or carrot for bulk, or maybe reserve a portion for yourself and then bulk it out for the rest of the family.

Soup: cream of mushroom/ spinach? pumpkin?

Own_My_Own

Thank you.

I will put my wellies on in the morning and trot down to Lidls for more cauliflower. I have a feeling it will be the base for most of my meals this week.

ETA I have no trouble with fat. The doctor just said to swap. I have no idea why, she was very vague about everything. I know I should have asked, but I hate going, so I just sit quietly, hoping to get out quickly.

murphydog999

boots_babe wrote: »

Had cauliflower mash tonight for the first time, been meaning to try for ages as I know lots of people rate it - it was delicious!

I made meatballs last night (pork and beef mince, onion granules, chilli flakes, salt and pepper, a egg to bind) on a bed of cauli mash (blitzed with cream cheese salt and pepper) homemade tomato sauce on top and broccoli on the side. We all concurred that you could not tell the difference between cauli and potato mash, it was yum.

Own my own, how about ham and avocado, with some rocket leaves (and olives if you like them) splash of olive oil, for breakfast, you need to think out the box, how the continentals have their breakfast. It doesn't help you if you aren't a big fan of eggs, but I've rediscovered the loveliness of a soft boiled egg, they're filling and satisfying aswell.

NigeWick

SWMBO is allowing me to do a one pan meal in her kitchen this evening:-

Cut up curly kale, half a pound of bacon (or more) and a red pepper, then chop up a couple of onions and quarter pound of mushrooms.

Dab of coconut oil (or butter) in the frying pan and add the curly kale. When the kale is well cooking add red pepper & onion followed by the bacon. Make sure they're pretty well cooked before popping in the mushrooms.

When the mushrooms are ready, although not necessary, add any source like worcester, chilli or soy(gluten free) to taste. Mix well and put in a bowl or on a plate.

Obviously you can do some slicing and dicing once the curly kale is in the pan to save overall time.

cleggy.

pink_princess wrote: »

That hasn't happend to me Cleggy. I've eaten low carb for almost 18 months, never had weight to really lose.

Ahh, thats fine if you have no weight to lose. My previous posts about needing a good supply of carbs to be able to burn fat properly was only intended for people wishing to reduce their fat levels.

A good book on the subject of nutrition and includes all the information you need on why carbs are so important and how and why they are needed for fuel and fat burning, can be found here. It may be in your library, mine has it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Guide-Sports-Nutrition-Guides/dp/1408105381/ref=la_B001HCVPH2_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358782636&sr=1-1

boots_babe

cleggy. wrote: »

Ahh, thats fine if you have no weight to lose. My previous posts about needing a good supply of carbs to be able to burn fat properly was only intended for people wishing to reduce their fat levels.

A good book on the subject of nutrition and includes all the information you need on why carbs are so important and how and why they are needed, can be found here. It may be in your library, mine has it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Guide-Sports-Nutrition-Guides/dp/1408105381/ref=la_B001HCVPH2_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358782636&sr=1-1

Ok, so I started on low carb purely for health reasons. Having had cardiac issues I researched and found it was healthier for your heart to eat this way. So thought it was worth a go.

I have had NO symptoms since starting low carbing about 2 months ago, which cannot be coincidence as I had them regularly before. So success there

Also though, and this is my main point, I wasn't changing my eating habits to lose weight. However, I have been pleasantly surprised to find that I've lost over 1.5 stone, without really trying. Without ever being hungry, and whilst eating far more delicious food than I did before.

Exercise wise nothing has changed, I swim twice a week most weeks, and I did before.

So whilst clearly not conclusive, surely this is reasonable first person evidence that low carb does in fact enable you to burn fat?

cleggy.

boots_babe wrote: »

Ok, so I started on low carb purely for health reasons. Having had cardiac issues I researched and found it was healthier for your heart to eat this way. So thought it was worth a go.

I have had NO symptoms since starting low carbing about 2 months ago, which cannot be coincidence as I had them regularly before. So success there

Also though, and this is my main point, I wasn't changing my eating habits to lose weight. However, I have been pleasantly surprised to find that I've lost over 1.5 stone, without really trying. Without ever being hungry, and whilst eating far more delicious food than I did before.

Exercise wise nothing has changed, I swim twice a week most weeks, and I did before.

So whilst clearly not conclusive, surely this is reasonable first person evidence that low carb does in fact enable you to burn fat?

Well done to you. Of course if you have serious medical issues then a particular diet may well suit you better.
Regarding your loss of 1.5 stone, you would have lost some fat as well as probably some muscle, as you've cut down your calorie intake, unless you've replaced your previous carb calories with higher intakes of fat and protein to make up for it.

Also, your muscles and liver would have depleted most of their carb reserves and the water content contained with each molecule of carbohydrate. This water and carb loss is the main reason people show huge weight losses in the first week or two of a strict diet. Once that has gone then it is much slower progress.

boots_babe wrote: »

So whilst clearly not conclusive, surely this is reasonable first person evidence that low carb does in fact enable you to burn fat?

Yes, some, but much less efficiently without the precence of carbohydrate.

murphydog999

boots_babe wrote: »

So whilst clearly not conclusive, surely this is reasonable first person evidence that low carb does in fact enable you to burn fat?

Yes, exactly boots babe. There is more evidence than you can shake a stick at, that once low carb adapted, with body works very well in using fat as it's primary energy source.

I've been LCing for just over a year now and have seen my fat percentage drop, as has my husband, and various clients of mine.

Any member of the refined carbohydrate family – white bread, muffins, pasta, bagels, etc. – drives up inflammation due to the same reasons as sugar. In fact, there’s not much difference between refined carbs like a bagel or muffin, and a heaped serving of sugar, as far as your body is concerned. In addition, almost all of these foods are wheat-based, which has another reason it can cause inflammation -- due to gluten and other anti-nutrients found in wheat that cause internal inflammation in your body.

The type of complex carbohydrate that comprises wheat is called amylopectin A, which is a type of carb that is unique in that it is digested so fast that it highly affects blood sugar more than most other carb sources. Dr Davis cites studies in his book that prove that wheat bread can raise blood sugar HIGHER than table sugar, due to it's amylopectin A content.

Dr. Davis even states: "Aside from some extra fiber, eating two slices of whole wheat bread is really little different, and often worse, than drinking a can of sugar-sweetened soda or eating a sugary candy bar."

Dr. Davis discusses the fact that the amylopectin A which is uniquely found in wheat and not other sources of carbs raises blood sugar to a much higher degree than most other carbohydrates sources, regardless of whether they are simple or "complex" carbs. He continues, "In fact, the degree of processing, from a blood sugar standpoint, makes little difference: Wheat is wheat, with various forms of processing or lack of processing, simple or complex, high fiber or low fiber, all generating similarly high blood sugars."

I really don't know why this is an issue with people who are so pro-carb, that they see it as a really bad thing to limit a food group that causes sooooo many problems. To say LCing limits your exercise potential is absolute rubbish - I speak from experience as it's my profession.

cleggy.

murphydog999 wrote: »

- I speak from experience as it's my profession.

You are not impartial then. There seems to be quite a few people on this board who have a vested 'fixated' interest in promoting fad diets. This thread is one, the weightwatchers and slimming world ones are the others.
People that make money out of promoting fad diets have no place in any discussion as they are clearly biased from the outset.