Low Carb Recipe - Bacon & Egg Salad

Low Carb Recipe
Bacon & Egg Salad CarbsPerServing:23g total
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
8 eggs 1 cup mayonnaise
½ pound bacon
1 cup hot pepper cheese
3 tablespoons chives –
4 thin radishes – sliced thin
1 head lettuce – torn fine for salad
1 avocado – cubed
How to Prepare:
Boil the eggs, until hard and dice them. Fry the bacon and crumble it. Mix all
ingredients in a bowl.
NOTES:
Carbs for avocado based on 14.85 for 1 3/8 cup – adjust accordingly. Carbs
for lettuce base on 2 for 1 cup – adjust accordingly Carbs for hot pepper
cheese not included in above total – adjust accordingly

Low Carb Recipe - The Atkins Low Carb Diet

Low Carb Recipes
The Atkins Low Carb Diet – Key Nutritional Facts & How It Works

In order to be healthy, look good, feel great and lead happy lives, a lot of people are now focusing on losing weight; and are searching for ways to help them lose weight and keep it off.

Due to the lifestyle most people live these days, the refined and unhealthy foods people eat and also due to excessive eating, a lot of people are overweight and some are obese. Although there are several diets that have come and gone, very few diets have helped people to lost weight and help them keep it off indefinitely.

Since the introduction of Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, low-carb diets are still a major topic of interest, with restaurants and food manufacturers changing some of their menus and developing some dedicated food categories to meet the needs for those following low carb diets and avoiding carbs in their diets.
Atkins Low Carb diet is one of the very popular diets that have helped people to lose weight. The most appealing aspect of the Atkins Low Carb diet, among other similar low carb diets, is that the foods you can eat are essentially the opposite of most other diets. With low carb diets, you eat a lot of protein and fats and very restricted carbohydrates.
In order to fully understand and appreciate the effectiveness of a diet, one needs to know the basic nutritional and medical principles upon which the diet is based, and how it works.

So, what are the basic nutritional principles of the Atkins low carb diet?

The Atkins diet is a high protein and fat and very low-carbohydrate routine. It put emphasis on meat, cheese, and eggs, while recommending reduction in consumption of foods such as bread, pasta, fruit, and sugar. The key advantage of the diet is rapid and substantial weight loss.

By limiting carbohydrate intake, the body will burn more fat stored in the body. Because there are no restrictions on the amount of calories or quantities of foods allowed on the diet, there is little hunger between meals. Uncontrollable hunger and food craving is the main cause of many dieting failures. It is in fact noted those who follow the Atkins low carb plan eventually find their effective individual range of carbohydrate intake, which is then considered as the tool that helps the dieters to maintain a healthy weight for the rest of their lives.

Low Carb Recipe - Low Carb Diet - What Are Low Carb Diets And How Effective Are They?

Low Carb Diet - What Are Low Carb Diets And How Effective Are They?
by Theresa Sontag

Low-carbohydrate diets for weight control have been very popular. Anyone who is considering losing weight has heard about low carb diets. Key questions you may have are: What are low carb diets? Are they safe? How do they work? Can low carb diets have any negative side effects to my health in the long term?
As the number of overweight and obese people has increased, calls to overweight people encouraging them to lose weight have also increased. As a result, there are more searches for diets that can help people lose weight and keep it off.

Today, more people who are overweight are engaging in the low carb dieting for their better health and vitality; and also to prolong their lives. It is noteworthy that low carb diets have also been followed by even those who are healthy and who are not overweight; they would like to maintain their well-being, energy, vitality and health by following the basics of the low carb diet.

The low carb diet has brought huge benefits to most people. There have been a lot of new diets introduced over the years, but the low carb diet is considered most effective in combating the true cause of obesity, high cholesterol, hypoglycemia, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Due to the fact that low carb diet have been very effective and have made significant contributions to the health and wellness industry, many doctors, nutritionists and food manufacturers are now starting to recognize the nature about the low carb diet, and are incorporating its principles in their practices.

There are various types of low carb diets. The key ones are the Protein Power, Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, The Carbohydrates Addict’s Lifestyle Plan, Life without Bread, among others. All these diets are based on the same principle; namely reduction in the intake of carbohydrates.

Low carb diets recommend high consumption of protein and fat, while eliminating or reducing foods that contain sugar, grains and starches. With each of these products being labeled as carbohydrates, they are replaced with other foods containing increased fat and protein. The emphasis is on meat, cheese, and eggs, while reducing intake of carb foods such as bread and pasta, among others. Although the specific low carb recommendation for each individual differs, they are all based on this same principle. If you are on the low carb diet, it is recommended that you get at 60-70% of your normal calorie intake from fat, with the carbohydrates accounting for 5-10% of your daily calorie consumption.

