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.
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Add These Foods to Your Low Carb List
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