With thanksgiving just around the corner I guess like many paleo and low carb addicts you’ll be turning your thoughts to what you can eat. Well the food choices you make will depend very much on how long you’ve been following your particular diet. The great thing about following relatively easy diets like low carb or paleo is that making good food choices eventually becomes a choice of habit.
Here are the first series of step by step pictured guide low carb recipes for your low carb diet and lifestyle.
Happy low carb cooking!
Coconut Crusty Chicken
This is a tasty and comparatively quite quick dish to prepare and although it uses simple ingredients the combination of the ones listed here really have proven to be the best so far. It’s also quite nice as a cold dish so leftovers (if there are any) really aren’t a problem
Nutrition Facts:
Energy | 315.1 kcal
Protein | 8.6 g
Carbs | 12 g
Fiber | 3.4 g
Fat | 26 g
Cod with Tomato Cream Sauce
This really is a special dish! Take your time when you’re making the sauce because you want to end up with the silky smooth tomato sauce that adds that special something to the mild flavour of the cod.
Nutrition Facts:
Energy | 230 kcal
Protein | 19 g
Carbs | 8 g
Fiber | 1 g
Fat | 10 g
Steak with Avocado and Pebre Sauce
If you’ve ever visited Chile then you’ll have experienced the popular Chilean sandwich the Churrasco. Traditionally this is a combination of steak with mashed avocado and Pebre Sauce. now obviously for us, a sandwich is really not something we would want. So in order to make it a satisfying steak dinner we’ve substituted steak strips that will satisfy even the most robust of appetites.
Nutrition Facts:
Energy | 399.1 kcal
Protein | 21.5 g
Carbs | 14 g
Fiber | 10.2 g
Fat | 30.7 g
Consuming lots of sugary drinks is associated with a higher risk for the more common type of endometrial cancer, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health found an association between drinking sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of type 1 endometrial cancer.
Endometrial cancer is often divided up into two types, with most falling into the first type; type 1 endometrial cancer is often slow-growing and is fueled by excess estrogen, while type 2 endometrial cancer is typically more aggressive and is not caused by excess estrogen, according to the American Cancer Society.
The study did not show that sugary drink consumption was linked with risk for type 2 endometrial cancer. However, researchers said it was not surprising drink consumption was only linked with type 1 of the cancer.
“Other studies have shown increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has paralleled the increase in obesity. Obese women tend to have higher levels of estrogens and insulin than women of normal weight,” study researcher Maki Inoue-Choi, Ph.D., M.S., R.D., a research associate in the university’s Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, explained in a statement. “Increased levels of estrogens and insulin are established risk factors for endometrial cancer.”
Published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, the study included food frequency, medical and demographic data from 23,039 postmenopausal women with an average age of 61 who were part of the Iowa Women’s Health Study. They were followed between 1986 and 2010.
The study participants reported the frequency with which they ate 127 different foods over the last year, including four categories of sugary drinks: Hawaiian punch, lemonade or another non-carbonated fruit drink; a carbonated, non-cola sugary drink (like 7-Up); Coke, Pepsi or another sugary cola; and caffeine-free Coke, Pepsi, or another sugary cola. Researchers divided the women into quintiles based on their sugary drink consumption; the quintile for the lowest amount was 0 servings per week, while the quintile for the highest amount was 1.7 to 60.5 servings per week.
The women were also asked about sugar-free and low-calorie soft drink consumption (like Pepsi-Free or diet ginger ale), as well as sweets and baked goods consumption.
During the 24-year time period of the study, 506 women developed type 1 endometrial cancer and 89 developed type 2 endometrial cancer. Researchers found that the women who consumed the most sugary drinks over the study period had a 78 percent higher risk of developing endometrial cancer, compared with women who did not report drinking any sugary drinks.
The findings held true even after taking into account other potential cancer risk factors including physical activity, diabetes history, alcohol intake, cigarette smoking and body mass index.
Make mealtime more fun with this all-star quick and easy dip. Use as a accompaniment to grilled or cold roasted meat, poultry (especially wings), fish, egg and roasted or fried Vegetable dishes.
Carbs | 8.2 g per serving
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Every time you tuck into a bowl of cereal or plate of pasta, you’re killing your brain. That’s the dramatic diagnosis of a U.S. neurologist whose recently published New York Times best seller has captured media headlines for calling wheat, carbohydrates and sugar “the brain’s silent killer.”
According to Dr. David Perlmutter’s book Grain Brain, all carbs — even the ones that are touted as healthy like whole grains — can cause everything from dementia, ADHD and anxiety to chronic headaches and depression.
In fact, the Florida-based neurologist goes so far as to claim that the human requirement for dietary carbs is “none — none whatsoever.”
It’s a theory that goes beyond simply advocating a low-carb diet for weight loss, or a gluten-free diet for those who suffer from celiac disease or gastrointestinal discomfort. Instead, the bold claims turn the pillars of the Western diet on their head, vilifying whole grains and wheat as agents of disease.
Perlmutter’s take on the best dietary way to optimize brain power? A fat-rich, low-carb diet. Foods high on the Glycemic Index and those that contain gluten should be avoided, including foods that have long been touted as healthy forms of carbs such as wheat, rye, bulgur, barley and oats.
In essence, Perlmutter’s prescription for a brain-friendly diet could be described as a variation of the gluten-free diet, the Paleo diet or the Atkins diet. On the last, the doctor tries to differentiate the Grain Brain diet by saying that while the Atkins diet makes no distinction between fatty, grain-fed meats, which are high in inflammatory Omega-6 fats, Perlmutter recommends meat, fowl and fish that are grass-fed, free range or wild caught.
Here’s a sample grocery list for foods allowed on the diet: Follow this link