Can Some One Give Me A Good List (variety) Of Low Carb Foods?
I have to start a lower carb diet, but I’m not sure what else is low card except meat and cheese???
I have to start a lower carb diet, but I’m not sure what else is low card except meat and cheese???
Why do low carbohydrate foods help me lose weight?
When people consume fewer calories than their bodies use, they lose weight. People on a low carbohydrate diet program usually take in fewer calories, even if they are eating more protein and fats than normal. Low carbohydrate diets have been shown to help people who are overweight to lose weight. These diets can work better than low fat diets when people start dieting.
To lose weight, you have to chop down the number of calories you eat and start burning more calories each day. Calories can be explained as the amount of energy in the food you eat. Some foods contain more calories than other foods. For example, foods high in sugar and fat are also typically high in calories. If you consume more calories than your body uses, the additional calories will be stored as excess body fat.
A pound of fat contains about 3,500 calories. To lose one pound of fat in one week, you have to consume 3,500 less calories, or you want to “burn off” an additional 3,500 calories. You can achieve this by exercising or just by being highly active. If you reduce 250 calories from your diet each day and exercise enough to burn off 250 calories, that adds up to 500 fewer calories in one day. If you experience this for 7 days, you can drop 1 pound of fat in a week.
List of low carbohydrate foods
The following list explains the food items which are low in carbohydrate content and comprise more amounts of proteins and minerals essential for the normal body health. Some food items to avoid for getting better health is also included below.
Lean Meats: buffalo, elk, grass-fed beef, venison, goat, caribou, moose, bear and home made jerky
Poultry: duck, chicken, turkey, partridge, pheasant, ostrich, quail and emu.
Fish: salmon, halibut, pike, arctic char, mackerel, sardines, trout, pickerel, smelts, oolichan and herring.
Seafood: abalone, clams, lobster, mussels, crab, shrimp, scallops
Avoid: deli meats, canned meats, processed meats, bacon, beef ribs, chicken and turkey skin, legs, thighs, and wings, fatty beef and pork roasts, cuts, ground, chops, legs, ribs, sausage and steaks.
Leafy green Vegetables: cabbages, chard, kale, spinach, lettuce, watercress, dandelion greens and beet green.
Flowering Vegetables: broccoli, artichokes, brussel sprouts and cauliflower.
Stem Vegetables: celery, asparagus, leeks and rhubarb.
Fruiting Vegetables: cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, summer squash and tomatoes.
Sea Vegetables: nori, wakame, hijiki, kombu, dulse and kelp.
Sprouts: onion, garlic, alfalfa and red clover.
Algae: chlorella, spirulina etc.
Herbs: basil, oregano, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, cilantro and mint.
Wild Plants: nettle, fiddleheads, edible fungi etc.
Avoid: tubers, cassava root, manioc, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tapioca and yams.
Nuts and Seeds: walnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, cashews, pistachio nuts, hazel nuts, pumpkin seeds, brazil nuts, sunflower seeds and almonds.
Avoid: amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa
Eggs: chicken, duck and goose
Oils: olive, avocado, walnut, flaxseed, canola etc.
Fruits and Berries: apples, blueberries, cranberries, currants, raspberries, peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, strawberries, oranges, bananas, figs, grapes, melons, rhubarb, pineapple, avocado, lemon and kiwi.
Avoid: fruit juices and dried fruits
Low carbohydrate meal plan
Meal Plan 1
Breakfast
3 eggs, any style
1 or 2 servings mixed vegetables to go with eggs in any way you want, for example Mediterranean Vegetables
Lunch
Large salad with protein, for example Green Salad with Chicken and Strawberries and Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing.
