Add These Foods to Your Low Carb List

Your low carb diet needs some variety if you expect to stick with it.  You can't have variety if you're not familiar with foods that have low or no carbs.  Sooo.... Here's a listbeginning with vegetables.

Look at the vegetables that can be very low in carbs:

Collard
Bok choy
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Celery
Spinach
Asparagus
Lettuce
Mustard greens
Beet greens
Turnip greens
Parsley
Kale
Cucumber
Cabbage - Green, red, or Chinese
Mushrooms
Sweet or hot peppers
Yellow summer squash
Zucchini
Beets
Carrots
Red or yellow onions
Watercress
Kohlrabi
Turnips
Avocados
Pumpkin
Radish
Brussel sprouts

Yes, there should be some fresh fruit on your list:

Melons
Bananas
Tomatoes
Figs
Lemons
Limes
Apples
Pears
Kiwis
Plums
Berries (all kinds)
Oranges
Grapefruit
Pineapple
Tangerines

Now how about some meat, fish and dairy:

Eggs are OK, but stick with not more than 1 yolk daily.  If course, egg whites are always acceptable.

Get a helping of protein 2 to 5 times weekly with fresh fish:

Wild caught salmon
Alaskan halibut
Orange roughy
Sardines
Anchovies
Chilean sea bass
Trout
Mackerel

We all love shellfish, but only once per week.  Go for shrimp, crab, clams, oysters, lobster.

Meat is acceptable in moderation:

Lean red meat

Wild game (rabbit, pheasant, duck, goose, deer) once or twice weekly. Try to keep the fat off with the richer game, such as duck which is very high in natural fat.

Grass-fed beef that hasn't been treated with hormones or antibiotics.

Goat. Internal animal organs (such as liver, heart, pancreas, and bone marrow) are fine once or twice weekly.

Pickled herring

Flavorings, herbs and accompaniments.

Fresh garlic
ginger
turmeric
cinnamon

Also, you are ok to use any other antioxidant, anti-inflammatory culinary spices with your low carb cooking. More herbs are fine to use such as:

Oregano
dill
thyme
sage

Oils that are low in carbs include:

omega-3 fatty acids
Canola
flaxseed
walnut oils

Now throw in....

Soy foods and soy protein powders

Brown rice and rice protein powder (watch the carbs in this one)

Seeds or fresh olives.

Tea, especially green tea.

Here's To Your Health,
Ethan Miller
Low Carb Oracle

Add These Foods to Your Low Carb List