Get series about HEALTHY, and LOW CARB FOOD

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[carlo3b]

Get series about HEALTHY, and LOW CARB FOOD

This, and future threads, will attempt to answer some of your questions and requests regarding HEALTHY food in general, and LOW CARB, LOW CALORIE diets and recipes in particular.

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[carlo3b]

You wouldn't by chance have any recipes for lo-carb snacks? Stuff you could keep in the fridge to piece on? I sometimes get hungry for just a bite or two of something, but hate the trouble to cook something.

SNACKS
What a great question at this early stage in our journey to find excitement and adventure on a Low Carb maintenance diet!

The word Boring comes up a lot when speaking to folks struggling to live with the perceived limitations of Atkins and the many other variations of Low Carb.

Well, you can say you heard it here first folks, I HAVE THE ANSWER.. drum roll.. it doesn't have to be a burden or a mystery, you can just change your definition of snack.. GASP!

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[raisincane]

I've been so hungry for pizza. Thanks for the recipe. Please put me on your ping list.

[LBKQ]

Please ping me.

Thanks!

[CobaltBlue]

That looks very good. I am going to try it soon, maybe today. Have you ever tried baking the "crust" in a pizza pan with perforations on the bottom? I have one that has square perforations and fits over a deep bottom, which appears to be perfect to drain the "crust" while cooking.

Thank you for putting me on your *ping* list. Please keep me on it.

[CobaltBlue]

Try using frozen strawberries to give it a smoothie texture, also try using splenda instead of sweet&low, it tastes pretty close to sugar. Or stevia, I am told, although I don't use stevia. Unless you are used to sweet&low already - I can't stand the taste.

Also, if you like yogurt, that gives it a smoothie flavor, too. In other words, I make something very similar to what you make only I use yogurt, frozen strawberries, and splenda, and I call it a strawberry smoothie.

[Keith in Iowa]

Here's a great soruce for recipes on-line, formatted to be imported into the computer program "Master Cook" - http://www.madsrecipes.com/index2.htm -- there are 1000 recipes in the low-carb seciion alone.

Happy downloading...

PS: Carlo - add me to the ping list please.

[Ragirl]

Please put me on your ping list. Thank you for the great receipies!

[mombonn]

Yummy good recipes, dear carlo. I'm going to sprinkle a little crumbled blue cheese on the London Broil, with your permission.

;-)

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

I really suggest you read Atkins' book more closely. If you're doing low-carb you should not be drinking milk, low-fat or otherwise. Milk is sweet for a reason!

[CobaltBlue]

A cup of milk has less than 12 carbs.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"If I splurge one time on that, will I really mess myself up? I'm unsure of how much I can indulge myself. I know it can't be every day, but is once a week okay for a nice dessert? I know I'm going to have to watch carbs the rest of my life, but a treat will be nice occasionally."

If my own example is any indication (and everyone is different), if you've spent an adequate amount of time on full Induction, your metabolism will be much more tolerant of the occasional carb than it was before after a lifetime of drowning in carbs. It is helpful, however, if you have your fudge brownie immediately after a protein-rich, fat-rich meal, to slow the inrush of high-glycemic carbs into your system.

[Bon mots]

Eat fish and you're less likely to die from a sudden heart attack.

People who dine on fish regularly have lower heart rates and that helps prevent sudden death from a heart attack, according to new research from the Institut Pasteur de Lille in France reported by the Ivanhoe Newswire. Sudden death or cardiac arrest happens when the heart stops unexpectedly. The secret heart-healthy ingredient is omega-3 fatty acids, which is found in abundance in cold-water fish, such as salmon, mackerel, herring, and tuna.

The study: More than 9,700 men, who ranged in age between 50 and 59 and had no signs of heart disease, participated in the French study. The researchers followed them from 1991 to 1993, keeping records of their heart rate, blood pressure, and cholesterol. The men also completed questionnaires about their use of tobacco and alcohol, as well as exercise and diet, including how often they ate fish. A subgroup of 407 men also got blood tests to assess fatty acid levels.

The results: The men who ate fish twice a week or more had the lowest heart rates, averaging 65.5 beats per minute. This compares to 67.5 beats per minute for men who ate fish less than once a week. Why does heart rate matter? Lead researcher Jean Dallongeville says even small reductions in heart rate can make a big difference in the risk for sudden heart death. "These findings are particularly important because sudden death most often occurs in men without a known history of coronary heart disease," Dallongeville told Ivanhoe Newswire.

But there is a puzzler in all this: How the fatty acids reduce heart problems isn't clear. Dallongeville theorizes that the fatty acids stabilize the electrical activity of the heart's cells, which in turn lowers the heart rate. They may also assist with pumping action and blood pressure. The fish eaters had lower triglycerides, lower blood pressure, and higher levels of the "good" cholesterol.

The study findings were published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

Ring my dinner bell!

[Snowy]

Would you please add me to your ping list? Thanks. :)

[Snowy]

Also any ideas for "fake sweets"? I'm also getting tired of sugar free jello and pudding. I'll try the pumpkin pie.

I'm doing the South Beach diet. The following is what I have quite often: Take a few spoon fulls of part skim ricotta cheese. Add sugar substitute to taste (put enough in so that it tastes a little sweet). Add cocoa powder and mix that. Top off with some mini chocolate chips. Yum!

[Rebelbase]

Carlo, thanks for the pizza recipie. I'm three weeks into this low carb diet and I feel great. I'm already getting questioned by my friends "have you lost weight"?

Question for anyone out there, how much water should I be drinking per day. I'm not doing strict Atkins, but keeping around 50-75 carbs per day.

[Bon mots]

I having been on a low carb diet of one type or another, for about 2 years.Please add me to your ping list.

I too was on a low carb / high protein diet for a while. I'm not overweight, in fact I work out regularly and was taking protein supplements (over 160 grams/day). My worry with the low-carb diet has been that your brain needs to synthesize carbs to create glucose. If it doesn't get enough of them, it will create it from MUSCLE tissue! This is called GLUCONEOGENESIS.

This is my chief concern about low carbs. I spend too much time lifting heavy chunks of iron to only lose it to my brain which is hungry for glucose.

[Iowa Granny]

Marking my spot

[RikaStrom]

Hello Carlo Sweetie, add me to the list would you?

[shattered]

Got anything to replace lasagna noodles??

My sister makes her regular lasagna recipe and subs sliced squash for the noodles.