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The benefits of low-carb diet

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We are told that eating fat will make you fat. It is actually when you eat fat and too many carbohydrates. When you consume carbohydrates, they are converted into glucose . The pancreas then secretes insulin to reduce the blood glucose levels. Insulin is our fat storing hormone and fat burning is turned off. If we have very little amounts of carbohydrates in our diet, we require less insulin, thus store less fat and able to burn fat. Different people can tolerate, and remain healthy, with large amounts of carbohydrates and some virtually none (diabetics). Also when we get older, our ability to handle carbohydrates get lessened and we may get pre-diabetes or insulin resistance (type 2 diabetes). When we consume too many carbs, our body will produce more insulin to help reduce the large amount of glucose now in our blood, leading to  insulin resistance . So what is low-carb? A low-carb diet limits carbohydrates — which are found in grains, starchy vegetables and ...
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Low-carb Cheese Biscotti

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prep time: 45 minutes cook time: 70 minutes yield: 60 servings These crunchy biscotti are great appetizers as well as snacks if you’re a cheese lover. Biscotti are baked twice. Baking twice may sound like double the work, but actually it’s a quite easy process. You bake the dough once in the form of mini-loaves, slice the them, and bake the slices as if they were cookies or crackers.
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Low-carb Chicken Pot Pie

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prep time: 10 minutes, plus 1 hour to chill dough, if needed cook time: 15 minutes yield: 4 servings You will love this chicken pot pie recipe. It’s a wonderful blend of chicken, oregano, thyme, and almond, cooked with creamy gravy cheese…all baked into a  flaky,  crisp, golden crust. Plus, they are low in carbs!
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Low-carb Jalapeño Pie

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рrерare tіmе: 15 mіnutеs сооk tіmе: 20 mіnutеs уіеld: 6 sеrvіngs  Mouthwatering and sizzling, this is a breakfast to wake you up or a great lunch. This pie is easy to made and quick to prepare, especially if you have grated cheese and chopped pepper already.
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Orange Nut Muffins

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рrер tіmе: 10 mіnutеs сооk tіmе: 18 mіnutеs уіеld: 12 sеrvіngs You will need these ingredients: 6 eggs, separated 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 4 Splenda packets 1/4 cup soy flour 1/4 cup walnuts, ground 1 teaspoon orange extract, divided 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar Twin 4 ounces cream cheese 1/4 cup heavy cream 8 Splenda packets 1 teaspoon orange extract Instruction: 1.Beat egg whites with cream of tartar and add 4 Splenda packets. Beat whites until stiff. Sprinkle the 1/2 teaspoon orange extract over this. 2.In separate bowl, beat yolks with 4 Splenda packets and 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar Twin. Add 1/2 teaspoon orange extract. Take a big spoonful of whites and add to yolk mixture and mix together, then pour yolk mixture over whites. 3.Mix 1/4 cup soy flour with 1/4 cup ground walnuts (doesn’t have to be super fine). Fold all this together and pile mixture into 12 muffin cups sprayed with Pam. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes until tops of muffins are browned....
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Low-carb Baked Brie

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prepare time: 15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours for jelly to cool and 1 hour to chill dough, if needed cook time: 10 minutes yield: 8 servings Ingredients for this recipe: јеllу 1 cherry tea bag 2 teaspoons grass-fed powdered gelatin 2 teaspoons cherry extract ⅓ cup Swerve confectioners’-style sweetener or equivalent amount of liquid or powdered sweetener ⅛ teaspoon citric acid (for natural preservation and sour taste) A few drops of natural red food coloring (optional) dоugh 1¾ cups shredded mozzarella cheese 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 large egg ¾ cup blanched almond flour ⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt 1 (8-ounce) wheel Brie cheese Fоr gаrnіsh (орtіоnаl) 2 tablespoons chopped pecans 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley How to cook: To make the jelly, bring 1 cup of water to a boil in a teakettle. Place the tea bag in a cup and pour the hot water into the cup. Let it steep for a few minutes, then remove the tea bag. Place 2 tablespoons of cool water...
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Chicken Club Hand Pies

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prepare time: 10 minutes, plus 1 hour to chill dough, if needed cook time: 15 minutes yield: 4 servings These hand pies are really tasty and nice to serve. If you love them as much as I do, I highly suggest making a quadruple batch and storing unbaked pies in the fridge for easy meals: all you have to do is pop one in the toaster oven or oven!
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