Low-carb diets support thread

daska

randm wrote: »

thanks guys, one more question, i cannot find anywhere on the food standards agency site or google search, information for back of pack nutrition labelling information.
On the nutrition label you have carbs and then underneath you have "that sugars". I read this as how much of the total carbs is made up of sugar, natural or added, but because of how it is written( "that") my husband reads this as how much of the carb is turned into glucose in the body.
I would love to see this clarified on the fsa website as they are the ones who set the labels, so if anyone can help please do!

What a brilliant question! I've always assumed that the 'sugars' referred to simple sugars, as opposed to the total digestible carbohydrates (i.e. total sugars and starches). I also assumed that fibre is listed separately because, while also carbohydrates, it is not digested.

Whatever the technical answer is I'd put money on him being wrong - for the simple reason that if this was the case the total figure would include fibre.

randm

has anyone tried both gabis world famous bread with the oat flour,soy flour, linseed meal, and wheat bran, and the version listed on page one of this thread (mazzers bread link)where she has changed the recipe to oat flour, ground nuts, ground linseed, and which did you prefer,
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is it possible to grind linseeds in the food processor as i can't seem to find ground linseeds - also is there any difference in taste between brown(cheaper) linseed and the more expensive golden?

thirdly is gluten powder still only available online?

and last but not least, the coconut muffins on the first page mentioned unsweetened coconut - is this just desiccated coconut?
thanks guys:j

boots_babe

Tried Mercy's bakewell tart recipe yesterday, it's really good! Even my non LC husband like it, and bakewell tart is one of his faves so he'd say if he wasn't keen. Suspect it won't last very long!

Bit stuck today, I was planning to do all my cooking for the week but have got toothache (awaiting root canal appt) and also seem to have woken up with some horrible virus today. Didn't get out of bed until after lunch.

Usually I have some spares in the freezer but typically I have nothing right now, so if I don't cook I won't have any proper LC stuff to eat the next few days

I made 4 portions of soup yesterday, will just have to keep having that unless I can rustle up some more energy for cooking

kafkathecat

Hi Randm, I make Rose Elliots version of Gabi's bread which I keep in the freezer. I also sometimes make a pizza base with it but that doesn't work so well.
I have only found gluten powder online, the postage is high but for me it is worth it as I use it in cake and biscuit type recipes as well. You can also make 'mock duck' with it.
I grind linseeds with a handheld blender. I'm probably not doing it much good but it works and is cheaper than buying ready ground (until the blender breaks...) My local Mr S and H and B both sell ground seeds otherwise.

SHEILA54

randm wrote: »

has anyone tried both gabis world famous bread with the oat flour,soy flour, linseed meal, and wheat bran, and the version listed on page one of this thread (mazzers bread link)where she has changed the recipe to oat flour, ground nuts, ground linseed, and which did you prefer,
.
is it possible to grind linseeds in the food processor as i can't seem to find ground linseeds - also is there any difference in taste between brown(cheaper) linseed and the more expensive golden?

thirdly is gluten powder still only available online?

and last but not least, the coconut muffins on the first page mentioned unsweetened coconut - is this just desiccated coconut?
thanks guys:j

Linseed is flax and can be found in packs ground in most supermarkets and health food shops.

The recipe for coconut muffins is Mercy's so she may be better to answer your question but I would presume that it is dessicated coconut.

I am not sure about the other two questions as I haven't tried the bread and don't use gluten. I am sure that somebody else can help

SHEILA54

darwins_mum wrote: »

Morning all, I am taking tentative steps to reduce carbs & have learnt loads from helpful members on another board, but it seems a little quiet over there at the moment.

I love several hot drinks throughout the day, I have 1 Brown sugar in the morning and then truvia throughout the day. Are there any alternative that are carb & calorie free? I tried molasses but the bitterness was too much.
DM

Hi and welcome :wave:

1 tsp sugar has 5 carbs. Splenda - sucralose is 1 carb.

It is better to drink water, where possible, as you need to drink at least 2 litres a day when on a low carb diet in order to flush out the kidneys. This is in addition to tea, coffee etc. Have you tried a slice of lemon in hot water, herbal teas or Marigold stock added to water?

I have now completed my first week of cutting my carbs to 30 in order to lose weight. It is surprising what a difference n extra 20 carbs makes but needs must and I will weigh later to see if it has helped.

How is everyone else doing?

murphydog999

darwins_mum wrote: »

I love several hot drinks throughout the day, I have 1 Brown sugar in the morning and then truvia throughout the day. Are there any alternative that are carb & calorie free? I tried molasses but the bitterness was too much.
DM

I would suggest slowly getting your taste buds accustomed to less sugar, only use sweeteners when absolutely necessary. I would go back to sugar in your drinks (yes I know, but there is method in the madness) but 1/2 a teaspoon, then 1/4 etc.

My husband fought doing this for ages, but after a month he's now used to 1/4, it will soon be no sugar and we can do away with the white stuff completely.

Re-educating taste buds is a better way than relying on sweeteners, however natural they are.

I did test some of the bread recipes when I first started LCing, but as nothing ever comes close, I just got into the mind set of not having it.

Not having bread opens up a whole new world of other options, and again it's that re-education thing. I never thought I could do without bread, I used to eat loads of it, but it doesn't bother me at all now.

Edited to say Truvia is not Stevia, see here http://www.brucebradley.com/food/truvia-honestly-sweet-or-dishonestly-marketed/

Mojisola

SHEILA54 wrote: »

you need to drink at least 2 litres a day when on a low carb diet in order to flush out the kidneys. This is in addition to tea, coffee etc.

I don't think there's any evidence showing that we need to drink this amount of water.

Tea and coffee are mildly diuretic but still count towards your daily liquid intake.

If the colour of your pee is pale and it doesn't smell strongly, you're drinking enough water.

NigeWick

murphydog999 wrote: »

Not having bread opens up a whole new world of other options, and again it's that re-education thing.

My older daughter is Coeliac. When I looked round for a food regime I could follow for life I thought that perhaps wheat and its ilk affected me in some way too, so decided to go without grains. I miss Marmite on toast, French stick, pizza, pasta, beer and etc -BUT- I appreciate the weight drop and lack of illnesses more.

Skymist

Just been reading this....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280590/Time-ditch-muesli-Calorie-labelling-wildly-misleading-claim-scientists-healthy-eaters-come-worst.html

Seems we have been misled, and that fiber has hidden undisclosed calories not shown on lables......

"The problem is the system did not consider fibre, but it has a big impact on the variance of energy content in food. What the old system gave us is a very general calorific value, which is misleading,’ said independent nutritionist Geoffrey Livesey, who added that on average, five per cent of energy is from fibre.
So consumers have been eating more calories than they thought, particularly if the food was high-fibre. When people eat muesli, it is a healthy food but they are often putting on lots of weight.’



The recommended daily fibre intake is 18g, meaning an average adult will have been eating more than 250 ‘invisible’ calories each week."


So there you go!!!:eek:
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