With the low carb diets, you can eat until you are filled up, as long as you eat only those recommended foods. So basically as long as you are eating the low carb food such as meats, fish, poultry, and cheese; and avoiding carbohydrates, then you can still lose weight.
There is always controversy around all sorts of diets – do they work? what are the risks? A lot of medical and science experts have offered their views about the low carb diets. Some experts believe that low carb diets pose some risks and possible side effects in the long term; including headaches, fatigue, nausea, or dizziness. Lowering fiber intake can also cause constipation. Yet another school of thought argues that the replacement of cholesterol and foods high in saturated fat may increase the risk of developing heart disease.
Overall, the low carb diets have proved to help people to lose weight and keep it off, and live better lives.

Low Carb Recipe - Livin' Low Carb

Low Carb Recipe


George Stella's Livin' Low Carb is not the typical low carb diet book. It is not full of charts, lists and complex recipes that makes you want to throw up your hands! This book has a casual, laid back approach, with easy to follow recipes that complement low carb diets.

It does not depend on packaged convenience foods, but focuses on home cooked meals. These mouth watering recipes range from Chinese, to fried chicken, to Italian American, to your favorite sweets! He provides a personal introduction to each recipe, helpful "cook tips" and useful info such as what brand name he prefers with each recipe! Be sure to check out this delicious and satisfying cookbook and his claim "when you’re low-carbing Stella Style, you don’t have to quit eating until you’re full!" George Stella's Livin' Low Carb - Check it out Now!

If you are not familiar with George Stella, he is the host of Food Network’s Low Carb and Lovin’ It. By the time he was 40 he weighed over 400 lbs and was suffering from congestive heart failure. His life changed when he went on a low carb diet.

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Low Carb Recipe - Pizza Casserole

Low Carb Recipe

Pizza Casserole
CarbsPerServing:no counts provided Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
2 packages sliced mushrooms 2 bell peppers -- chopped
1 small onion -- chopped - or chives chopped olives
1 small can tomato sauce pepperoniitalian sausage -- browned
grilled chicken or turkey meat - in bite size pieces
whatever cheese you like - shredded bacon pieces
maybe a few pieces of pineapple
How to Prepare:
Spray the bottom of a baking pan with Pam.
Arrange the mushroom slices
to cover the bottom. Pour the tomato sauce over the
mushrooms - won't be much so be sparing. Put on
the rest of the ingredients in whatever order you
like and top with cheese.Bake at 400 for about 20
minutes. Let sit for a few minutes. Cut and serve with nice salad.
The carbs vary depending on how much of what you
use. Should be fairly easy to figure out. It makes
about 6-8 good portions, along with a salad,
and maybe low-carb tiramisu for dessert!!!
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Low Carb Recipe - Spring Salad

Low Carb Recipe

Spring Salad
Carbs PerServing:17g total
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 medium cucumber 1 large tomato
2 green onions4 tablespoons low carb italian salad dressing – 4 – 5
2 teaspoons splenda
How to Prepare:
Dice vegetables- slice green onion, combine in a small bowl,
sprinkle dressing and splenda over all and add salt and pepper if
desired. Gently stir to mix and coat all, and refrigerate for at
least 2 hours or overnight.
Suggestions: This is always better the next day. This recipe serves
2-3, and is awesome with a steak or chicken breast. The marinade is
good on the meat as well.
NOTES : Counts for salad dressing not included in totals.

Low Carb Recipe - Curry Shrimp

Low Carb Recipe
Curry Shrimp
CarbsPerServing:55 total recipe Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
2 large onions -- sliced 1 1/2 pounds shrimp
2 tablespoons olive oil salt and pepper -- to taste
2 tomatoes -- ripe, peeled, seeded and chopped
1 red bell pepper -- or yellow, chopped 1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander 1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon ground turmeric 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seed -- ground
ground red pepper -- to taste
How to Prepare:
This is very spicy, like curry you would get in London. You can eat
it like a "stew" and serve it to your spouse over rice if he/she is
not also on the diet. BTW, I got this out of Joy of Cooking, pg 515.
Slow-cooked onions and shrimp stock make this curry rich and
flavorful.
Place onions in a large, heavy saucepan or large, deep skillet:
Cover and cook over med-low heat, stirring every 10 minutes, until
the onions begin to brown and almost stick to the pan, about 30 min.
Meanwhile, peel shrimp
Simmer the shells in just enough water to cover for 10 min. Strain
and measure 1 c. stock (save rest for thinning it out later)
To the onions add olive oil salt and pepper
Increase heat to med and cook, stirring occasionally, until the
onions are deep brown and very tender, almost falling apart. Add the
shrimp stock along with all other ingredients except shrimp.
Bring to a boil over mid-high heat. Reduce the heat to med-low and
cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes break up and the
mixutre is very saucelike. Taste-adjust seasonings. Stir in the
shrimp and cook until pink and firm, 3-4 minutes. Garnish with
cilantro
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