Snack
1/2 cup regular cottage cheese (can substitute ricotta for one more gram of carbonydrate)
1 medium wedge of cantaloupe
2 Tbls flax seed meal
Dinner
5 oz salmon, grilled, broiled, or baked (analysis was with wild salmon)
1 serving Garlic Green Beans with Pine Nuts
1 cup broccoli (can mix in with green beans)
Optional dessert not counted in analysis
Low Carb Meal Plan 2
Breakfast
2 (or 3) eggs cooked as you like them
6 medium asparagus spears
1 cup strawberries, fresh or frozen
Lunch
2 cups Low Carb Cole Slaw mixed with
1 cup cooked chicken
1/3 cup chopped apple
1/4 cup chopped pecans
Snack (morning, afternoon, or evening)
1/2 cup plain, strained yogurt with cultures, flavored with sugar-free syrup such as Da Vinci’s
1 ½ Tablespoon flax seed meal
Dinner
4 oz lean beef such as London Broil
1 cup mushrooms, sautéed in olive oil
Simply Scrumptious Spinach, or spinach salad made with 3 cups spinach and olive oil dressing or another cup of cole slaw.
Dairy and Meat are unnecessary for a healthy, well-balanced diet despite the what is said in industry funded mass media. A diet of predominantly meat and dairy is very bad for your cardiovascular system. It’s been documented over the past 30 years in solid scientific research. Dr. Dean Ornish documents this research if you need specifics.
I’m on a low carb diet that does not include dairy or meat. It’s mostly vegan for the past year and I’ve never felt better in my life. My blood work from yesterday came back and it’s perfect. My doctor says to continue the vegan diet and he approves of the raw foods I’ve just started to eat.
The best food I’ve found is a green smoothie. It solves the problem of getting enough calcium and other vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that are normally difficult for a vegan. The key is to eat enough leafy green vegetables. You mix about 50% leafy greens with about 50% fruits and maybe vegetables with 1.5 cups of pure water in a blender. The smoothie has a green color, but the flavor of the fruits dominate the mixture. You have lots of fiber and most nutrients you need in this mix.
Other than avoiding the concentrated protein and fats in dairy and meat, I agree with what others have said. You do need a little fat in your diet, but you can eat these through a small amount of nuts, avocado, olives, and other oily vegetables.
Fruits and vegetables should dominate your diet. Make sure to eat brown rice and sprouted or cooked beans (for protein). You can also eat whole grains, but if you are sensitive, avoid the grains containing gluten.
By all means avoid packaged foods. The additives are killers. Take a quick look at aspartame and MSG on the Internet. Hopefully, you will agree that eating whole foods is the best path.
Meat, cheese, eggs, nuts, peanut butter and other nut butters (almond, cashew) if you can get them (Trader Joe’s).
Most veggies have either very low carbs or ‘ineffective’ carbs (i.e.low in the ‘glycemic index’). Beans are very good. Avoid fruits, but any kind of berries is better than apples or oranges or pears.
Avoid anything white–bread, rice, potatoes, noodles, sugar. Anything made from flour, any deserts, anything really sweet. Regular soda is a real no-no, but you can have diet soda.
Strangely, crackers are better than bread. Cheese and crackers is better than a cheese sandwich. If you can get low-carb tortillas where you live, those are good too.
eggs, meat, cheese, cottage cheese, salad greens, cooked spinich, onions,salad dressing, grilled seafood, strawberries, blueberries, caneloupe, cool whip, heavy whipping cream, zero calorie jello, low carb yogurt, tea, coffee, soda (with splenda), chicken or beef broth, butter, mayonaise, pickles. Read the Atkins diet books or check out their website.
Vegetables. This site has a lot of suggestions to help you succeed at a low carb diet http://www.ehow.com/how_5153396_succeed-… and if you visit the Atkins low-carb diet website, you can see a list of foods that are low carb and how many carbs are in each. Good luck!! The diet has definitely helped me – 10lbs in a few weeks which is a healthy weight loss.
crysco22,
I’m a type 2 diabetic and have to eat a relatively low carb diet. When I was first diagnosed I had the same feelings you’re having now. That’s why I put together a website where we review sugar free and low carb snacks, drinks, and food. It might give you some ideas. Check back from time to time, as we’re always adding new reviews.
Hope it helps!
start with eggs. they are awesome because you can do so much with them. egg salad,scrambled with bacon…the list goes on and on.
also you can go crazy with cobb and chef salads..just watch the label of your fav dressings for the carb count.
1. Go herehttp://www.nutritiondata.com/tools/nutri…
2. choose criteria “lowest in total carbohydrates”
3. feast on the data
Other than meat and cheese k have no clue!! Srry:((
eat salade fruits. and vegatables
Lettuce. How’s that?